Movie Reviews

Movie reviews are our specialty and passion. We deliver ratings and insights on films of all genres and sizes—from blockbuster hits to independent gems and streaming platform originals. Here is our extensive collection of reviews where we give our final opinion on many movies.

We also do TV Reviews too.

‘Re-Animator’ | Grimmfest Film Review

October 6 2018, by Alix Turner

What self-respecting horror fan gets to middle age without seeing Re-Animator? This one, that’s who… well, not until this week when it was screened at...

‘Scream 2’ (1997) | Film Review

October 6 2018, by Tyler Howat

Following up his smash hit, Scream, Wes Craven returned the next year with another meta-filled film. Much like the first film was a love letter to...

‘Office Uprising’ | Grimmfest Film Review

October 5 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

A quite wonderful mix of Office Space and Shaun of the Dead, Lin Oeding’s movie Office Uprising stars Brenton Thwaites (Titans) as a regular office...

‘Malevolent’ (2018) | Netflix Original Film Review

October 5 2018, by Alix Turner

Malevolent is an unusual beast: it was made in the USA, filmed in Glasgow, directed by a man from Iceland; it stars just a couple...

‘Girls With Balls’ | Grimmfest Film Review

October 5 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Grimmfest 2018 held the European Premiere of Girls With Balls and what a wonderfully entertaining end to the festival’s opening night it was. Director Olivier...

Serpent (2017) Review – an isolated-based thriller

October 4 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Here is our review of the 2017 horror film Serpent, which does not contain significant spoilers or plot twists. The directorial debut of Amanda Evans...

‘Await Further Instructions’ | Grimmfest Film Review

October 4 2018, by Alix Turner

I won’t leave this to the end, I’ll tell you now: Await Further Instructions blew me away. I knew little of what to expect, past...

The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) Review

October 4 2018, by Tyler Howat

Directed by Sara Colangelo, we review The Kindergarten Teacher (2018), which does not contain spoilers.  The Kindergarten Teacher, written and directed by Sara Colangelo, is...

‘A Star is Born’ (2018) | Film Review

October 4 2018, by M.N. Miller

Jackson Maine doesn’t care where he drinks, as long as the bar is open and the alcohol is flowing. We can’t tell yet if Jackson...

‘The Exorcist’ | Film Review

October 4 2018, by Louie Fecou

In 1999, Entertainment Weekly declared that The Exorcist was the “scariest movie of all time”. It’s an accolade that many people would reiterate, even today. Directed...

‘The Wife’ | Film Review

October 3 2018, by M.N. Miller

The Wife opens with the fictional acclaimed writer and professor, Joel Casselman, waking up to a phone call from Stockholm, Sweden, in which he is...

‘The Fog’ (1980) | Film Review

October 3 2018, by Louie Fecou

By 1980, John Carpenter had taken the horror genre by storm with his low budget, big box office smash Halloween. The film, receiving another reboot...

‘Blaze’ | Film Review

October 2 2018, by M.N. Miller

During an interview, Townes Van Zandt said, “He was only deemed crazy once,” while his buddy Zee says, a tad judgmentally, “You should really know...

‘Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors’ | Film Review

October 2 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

First, a disclaimer. Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors is quite obviously pitched at kids in general and young girls in particular, and I’m a twenty-eight-year-old man....

‘Angel Heart’ | Film Review

October 1 2018, by Louie Fecou

If you are looking for a little something different to help you through to Halloween this year, you could do far worse than Alan Parker’s...

‘Smallfoot’ | Film Review

September 30 2018, by M.N. Miller

When it comes down to it, sometimes timing isn’t just everything; it can be the only thing. Smallfoot comes out when the world has noticed...

‘Outlawed’ (2018) | Film Review

September 29 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The story of Outlawed follows a military commando, Jake O’Neill (Adam Collins, most known for his stunt work in Dunkirk, Kingsman: Golden Circle and Mission Impossible...

‘Two Catalonias’ | Netflix Original Documentary Review

September 28 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The most effective scene in Two Catalonias occurs early in the two-hour runtime. It’s filmed from above, presumably from a balcony, in a swaying handheld...