Spiderhead – Review
In some ways, Spiderhead has slipped entirely under the radar. Rather than capitalising on the fact that the film was directed by Top Gun: Maverick’s Joseph Kosinski and features one of its stars, Mi...
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The Northman – Review
It’s rather unbelievable to think that The Northman is only Robert Eggers’ third film. The director has made such an indelible mark on cinema with The VVitch and The Lighthouse that it feels like his...
Good Madam – Review
The haunted house or family trauma tropes are incredibly common in horror movies. Grief sometimes manifests itself in walls that talk; objects that move; things that go bump in the night. So it can b...
Deep Water – Preview
Coming to Amazon Prime on the 18th of March is the thriller Deep Water. Based on the Patricia Highsmith novel of the same name, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas star as Vic and Melinda Van Allen, an affl...
Top Ten Films of 2021 – Mary’s Picks
Whilst this year really does feel like we are firmly stuck in The Matrix, the good news is that cinemas have been open again for several months. Other restrictions have remained in place but cinema, ...
Last Night in Soho – Review
When you think of Edgar Wright, you no doubt think of pop culture references at a rate of knots; bloody slapstick; male leads. You’re probably less likely to imagine a straight up horror/thriller wit...
The Card Counter – Review
You could be forgiven – upon viewing the title credits of The Card Counter – for thinking that this was a re-release of a movie from the 1970s. The bright green card table cover that forms the backgr...
Censor – Review
The “video nasty” era in the UK was every bit a sociopolitical movement as it was a cinematic one. Emerging from a grimy 1980s, where the country seemed plagued more by strikes and economic uncertain...
The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It – Review
The Conjuring universe has become one of the most engaging – and profitable – modern horror franchises. Drawing on the antics of real life “demonologists” Ed and Lorraine Warren, it now boasts a tota...
Those Who Wish Me Dead – Review
Writer / director / producer Taylor Sheridan has carved a career out of films that feel intimate to the point of intrusive. He really hones in on small, otherwise ‘uncinematic’ communities in order t...