Hokum – Movie Review
Hokum is an supernatural horror film from Irish writer/director Damian McCarthy, fresh off the critical praise of his previous effort, 2024’s Oddity. I never really took to Oddity, it was good but nothing special. However I am delighted too say that, given a higher budget,…
Shelter – Film Review
Shelter is a fast-paced, entertaining thriller written by Ward Parry, directed by Ric Roman Waugh, and starring Jason Statham in the lead role. The film opens with Statham’s character, Mason, living alone on a remote Scottish island when a young girl and her uncle arrive…
Silent Night Deadly Night – Movie Review
In today’s endless parade of remakes, reboots, sequels etc one franchise I don’t think anyone saw making a comeback was Silent Night, Deadly Night. For most people this series will be recognizable from that silly video where a man tries to take out the bins…
Keeper – Film Review
Directed by Osgood Perkins, best known for Longlegs starring Nicolas Cage and The Monkey, Keeper follows Liz (Tatiana Maslany), a young woman taken on a trip by her new boyfriend, Malcom (Rossif Sutherland), to his family’s secluded cabin in the woods. From the moment they…
Pillion – Film Review
Pillion is an intense, unsettling exploration of intimacy, control, and vulnerability. Written by Harry Lighton and Adam Mars-Jones and directed by Lighton, the film follows the relationship between a young man named Colin (Harry Melling) and his older, strikingly handsome partner, Ray (Alexander Skarsgård). What…
I Swear (2025) Movie Review
I Swear is a new film written and directed by Kirk Jones, starring Scott Ellis Watson and Robert Aramayo (Ned Stark in Game of Thrones) as the young and adult versions of John Davidson, alongside Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson, and Peter Mullan. John Davidson is…
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse Review
This movie starts with a janitor lip-syncing to Iggy Azalea while mopping in a secret government lab, who, big surprise, causes the zombie virus to be released. I knew what I was getting into when I decided to watch a movie called Scouts Guide to…
The Life of Chuck – Review
The Life of Chuck, directed by Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep) and starring Tom Hiddleston (Thor), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars) is an adaptation of the Stephen King short story of the same name. While King…
