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Director: David Robert Mitchell Stars: Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Christian Convery In spite of the repeated box office bonanza that keeps getting further sequels green lit, none of the directors tasked with following up Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park have ever really gotten close to fulfilling the mandate with any satisfaction. Not even, it has to … Continue reading Review: The End of Oak…
Director: Matt Johnson Stars: Dominic Sessa, Leo Woodall, Antonio Banderas The international rollout for Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s crowd-pleasing cult hit Nirvanna the Band: The Show – The Movie has been so lackadaisical that here comes Johnson’s follow-up, nipping at it’s heels in the UK release schedule. In many ways it makes Nirvanna the … Continue reading Review: Tony (2026)
Director: Imran Perretta Stars: Farhan Hasnat, Yahya Kitana, Joy Crookes In the wild undergrowth on the outskirts of London Luton Airport, two boys on the verge of young adulthood play and pick blackberries. Inseparable besties Ish (Farhan Hasnat) and Maram (Yahya Kitana), both 12-year-olds, exist in the sometimes harsh realities of contemporary Britain. Children of … Continue reading Review: Ish
Director: Louis Leterrier Stars: Greta Lee, Wagner Moura, Emma Ho Seeing as Spider-man is eating up all of the cinema real estate and that I can’t bring myself to give Eli Roth any of my money for his GenAI assisted slopfest Ice Cream Man, it falls to the slim pickings from streaming services for another weekend’s … Continue reading Review: The Last House
Director: Charlie McDowell Stars: Glenn Close, Emily Matthews, Anders Danielsen Lie Like a rowboat knocking up on shore, Charlie McDowell’s 2024 picture The Summer Book gently arrives in select UK cinemas, it’s approach unassuming, befitting of a work that quietly impresses with cumulative effect. Adapted from the beloved Finnish novel by Tove Jansson – who, … Continue reading Review: The Summer…
Director: Kate Dolan Stars: Claudia Doumit, David Rysdahl, Lily Sullivan Like unbranded space, places both public and private that are 100% free of AI are already starting to feel scarce as the haphazard tech is ceaselessly thrust upon us like a crushing inevitability. I fucking hate it. My 9-to-5 workplace is a constant barrage. If … Continue reading Review: SOULM8TE
Director: Jeff Wadlow Stars: Kathryn Newton, Lana Condor, Nico Hiraga Let’s make one thing abundantly clear; we are here on the good graces of Kathryn Newton alone who has – via a series of comedic horror roles in the likes of Freaky, Lisa Frankenstein, Abigail and Ready or Not: Here I Come – built up … Continue reading Review: The Devil’s Mouth
Director: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke Stars: Davika Hoorne, Apasiri Nitibhon, Witsarut Himmarat I have a movie kink and I’m not ashamed to admit it. It’s the ever-growing microgenre of movies about possessed inanimate objects. Often but not always confined to horror, it’s a surefire way of getting me on side. From the deft surrealism of Quentin Dupieux’s … Continue reading Review: A Useful Ghost
Director: Meredith Alloway Stars: Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Alexandra Shipp There are few socially accepted secret covens like the all-girl pyjama party sleepover, an arena which Meredith Alloway makes a concerted effort to invade and conquer with her knowing horror-comedy Forbidden Fruits, a tale of witches in the mall who’ll happily reference Regina George as … Continue reading Review: Forbidden…
Year: 2006 Director: Jafar Panahi Stars: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Mahnaz Zabihi, Shayesteh Irani Yesterday, to my complete bemusement, the 2026 World Cup came to a close. This is not to overly besmirch the sport; I’ve just never managed to find a way into it, finding matches dull and aspects of the culture that surrounds it… questionable. … Continue reading Why I Love… #193: Offside
