Mystery & Thriller

Review | The Killing of a Sacred Deer

January 2 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The Killing of a Sacred Deer Director Yorgos Lanthimos Writer(s) Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou Rating R Release Date November 3, 2017 What’s this? In many...

The Visit (2015) Review

October 29 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

We review the 2015 movie The Visit, which does not contain any significant spoilers.  M. Night Shyamalan is back – and he really snuck this...

‘OtherLife’ Review – Good Practice For The Director

October 23 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Ben C. Lucas brought us an ambitious, flawed bit of pulp sci-fi from the sunny shores of Australia. It’s a rumination on the pitfalls of...

Review – You’re Next

October 21 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

When the Davison family got together for their parents’ 35th wedding anniversary, they knew some sort of drama would be on the cards. After all,...

‘The Crucifixion’ Review – A Flat-Pack, Self-Assembly Genre Film

October 14 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Just as there are some fates worse than death – such as, let’s say, being possessed by an ancient, body-hopping evil – there are some...

‘Sleepwalker (2017)’ Review – An Ambitious Movie But It’s A Real Mess

October 13 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Once, when I was younger and much, much stupider, I walked for five miles in the middle of the night, totally unaware of what I...

Review – The Babadook

October 9 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

What is surprising, poignant, provocative, and frightening about The Babadook is its honesty. Here is a film – a debut feature, no less, written and...

‘Martyrs (2008)’ Review – A Disjointed Slasher

October 8 2017, by Daniel Hart

It feels to me that the disfigured ghoulish woman will be used in horror films forever. In the case of Martyrs, it inflicts terror on a...

Review – The Departed

October 4 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) has practically run his part of Boston for years via dodgy dealings and violence despite any amount of police operations to...

Gerald’s Game (2017) Review

September 29 2017, by Daniel Hart

Directed by Mike Flanagan, we review the 2017 Netflix movie Gerald’s Game, which does not contain any significant spoilers.  A sex game went inconceivably wrong....

‘The Bad Batch (2016)’ Review – Gruesome But Fascinating

September 28 2017, by Daniel Hart

There is a paltry amount of dialogue in The Bad Batch. This is a good tool. Convincing dialogue would not have been weighty or forceful enough...

‘No Offence’ Season 1 Review – A Seriously Addictive Series

September 25 2017, by Adam Lock

The daily trials and tribulations of the officers of a Manchester constabulary working together to keep the streets safe, No Offence follows the lives of...

Review – Breaking Bad S1-5

September 25 2017, by Adam Lock

A high school chemistry teacher with terminal lung cancer decides to try and make some extra money for his family to live on when he’s...

‘The Night Manager’ Season 1 Review – Stellar Cast and Enthralling Storyline

September 25 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston), a former army serviceman, is a hotel night manager. When he meets shady businessman Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie), he is working...

‘The Five’ Season 1 Review – A Rival To Broadchurch

September 25 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

When the DNA of a young boy who disappeared 20 years ago shows up at a murder scene, four childhood friends are brought back together...

‘The Missing’ Season 2 Review – A Tense Story With Brilliant Performances

September 25 2017, by Adam Lock

A young girl returns home to her parents after being taken years before, but there is something not quite right about her. On her way...

‘Silent Witness’ Season 20 Review – Truly Becomes Great In The Finale

September 25 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Now, I know it’s lazy, but please check my review of season 19 for the full description of the show. It seems silly repeating myself again this...

Silent Witness Season 19 Review

September 25 2017, by Adam Lock

The hit series returns for its nineteenth run showing crimes through the eyes of a team of forensic pathologists and forensic scientists. Well, after nineteen...

‘Fortitude’ Season 2 Review – Better Than The First

September 25 2017, by Adam Lock

The sub-zero drama returns, picking up weeks after where season one left off, only to reveal that what took place before was just the tip of the...

‘Ripper Street’ Series Review – A TV Show That Cannot Be Recommended Enough

September 25 2017, by Adam Lock

London Metropolitan’s H Division turns to solving crimes in the wake of the Jack the Ripper killings. When Jack the Ripper took to the streets...