It’s 1999. James (Harry Shum Jr.) is a video archivist, working the late-night shift in a Chicago basement where he is currently logging old TV shows. He lives alone, following the disappearance of his wife Hannah three years ago, and regularly attends a support group for people whose loved ones are missing. While at work […]
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The Batman is the latest incarnation of the Dark Knight, this time taken on by Cloverfield director Matt Reeves. Coming only a few years after Ben Affleck’s appearance as the caped crusader, The Batman sees Robert Pattinson take on a much darker, gothic version of the hero, to surprising success. The film opens in Gotham
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Death on the Nile is the second Hercule Poirot story to be given the Kenneth Branagh treatment, following on from 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express. With a star-studded cast, an opulent setting and Branagh in place as both the titular detective and director, you’d expect big things. However what unfolds feels rather dull, empty
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I usually kick off my reviews of book or graphic novel adaptations by talking about how I don’t really read very much, so have no point of reference for the movie/TV version that I’ve watched. Well, despite the fact that I have actually started reading a fair bit since the first lockdown, I’m yet to
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Directed by Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley is based on a 1946 noir novel by William Lindsay Gresham, having already received a movie adaptation back in 1947. It’s the directors star-studded follow up to his best picture winner The Shape of Water, only this time around the only monsters to be found are those of
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The latest release in the MCU TV line-up on Disney+ is Hawkeye. As the last original Avenger to get his own starring role, it’s about time we get to see him take centre stage in a rather festive, low-key series that is a great watch just before Christmas. The series is set not long after
House of Gucci rollicks through the story of the Gucci family/brand from the late 1970s to the 1990s. Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) meets Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) at a party and pursues him based upon his last name. Maurizio is one of the heirs to the fashion house Gucci and clearly has money. He quickly
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Cowboy Bebop is Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime series of the same name. I went into this having never heard of it, going solely off the recommendation of a friend who had high expectations for it. Sadly, I don’t think it quite met up to anticipations, but overall it was still a fun
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The first season of Tiger King was released at the perfect time, right as everyone was stuck at home during the initial COVID lockdown. It brought us into the world of the batsh*t crazy big cat people in the USA. Our Tiger King, Joe Exotic, a gun-toting, gay polygamist, ran an exotic zoo in the
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Arriving on Netflix tomorrow (November 19th), Hellbound is the latest Korean drama hoping to take the world by storm with an outlandish and violent storyline. Developed by writer/director Yeon Sang-Ho (Train to Busan, Peninsula) and illustrator Choi Kyu-Seok, this 6 part series has been adapted from their own webtoon “The Hell” and features a killer
The Guilty is a new Netflix remake of a Danish film of the same name. For once I can’t judge a remake on the basis of the original as I’ve never seen it, and with minimal preconceptions I found The Guilty to be an enjoyable, tense watch. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer),
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Malignant is the new film from James Wan, the man behind Saw, The Conjuring and Insidious. With such popular horror films in his resume and a trailer that looked utterly terrifying, I’d expected big things from Wan’s latest release. However, the end result is far too ridiculous to be taken seriously and most worryingly of
Gunpowder Milkshake is the second female assassin film I’ve seen in a week, following on from Netflix’s Kate. This one follows female assassins that work for a shady all-male ruling organisation, but yet still seems to follow the same tired formula we’ve seen many times before. Aside from a funky look and some decent fight
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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
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
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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