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Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.
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Guillermo Vilas: Settling the Score review – a solid sporting documentary that clears the net
A good sports documentary can be about anything – as long as it’s about sport, obviously. But the sport itself doesn’t matter. Stuff like The...
Critical Thinking review – a strategic crowd-pleaser
Once a pawn a time (yes, I went there), inspirational true-stories had been all the rage. They have been performed a thousand times over. The...
Honest Thief second opinion – an insincere thriller
You have to give Liam Neeson some credit for finding a career resurgence in action films. Very few can have this type of longevity. It...
The Vanished second opinion – walk of shame
I’ve never held a grudge against a film that objectively works, but it’s an unusual year, so this may be the first. The Vanished is...
Honeydew (FrightFest 2020) review – backwoods horror with a hypnotic tone
I’m struggling to know where to begin with Honeydew: this feature debut from director Devereux Milburn is absolutely loopy, and I loved it. Rylie (Malin...
The Nights Before Christmas (FrightFest 2020) review – a fun Christmas slasher
The Nights Before Christmas is directed by Dystopia director Paul Tanter, starring Age of the Living Dead’s Simon Phillips, Watchmen’s Sayla de Goede, and Kate...
Origin Unknown aka Sin Origen (FrightFest 2020) review – Mexican standoff like no other
Sin Origen (known as Origin Unknown or Unsourced in some countries) opens with a head cleanly cut off, rolling towards the viewer. Stylized sword fighting...
The Funeral Home aka La Funeraria (FrightFest 2020) review – a different kind of haunted house film
The atmosphere is everything in La Funeraria (known as The Funeral Home or The Undertaker’s Home in some countries). Right from the start, with the...
Scavenger (FrightFest 2020) review – an outdated exploitation movie
Scavenger, also known as Carrona in its native Argentina, is directed by Eric Fleitas and Luciana Garraza, starring Nayla Churruarin, Eric Fleitas, Sofia Lanaro, Rosa...
Honest Thief review – Liam Neeson is back, playing Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson is back, playing Liam Neeson in this new thriller from director Mark Williams. In Honest Thief, Neeson is Tom Carter, ex-marine turned bank...
Let’s Scare Julie (FrightFest 2020) review – better than I expected
I enjoyed Let’s Scare Julie a lot more than I expected. The publicity information gave the impression of a modern story about inane bimbos and...
Dune Drifter (FrightFest 2020) review – low budget action sci-fi that made me want more
Several years ago, the horror film festival world fell for Colin, the micro-budget zombie film. Last year, Nightshooters had us jumping and laughing equally. This...
Broil (FrightFest 2020) review – twisted supernatural drama that wants to be cool
Broil is an odd one. Directed by Edward Drake and written by Drake with Piper Mars, it doesn’t seem to know whether it’s about the...
For the Sake of Vicious (FrightFest 2020) review – great action, sketchy writing
Films with two distinct halves can be tricky: Will the pace be maintained? Will the story make sense? Will the audience still know who to...
The World We Knew (FrightFest 2020) review – spellbinding blend of crime and creepy
Nearly thirty years ago, I watched a film by a brand new director about gangsters regrouping after a job gone wrong, with glimpses of the...
Babysitter Must Die (Frightfest 2020) review – a fun home invasion slasher
Babysitter Must Die is a horror movie from director Kohl Glass who previously bought us You May Now Kill the Bride. Starring Sneaky Pete’s Riley...
Breeder (Frightfest 2020) review – a brutal onslaught
Breeder is a Danish horror movie from director Jens Dahl of 3 Things, starring TV Rita’s Sara Hjort Ditlevsen, Valerian and the City of a...
Woman of the Photographs (FrightFest 2020) review – a beautiful reflection of obsession
Woman of the Photographs is a Japanese film and the feature debut from director Takeshi Kushida, starring a relatively unknown cast of Hideki Nagai, Itsuki...