Mystery & Thriller
Terminal (2018) Review – An Inscrutable Journey That Leaves You Uncertain
Terminal runs for about 90 minutes, and I couldn’t for the life of me tell you what a single one of them was about. I...
The Ferryman (2018) Review – A Surreal Journey Through Grief and Low-Budget Horror
The Ferryman is the story of Mara, who cannot bear to carry on living and attempts suicide. She comes round in the hospital – fortunately!...
‘Beirut’ Review: Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, and the Tragedy of a Fallen Paradise
There really are two characters in this Beirut: Jon Hamm’s Mason Skiles and the city of Beirut. Both were once on top, the envy of...
Muil (Short Film) Review
Muil came to my attention by sheer chance, a fluke of Twitter; I wish I knew how, because I want more discoveries like this. It...
The Black Gloves Review – A Nostalgic Dive into Melodramatic Horror
In The Black Gloves, Dr. Finn Galloway (Jamie Scott-Gordon), hurting from the sudden death of a young patient, discovers that he may be able to help...
Cargo Review
Another day, another culturally-specific zombie movie being given the “original” treatment by Netflix. This time it’s Cargo, an Australian offering starring your favourite greying everyman,...
Truth or Dare Review
The trailer has been everywhere, so I have no doubt you’re familiar with the scenario. A group of college friends and acquaintances spend their last...
‘Orbiter 9’ Review: A Visually Stunning but Narratively Flat Sci-Fi Drama
Orbiter 9 tells us a story of the human condition, of love, life, and the value of existence. Laboratory conditions can only monitor so much,...
A Quiet Place Review
A Quiet Place is a horror/thriller about a family’s survival against the threat of creatures which hunt by sound. It was directed by John Krasinski,...
The Strangers: Prey at Night Review
[yasr_overall_rating size=”medium”] Ten years after the 2008 original, The Strangers: Prey at Night sees the same trio of masked murderers making mayhem in a trailer...
Film Review | Unsane (2018)
Starring Claire Foy, Unsane tells the story of Sawyer Valentini, who is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she believes she is confronted by her...
‘Steel Rain’ Review: North Korean Espionage and Doomsday Drama
Steel Rain cooks up a button-pushing doomsday scenario as a super-skilled North Korean agent team up with a dorky presidential aide to stave off a...
‘The Hurricane Heist’ Review – A Calamitous, Brain-Dead Thriller
In this exceptionally dumb thriller about bad weather and morons, thieves attempt a heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches. Directed...
The Sinner Season 1 Review
The Sinner is an American crime drama focusing on a young woman (Jessica Biel) who commits a seemingly inexplicable crime and the detective (Bill Pullman)...
Requiem Season 1 Review
Requiem is a six-part mystery/psychological horror series about a young woman who is concerned her mother may have had something to do with the disappearance...
Review | Red Sparrow (2018)
Red Sparrow is Francis Lawrence’s fourth outing with star Jennifer Lawrence following the final three films of The Hunger Games Saga. Jennifer Lawrence plays a former...
‘Re:Mind’ Season 1 Review – A Clever Series That Leaves You Short-Changed
Re:Mind is a mystery that follows eleven female students as they try and find a motive behind why they have woken up bound to a...
Review | The Open House
The Open House review Director Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote Writer(s) Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote Rating 15 Release Date January 19, 2018 (Netflix) What’s this? At...
‘The Strange Ones’ Review – Unsettling and Unusual, But Worth Watching
As the title suggests, it’s very strange. From the filmmaking team of Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein, The Strange Ones is a puzzle of a...
‘Day of the Dead: Bloodline’ Review – There’s Some Well-Constructed Action Beats But It’s A Bad Zombie Movie
Day of the Dead: Bloodline is a remake of 1985’s Day of the Dead. Which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, I guess. But...