Ghosts of the Ozarks is a 2021 horror western that will be available to stream from 23rd May. With a plot that promised a period horror, the end result is sadly lacking in mystery and is instead a long, drawn-out affair that only really picks up right at the end. The film follows Doctor James […]
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HBO Max’s Tokyo Vice focuses on American reporter Jack Adelstein’s (Ansel Elgort) time in Tokyo reporting on crime in the 1990s. Adelstein is employed by the largest newspapers in Japan and is making a mess of it. As the only gaijin (foreigner) at the paper, he is desperate to prove himself to the newspaper and
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Boiling Point is a one-shot culinary drama centring around the evening service in a busy restaurant in the run-up to Christmas. Now available and starring the ever-brilliant Stephen Graham, it brings a not often seen side of restaurants to the forefront and while this is definitely interesting with some great performances, it ultimately ended up
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Kelly (Brittany Ashworth) and Sophie (Anaïs Parello) are staying in a cabin near the foot of the Dolomite mountains in Italy, preparing to make the climb early the next morning. Their peaceful preparations are soon interrupted by the arrival of four very loud men who are staying in a nearby cabin and are clearly very
As the camera drifts across a scorched desert it settles on a small oasis of green and a large glasshouse that is nestled among the lush vegetation. Housed within the glasshouse are a family of survivors in a world that has been all but lost to a major pandemic. Yes, Glasshouse is yet another pandemic
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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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Now on its fifth instalment, the Scream franchise is back with the latest release, Scream. The numerical sequel title has been dropped in favour of a back-to-basics legacy sequel, bringing back the original cast alongside a whole host of new faces ready to fall victim to Ghostface. After 5 films, we really should have run
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Pitched as Midsommar meets Wrong Turn, The Devil to Pay is a revenge thriller from director/writers Lane and Ruckus Skye, headed to digital platforms on 17th January. Not being a fan of Midsommar, the implied resemblance here was initially of some concern, but thankfully I needn’t have worried in the slightest. Our setting is the
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Chucky is the latest incarnation of the red-headed murderous doll, this time in the form of an 8 episode TV series. Unlike the previous ill-advised Child’s Play reboot from 2019, this version sticks a lot more closely to the original films and aesthetics (the look of the Doll from the 2019 film is laughably bad)
In the USA, the FBI reports that ‘Sextortion’ is currently the single largest growing threat to children on the internet, with only five states having made it a felony. In #Like, writer/director Sarah Pirozek gives us a look at one girl’s grief as she tries to come to terms with her sister’s suicide, and the
No Time to Die is the long-awaited 25th James Bond film, and the last to star Daniel Craig. Originally scheduled for release in April 2020, we’ve had to wait 18 months longer than expected due to COVID-19. But was it worth the wait? In a word; absolutely. The film’s opening sequence shows Madeleine Swann (Léa
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The East (De Oost) is a Dutch film, and rumoured submission for consideration for the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars. The film centres around Indonesia’s fight for independence from foreign colonialists after World War II. The Dutch military sends troops to the Indonesian colony to restore order and protect the people from rebels
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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No One Gets Out Alive is based on the 2014 horror novel by British author Adam Nevill. Available to stream on Netflix from today, it tells the story of Ambar, an illegal immigrant who arrives in the US in search of the American Dream but finds herself in a whole heap of supernatural horror instead.
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The Survivalist is a 2021 siege survival thriller that follows on from the events of a global disaster. Apocalyptic survival films are two a penny nowadays and I’m afraid that aside from a decent cast and cinematography, The Survivalist doesn’t really add anything new to the genre. The film follows events in the USA a
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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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