The Vourdalak – Review
There cannot be too much left to do with the horror sub-genre that is the vampire film. We’ve had sparkly ones, sinister ones, bloodthirsty ones and erotic ones. We’ve had films that are genuinely te...
Category Archives: 2024
We Have Never Been Modern (Úsvit) – Review
It can be slightly unnerving when a film character decides to stare deeply into the eyes of their audience. We don’t usually anticipate being made complicit in whatever is unfolding on screen. And ye...
The Dead Don’t Hurt – Review
The first Western movie is said to date back to 1894, a single reel silent film that pre-dates the “golden era of Western” by almost fifty years. When you think of the genre, you think of the geograp...
The Teachers’ Lounge – Review
This review contains spoilers At school, it did always seem like the teachers’ lounge was a place of mystery. Only if you were handing something in or waiting to speak to someone did you catch a glim...
Io Capitano – Review
Italian director Matteo Garrone is perhaps best known as the man behind 2008’s Gomorra, taking viewers deep into the brutal undertakings of the Neapolitan mafia in their stronghold of Scampia Vele. ...
Mr. & Mrs. Stodola – Review
We’ve all become a bit obsessed with true crime in the last few years. There are countless podcasts, documentaries, interviews, books to satiate our taste for the macabre. Are you even a true crime f...
The G – Review
This review contains spoilers. They say that revenge is a dish best served cold. But nobody ever said anything about it being grandma doing the serving. In an unusual spin on the classic revenge dram...
Love Lies Bleeding – Review
This review contains mild spoilers If you watched Rose Glass’s debut, Saint Maud, there’s a strong chance you left the cinema in a state of shock and disorientation. Striking in its visuals and bolst...
Strictly Confidential – Preview
Just dropped is the trailer from Lionsgate for the new thriller Strictly Confidential. Elizabeth Hurley and Georgia Lock star in a sensual thriller with a devilish twist. On the anniversary of Rebecc...
Kung Fu Panda 4 – Preview
This spring, for the first time in almost a decade, comedy icon Jack Black returns to his role as Po, the world’s most unlikely kung fu master, with a hilarious, butt-kicking new chapter in DreamWork...