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Movies & Documentaries
Emily the Criminal (2022): Solid Thriller Showcases Plaza’s Skill (Review)
It’s a familiar and well-worn assumption that when an actor known primarily for comedy starts doing serious drama, they will likely get instant acclaim for showing previously unseen range. However, that narrative doesn’t really hold water much these days with actors going back and forth between comedy and drama with […]
Wendell & Wild (2022) Exploration of dark & morbid concepts in suitably strange and morbid stop-motion (Review)
2023 is upon us, and I’m sure many of you have already taken every chance you can to watch all the new releases. Me? I’m still stuck in 2022, catching up on an endless string of films that slipped me by. One of those is a big one though, and […]
The Harbinger (2022) The Unpredictability of Pandemic Terror tapped to create the stuff of Nightmares (Review)
In the middle of a viral outbreak, Monique (Gabby Beans) makes the decision to leave her family bubble and travel to care for her friend Mavis (Emily Davis), who has been experiencing what appears to be a mental break, coupled with sleepwalking. This decision leads Monique on a collision course […]
Sorry About The Demon (2022) Its tongue firmly in its hellion cheek (Review)
Directed by Emily Hagins, Sorry About The Demon is a horror comedy that follows slacker Will as he navigates his recent breakup all the while dealing with his brand new roommates from hell. Will, played by Jon Michael Simpson, is a hopeless deadbeat who is completely devoid of any real […]
Rebel (2022) A Devastating Descent Into The Poisonous Spiral Of War And Propaganda (Review)
War is an inevitability brought on in a world ruled by rivalry. The constant push for human beings to be pulled apart and divided against each other in an arbitrary battle of differences consistently reaches a boiling point that can only end in violence. Whether it’s religion, cultural differences or […]
Clerks III (2022) An emotional gut-punch, and the end of an era (Review)
Beware spoilers! Clerks III is the third and final instalment of the Clerks saga, written and directed by Kevin Smith. We return to the Quick Stop, to Randal, Dante, Jay and Silent Bob all still living their New Jersey dream, or nightmare depending on your perspective. A massive heart attack […]
The Executioner Collection (1974) Sonny Chiba’s Lucky Stars (Review)
Japanese cinema carries with it a certain gravitas in the minds of many. It evokes images of great chivalry (Seven Samurai), dreams and heartbreak (Ikiru), honour and justice (Hara-Kiri) and the importance of family (Tokyo Story). Names such as Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujirō Ozu loom large over its […]
Wolf Manor (2023) A gleeful ode to the Werewolves that came before (Review)
Dominic Brunt is known to most in the UK as the vet about town, Paddy, from the long-established soap opera Emmerdale. He has long been moonlighting as a director of horror and exploitation movies, debuting with 2013’s Before Dawn, in 2022 he made his fourth feature, Wolf Manor. I would […]
The Dunwich Horror (1970) Lovecraft via 1960s New Age Hippie Psychadelia (Review)
Adapting the work of the world-famous horror author H.P. Lovecraft for the screen is a task which still seems to challenge filmmakers to this day. His tales of unreliable narrators coming face-to-tentacled-face with unimaginable eldritch horrors with nigh-unpronounceable names have struggled to make the transition from page to celluloid for […]