Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is the latest ‘requel’ entry into the ghostbusting franchise, following on from 2021’s surprisingly successful Afterlife. And while this latest film certainly ticks all the right nostalgia boxes on paper, the end result is sadly lacklustre and unmemorable. The film picks up three years after the events of the last film, where […]
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Imaginary is the latest release from horror studio Blumhouse, it’s eighth in the space of a year. With hits like Insidious and Paranormal Activity under their belt, you’d be forgiven for expecting similar from anything Blumhouse releases. However like their most recent release Night Swim, Imaginary is about as dull and unimaginative as you can
Dune Part 2 is Denis Villeneuve’s second film in what looks to be an ongoing saga based on the Frank Herbert novels. After the spectacular first part, this follows in the same epic footsteps. However, it stumbles when straying from some of the original source material. The film picks up where the first left off,
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Lisa Frankenstein is the feature film directorial debut of Zelda Williams, daughter of Robin Williams. This, along with a screenplay by Juno writer Diablo Cody and an entertaining trailer, gave Lisa Frankenstein a lot of potential that sadly didn’t quite shine through. After a quirky animated title sequence featuring a young man unlucky in love
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Mean Girls is the 2024 revamp of the hit 2004 film, this time around it’s a musical, based on the Broadway show of the same name. With Tina Fey returning to write, this had bags of potential but sadly the end result is a shining example of why reboots aren’t necessary. The film stars Angourie
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Madame Web is Sony Pictures’ latest foray into the Marvel universe, following in the footsteps of 2022’s Morbius. Sadly Madame Web is another lacklustre attempt and even I’d go so far as saying it beats Morbius to the accolade of worst Sony superhero film to date. The film opens in the 1970s in Peru, where
Suncoast recently landed on Disney+, a coming-of-age drama set in Florida. But despite being advertised as a fun, heartwarming drama, the end result is a lot more hard-hitting and sadly it isn’t the better for it. The film follows teenager Doris (Nico Parker), who is stuck caring for her terminally ill brother Max and without
Night Swim is the latest supernatural horror film to be brought to our screens by Blumhouse Productions. Based on a short film of the same name from 2014 by director Bryce McGuire, this swimming pool horror is as silly and tedious as it sounds. The film opens in 1992 on a young girl, who goes
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is the sequel to 2018’s Aquaman, and the final film before the DC Universe is rebooted. And as a final farewell to the DCEU, this Aquaman sequel is sadly lacking. Jason Momoa returns as Arthur Curry aka Aquaman, 4 years on from the events that took place in the first
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Wonka is the latest film adaptation to take inspiration from the Roald Dahl novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This version follows a different route, bringing us the origin story of how Willy Wonka becomes a chocolatier, a story that while sweet, is maybe a little too sickly and overbearing. Starring Timothée Chalamet as Willy
Silo is a dystopian sci-fi series streaming now on Apple TV+. Based on the Silo book series of the same name by Hugh Howey, this is a gripping and engaging adaptation that has breathed new life into the dystopian future genre. The series follows 10,000 people living in a 144-level underground bunker known as the
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is the seventh instalment in the Mission: Impossible film franchise. With returning star Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie, Ethan Hunt’s latest escapade is as thrilling as you’d expect, it’s just a shame that the inflated run time and lack of ending (due to Part Two being released
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Saltburn is the second film from writer and director Emerald Fennell, a follow-up to her lauded debut Promising Young Woman. This time Fennell focuses on social class and the rich elite, with the end result landing somewhere between brilliant and frustrating. The film follows Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), a working-class boy from Merseyside who has
Five Nights at Freddy’s is a horror film adaptation of the popular video game series of the same name, currently showing in cinemas. Having never even heard of the game I went into this purely for the incredibly creepy animatronic characters, but unfortunately, the film just couldn’t live up to its interesting premise. The film
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Bodies is a new limited series now available to stream on Netflix. Based on a graphic novel of the same name, the mind-bending, time-travel thriller brings a refreshingly new and interesting take to the detective crime genre. The 8-episode series opens in London in 2023 with DS Shahara Hasan (Amaka Okafor), as she heads to
The Exorcist: Believer is the latest legacy sequel to hit our screens, a full fifty years after the original. Directed by David Gordon Green, the man behind the recent legacy Halloween trilogy, you’d be forgiven for expecting this to be watchable. Instead, this is a horror sequel severely lacking in, well, horror. The film opens
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