I think I’ve had several different introductions to this review floating around in my head for two or three years now. It’s been so long since Laika announced Wildwood as their next animated project after Missing Link, a film that unfortunately severely underperformed at the box office, and for a […]
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Ray Gunn (BFI London Film Festival 2026)
The novelty of seeing a new original animated film by the legend that is Brad Bird never really wore off during all two hours of watching Ray Gunn. Bird reminds me of Henry Selick in that for all that they’re a veteran in the animation medium, they have a beloved […]
Nightborn (London Film Festival 2026) (II)
I don’t know quite what I was expecting from Nightborn, but it certainly wasn’t the film it ended up being and it was all the better for it. The promotional material and general aesthetic called to mind modern folk horrors like Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre, but Nightborn is considerably more […]
Rogue Trooper (BFI London Film Festival 2026)
A last-minute free ticket ballot got me into the UK premiere of Duncan Jones’s Rogue Trooper on Friday night. Despite knowing very little about 2000AD, with my knowledge starting and finishing at the basic plot of Judge Dredd, there was something really satisfying about seeing a CG-animated film that is […]
No Rest for the Wicked (Fantastic Fest 2026)
LGBTQ+ themes have played a large part in genre films of recent years. Just this year queer relationships have been explored in Whistle and Leviticus, being delicately handled and naturally presented in ways that influenced the supernatural events taking place without exploitation. No Rest For The Wicked can be considered […]
Too Many Beasts (Fantastic Fest 2026)
It’s sometimes unfair to judge a film based on what you wanted it to be more than what it is, but on this occasion, don’t blame me: the film started it. Sarah Arnold’s Too Many Beasts opens in medias res amid a conflict between farmers and hunters. An aggressive opening […]
Fall 2 (2026) Does What It Says On The Tin, For Better or Worse
It’s the question on everyone’s minds whenever a suspenseful thriller gets a sequel: how will you engineer the same suspense without it coming across as completely contrived? How will you make sure that the people of Amity Island will ignore Chief Brody’s concerns yet again when another shark comes to […]
Bunny Rabbit (Frightfest 2026)
Set in Australia after environmental disasters and bushfires have brought the world to a standstill, James Branson’s Bunny Rabbit appropriately shows that living in that post-apocalyptic land wouldn’t be all that fun. The bulk of the runtime is dedicated to showing a father-daughter relationship. They scrounge for supplies, food is […]
Outside the Blue Box: Last Night in Soho (2021)
All you need to see is the recent viral clip of Matt Smith expressing amazement that Keanu Reeves was watching Morbius on a flight, and you’ll realise that the former Eleventh Doctor’s film career has been spotty to say the least. From the bizarre experiments (Lost River), to the aborted […]
Vampire’s Kiss (1988) The Patient Zero of Nicolas Cage Performances
What would us cinephiles do without Nicolas Cage in the world? Internet discussions about the man who successfully shook off the reputation of coming from the Coppola family by simply picking whatever project he felt like (some good and plenty bad), tend to forget that he’s a very strong and […]