Movies
Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.
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‘Jefe’ | Netflix Film Review
Jefe kindly reminded me of the time I had a manager who was so incredibly fragile that we never knew what kind of day to expect....
‘Been So Long’ | Netflix Film Review
My heart is a dried up little grape of cynicism and resentment, so the romance, let along the musical romance, is not something I’m particularly...
‘Frailty’ | Film Review
Not all serial killers are bad people. Some of them are family men. You have something special to hand down from generation to generation when...
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ | Film Review
I may like electronic or industrial music now, and I may have listened to little but Paul Simon as a kid, but the music of...
‘Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel’ | Film Review
When I discovered an interest in found footage films a year or so ago, rumour told me that Stephen Cognetti’s Hell House LLC was one film...
Revisiting ‘Ghostwatch’
As October draws to a close we start the inevitable slide to Halloween, the spookiest day of the year. I’ve never been a fan of...
‘1920’ | Film Review
1920 is the story of a young architect, Arjun (Rajneesh Duggal), who moves to an old stately home to measure it up and redesign it...
‘Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween’ | Film Review
Yesterday, perhaps against my better judgement, I took my daughter to see Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, the second attempt over the last few years to...
‘A Kid Like Jake’ | Film Review
I didn’t have high hopes for A Kid Like Jake when I sat down and watched it over 5 months ago. From the Rotten Tomatoes...
‘Night Comes On’ | Film Review
Not many of us know how to deal with the loss of a parent, not to mention the loss of a parent at the hand...
‘Don’t Breathe’ (2016) | Film Review
Don’t Breathe is a chilling venture into the world of a blind marine veteran; a world of complete darkness. After its debut in 2016, Don’t Breathe soon...
‘One Cut Of The Dead’ (‘Kamera o tomeru na!’) | Mayhem Film Review
When Steven Sheil and Chris Cooke introduced One Cut of the Dead as Saturday dawned at Mayhem Film Festival, they told the gathered film fans...
‘Silencio’ (2018) | Film Review
From director Lorena Villarreal (Las Iloronas) comes Silencio, a mystery thriller that will keep you pondering the questions for days. Starring John Noble (TV’s Fringe), Rupert Graves...
‘Illang: The Wolf Brigade’ (‘Inrang’) | Netflix Film Review
Based on the Japanese animated film Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, the live-action adaptation Illang: The Wolf Brigade, otherwise known as Inrang, is a powerful piece of work by director Jee-woon...
‘Uncle Drew’ | Film Review
When I first saw television spots for Uncle Drew, I would mutter to myself that this is a movie disaster waiting to happen. Taking a...
‘A.X.L.’ | Film Review
As twin films (films that are the same or very similar, produced or released simultaneously by two different studios) go, A.X.L. might be the most...
The Real Psycho
Until 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was known for his big-budget suspense thrillers. This was the man who had brought us North by Northwest the year before,...
‘Alpha’ | Film Review
Alpha is a movie that still has me on the fence, months later, and perpetually so. For every moment that offers some thrills, you are...