Body Brokers is based upon the very real fraud scam that occurs in the Substance Use Disorder (SUD)treatment world in the USA. The situation itself may seem completely foreign to anyone outside of the USA, and probably extremely horrifying. For background, I am well aware of this scheme, because I work in health care fraud, […]
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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is the sequel to 2019’s Escape Room, a series of action horrors set in, you guessed it, escape rooms. Despite a fairly ridiculous plot, I enjoyed the first film immensely and I’m pleased to say I felt the same about this sequel. Spoiler alert, but the plot follows on directly
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Fear Street Part 3: 1666 is the final part of a trilogy of films that have been released weekly on Netflix, and is based on the book series of the same name by R.L Stine. My feelings towards parts 1 and 2 do differ slightly from Sarah, who reviewed both for us (see here and
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Fear Street Part 2: 1978 is the second of a trilogy of films being released weekly on Netflix, based on the book series of the same name by R.L Stine. Despite claiming in my review for part 1 that I wouldn’t drop everything to watch the second film, curiosity got the best of me and
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Fear Street Part One: 1994 is the first in a trilogy of films released on Netflix, based on the supernatural book series by R.L Stine. Packed full of film references and 90s nostalgia, the first part of this trilogy is a fairly entertaining watch. The film opens on a young woman, Heather (Maya Hawke), working
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Alone is a tense thriller that follows a fairly simple narrative, the kind of thing you feel you’ve no doubt seen a hundred times before in other movies. I was definitely intrigued by the trailer, even though I felt it had possibly laid out far too many plot points. But while that is certainly the
It feels like we’ve been waiting a lifetime for Black Widow. Originally scheduled for release in May 2020, like many films it suffered countless pushbacks due to the pandemic. Now over a year later it finally sees a simultaneous cinematic and Disney+ premier access release, and boy was it worth the wait. Directed by Cate
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Arriving almost eight months after its release in the US, Freaky comes from director Christopher Landon, who also directed the hugely entertaining Happy Death Day movies. It manages to take the tired old body swap genre and add a fresh horror spin, while still keeping things fun. It’s Wednesday the 11th. Vince Vaughn is the
Murder by the Coast, or El case Wanninkhof-Carabantes, is a Spanish true-crime documentary, and one of the newest documentary films on Netflix. The film is a little less than an hour and a half and focuses mainly on the murder of Rocio Wanninkhof in 1999 in the small town of La Cala de Mijas, on
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Werewolves Within is a whodunnit horror-comedy from director Josh Ruben (Scare Me) and from a screenplay by Mishna Wolff. It is based on a video game of the same name and kicks off with a vicious attack on a man out in the snowy wilderness, which we assume is being carried out by a werewolf…
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Occupation Rainfall is the sequel to Occupation, a low budget Australian sci-fi movie from 2018 about a small group of town residents who band together against an alien invasion. To be honest, I had absolutely no idea that Occupation Rainfall was a sequel at all, until after I’d finished watching it! Luckily, from what I’ve
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Luca is the latest straight to Disney+ release from Pixar, and if you’ve been missing your summer holidays abroad over this past year due to the pandemic, immersing yourself in this beautiful Italian-set animation could be just what you need. Directed by Pixar artist and first-time director Enrico Casarosa, Luca follows a young sea monster
Kindred is a psychological thriller/horror about the reluctantly pregnant Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance) after her boyfriend, Ben (Edward Holcroft), dies in a workplace accident. After this accident, Charlotte is taken in by Ben’s mother (Fiona Shaw), and creepy stepbrother, Thomas (Jack Lowden). They proceed to basically torture her and question her sanity. Prior to the accident,
Premiering on Amazon Prime tomorrow (July 2nd), The Tomorrow War is an epic action packed time travel and alien invasion story starring Chris Pratt and Yvonne Strahovski. It has all the elements I love from blockbusters such as Independence Day and Edge of Tomorrow, while still managing to remain unique, and hugely enjoyable. I just
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Witch Hunt is a 2021 supernatural drama within an alternate modern-day America, where witches are real, witchcraft is illegal and being burnt at the stake by witch hunters is a feared punishment. While the concept is good and had heaps of potential, the poor lacklustre execution does not make for a bewitching watch. The film
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In The Earth is the latest film from director Ben Wheatley, a hallucinogenic trip into the woods that you definitely want to forget the next morning. Despite an intriguing opening act, the film descends into utter confusion which had me leaving the cinema scratching my head in despair. Known for unusual and/or cult films like
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