Kate is the latest in a long line of female-led assassin films, brought to us by Netflix. After proving her action talents in her supporting role in Birds of Prey, Mary Elizabeth Winstead excels again here, proving that she is incredibly engaging when it comes to being an action star. The problem is that the […]
L’Événement (aka Happening) is a 2021 French film set in the 1960s centred around young student Anne, who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant. Unable to access a legal abortion (abortion remained illegal in France until 1975), Anne is left to beg doctors to help, try to find help amongst friends and at times turn to dangerous
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Halloween Kills is the long-awaited sequel to David Gordon Green’s 2018 Halloween. Premiering at Venice Film Festival last night, Green has returned with writing partner Danny McBride as well as newcomer Scott Teems (Jeff Fradley co-wrote the 2018 instalment with the pair). Also returning are Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer and Andi Matichak as the
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The Night House is a mind-bending horror thriller from director David Bruckner, the man behind horrors such as 2017’s The Ritual and 2012’s V/H/S. With a trailer that looked intriguing yet a tad confusing, I was a little sceptical about how this would play out and I’m afraid to say that despite having a decent
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Misha and the Wolves is an innovative documentary film about the book by the same name. I’m rarely impressed by a Netflix documentary, and this one was so good that I watched it twice. The book was based upon the experiences of Misha Defonseca as a hidden Jewish child in Belgium during World War Two.
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Following 3.5 million podcast downloads and sold-out live shows, The ParaPod now has the honour of becoming the first podcast to be turned into a film, thanks to its devoted fans providing crowdfunding financing. Three years in the making, the movie enjoyed a sell-out premiere and fan screenings back in early 2020 and was scheduled
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is the newest entry into Marvel Cinematic Universe as phase 4 gets underway. It’s the hefty 2 hour 14-minute origin story of Shang-Chi (Simu Liu), who was originally based on Bruce Lee. The first portion of the film is entirely in Mandarin and is Wenwu’s story over
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The Dry is an Australian crime thriller, an adaptation of the bestselling novel by Jane Harper. Starring Eric Bana, this drama beautifully (and sadly) highlights the devastating effects of droughts in Australia, whilst also managing to portray a compelling double murder mystery spanning decades. Bana is Aaron Falk, a federal police officer living in Melbourne
When the Screaming Starts is a comedy-horror mockumentary that received its premiere recently at FrightFest. It is billed as being for fans of What We Do In The Shadows and The Office, but I’m sorry to say that it is nowhere near as clever or as funny as either of those. Norman Graysmith (Jared Rogers)
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Every Breath You Take is a 2021 psychological thriller released as a Sky Original film, with an impressive cast including the likes of Casey Affleck and Sam Claflin. Yet despite the usually reliable cast, with an entirely predictable plot and a title that has no relationship to the subject matter, Every Breath You Take is
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The Protégé is the newest in the long line of recent female-led assassin thrillers. Our femme-fatale assassin is Anna (Maggie Q), who is semi-adopted thirty years before our story, when Moody (Samuel L Jackson – when does this dude sleep?), a contract killer, discovers Anna as a child when he attempts to complete a hit.
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Bloodthirsty is the latest release to take on the werewolf horror genre. Rather than being the full-on gore-fest that the title might suggest, this film is a slow-burning, character piece that for the most part works fairly well although the execution is hit and miss. The film follows Grey (Lauren Beatty), a singer-songwriter struggling to
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Demonic is the latest feature film direct by Neill Blomkamp, his first in 6 years, who rose to fame after his successful debut with District 9 in 2009. Sadly, Blomkamp’s next films, Elysium in 2013 and Chappie in 2015, never quite lived up to his debut so with Demonic expectations were high. However, despite a
Beckett is the latest Netflix release, an action thriller set in Greece about an American tourist who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. After brilliant performances in the likes of Tenet and BlacKkKlansman, I watched this purely because of John David Washington. However, sadly this film is lacking in everything we’ve
Boss Level is a 2021 Amazon Prime original, a new take on the Groundhog Day format. In this film, it’s ex-soldier Roy (Frank Grillo) who repeats the same day over and over, with every day culminating in his death. It’s a format that has quite frankly been done to death, but despite this Boss Level
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2016s Don’t Breathe was a real gem of a film that I’d had on my watchlist for a fair while before finally getting round to watching and then wishing I’d done so sooner. From Uruguayan filmmakers Rodo Sayagues and Fede Alvarez, it featured a relatively simple home invasion setup involving a group of young burglars
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