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Title/Year
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1
2/5
Effects (1978)

Chris Jackson

Its central idea may well be fairly solid, but any intrigue and tension is pretty much completely eliminated by the unreasonably long amount of time it takes to actually go anywhere.
Posted Feb 1, 2022
2
3/5
The Blockhouse (1973)

Rich Cross

A wartime prisoner film with a distinctive and alarming premise, The Blockhouse is a harsh and claustrophobic study of the existential terror of incarceration in the company of others.
Posted Feb 1, 2022
3
4/5
Alone with You (2021)

Martin Unsworth

It's an absorbing film that shows what can be done with limited environments and Bennett's performance is a tour de force. Well worth catching.
Posted Feb 1, 2022
4
4/5
Sing 2 (2021)

Jack Bottomley

While Sing 2 lacks some of the old fashioned magic that the first surprisingly harnessed, it does have a strong statement on how the biggest and best tunes come from the smallest and most passionate places.
Posted Jan 31, 2022
5
2/5
The Mangler (1994)

John Townsend

The Mangler is largely a dull, soulless and dated viewing experience.
Posted Jan 28, 2022
6
4/5
Sing a Bit of Harmony (2022)

James Perkins

Sing a Bit of Harmony is a delightful little story that, although not as powerful or as spectacular as some of its peers, still provides a heartful two hours of entertainment.
Posted Jan 28, 2022
7
2/5
The Midnight Swim (2015)

John Townsend

There's nothing dramatic here, no realisation of hidden horrors, just a slow, tangible tension that is disquieting if not exactly frightening.
Posted Jan 28, 2022
8
4/5
Nightmare Alley (2021)

Paul Mount

Nightmare Alley won't be for everyone and it might not be for fans of del Toro's more traditional offerings. But it's his most grounded film, and with its strange, doomy, other-worldly sensibility, it's absolutely a del Toro film for the world today.
Posted Jan 28, 2022
9
2/5
The Wanting Mare (2020)

Alan Boon

There are times when The Wanting Mare is less feature film, more feature-length perfume ad, with all the style and narrative/anti-narrative features of that most baffling of genres.
Posted Jan 25, 2022
10
4/5
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)

Martin Unsworth

Whether you're a fan of classic horror or cinema in general, this is an essential watch.
Posted Jan 24, 2022
11
3/5
The Wasteland (2022)

John Townsend

The Wasteland is an impressive film, horrifically beautiful at times. But there is a sense of missed opportunity, as initial themes are abandoned in favour of portraying survival amidst a home invasion.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
12
5/5
Scream (2022)

Matthew Taylor

2022's Scream is the best in the series since the original and, in this writer's view, is one of the best slashers of the century so far.
Posted Jan 20, 2022
13
3/5
Cyrano (2022)

Laura Wybrow

So, while Cyrano is best left to theatre storytellers, the movie is nevertheless enjoyable, and with that, it gets three stars.
Posted Jan 20, 2022
14
3/5
Mother/Android (2021)

Paul Mount

Low budget sci-fi flick Mother/Android, written and directed by Mattson Tomlin, is no masterpiece but it's a step in the right direction.
Posted Jan 20, 2022
15
4/5
The Devil to Pay (2020)

Rich Cross

This first feature by co-writers and co-directors Lane and Ruckus Skye is an impressive and captivating debut.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
16
4/5
Forgiveness (2021)

Martin Unsworth

Forgiveness is packed full of disturbing imagery with a surreal edge and is terrifyingly mesmerising.
Posted Jan 13, 2022
17
4/5
Petite Maman (2021)

Jonathan Anderson

An incredible performance by the twin Sanz sisters and an uplifting, yet brief soundtrack (essentially three songs remixed) played at just the right time make this both a heartwarming and heartbreaking film.
Posted Jan 12, 2022
18
4/5
Barbarians (2022)

Martin Unsworth

Although it's superb to watch, this is one dinner party you'll be glad you weren't invited to.
Posted Jan 11, 2022
19
3/5
Sleep (Schlaf) (2020)

Martin Unsworth

An intriguing visual cocktail of Kafka, Lynch and the Brothers Grimm.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
20
4/5
The King's Man (2021)

Paul Mount

An intriguing, absorbing, well-crafted adventure story that offers real excitement, tragedy, emotional drama, and characters who are well-rounded and believable that we can actually believe and invest in.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
21
4/5
Don't Look Up (2021)

Paul Mount

Don't Look Up is a sizzling, coruscating, and biting satire on the modern world and our collective priorities.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
22
3/5
The Kindred (2022)

Martin Unsworth

There's a good story in The Kindred, but unfortunately, it misses the mark more than it hits.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
23
3/5
South of Heaven (2021)

Nick Spacek

The performances in South of Heaven - at least those of Sudeikis, Whigham, and Colter - are solid, if unflashy.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
24
4/5
Swan Song (2021)

Paul Mount

Swan Song is a powerful, evocative story told in a measured, almost matter-of-fact fashion.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
25
1/5
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

Paul Mount

A dull, uninvolving, and utterly irrelevant film, derivative of its own history and dozens of films that trailed in its wake and it's another reason to never even revisit the original, iconic 1999 The Matrix.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
26
5/5
Titane (2021)

Laura Potier

Julia Ducournau helms a thoughtful rumination on found family, gender, and sexuality that's rich in disturbing body horror and violent extremes.
Posted Jan 4, 2022
27
3/5
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Laura Potier

Joel Coen helms a handsome but disappointingly passive adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Posted Jan 4, 2022
28
4/5
Deliria (Bloody Bird)(Sound Stage Massacre)(Stage Fright) (1987)

Martin Unsworth

Michele Soavi's eighties shocker is as visually stylish as you'd expect and more entertaining than you remember.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
29
4/5
No Time To Die (2021)

Paul Mount

A big, ambitious, explosive endgame for Craig's fifteen-year tenure as Bond.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
30
5/5
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Jack Bottomley

No Way Home not only meets those grand standards it boldly aims for, it swings over them in style and delivers maybe the greatest entry in the MCU.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
31
2/5
Puppet Killer (2019)

Joel Harley

An uninspired yet amusing slasher take on Wet Hot American Summer.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
32
3/5
The Advent Calendar (2021)

Joel Harley

The story is too familiar to be truly shocking, but there are plenty of surprises in store, even as the inexpensive, mildly same-y taste of advent calendar chocolate (you know the type) begins to lose its novelty.
Posted Dec 13, 2021
33
1/5
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory (2021)

John Townsend

From the outset, there is a docudrama feel to proceedings, as if what you're viewing is really a re-enactment for some obscure digital history channel, with the dialogue awkward and the direction static and uninspiring.
Posted Dec 13, 2021
34
3/5
See For Me (2022)

Joel Harley

Randall Okita's home invasion thriller treads little new ground - it's The Call by way of Panic Room - but boasts an interesting set of heroes and villains.
Posted Dec 13, 2021
35
4/5
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

Laura Potier

Beast filmmaker Michael Pearce's second feature offers another engaging, character-driven story wrapped in a genre-bending package.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
36
3/5
Castle Falls (2021)

Jacob Walker

A film with a killer concept, which despite getting tripped up by exposition, delivers thrills and decent action.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
37
4/5
Encounter (2021)

Laura Potier

A deceivingly simple and well-executed film anchored by tender performances... Encounter is a lovely portrait of familial love that cements Michael Pearce's status as a director to watch.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
38
2/5
13 Minutes (2021)

Rich Cross

What's odd about the film's finale is the lack of interest that it has in the themes of redemption or renewal.
Posted Dec 1, 2021
39
3/5
Isolation (2021)

Martin Unsworth

It's a grim, often disturbing watch and very well made
Posted Dec 1, 2021
40
2/5
15 Things You Didn't Know About Bigfoot (Number 1 Will Blow Your Mind!) (2021)

John Townsend

A faux-documentary comedy/horror that is neither funny nor scary enough.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
41
4/5
Repeat (2021)

Ben Bradley

This inventive independent British film punches well above its weight and is a welcome entry to the afterlife thriller subgenre.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
42
3/5
Lamb (2021)

Laura Wybrow

If there's something Lamb has in abundance it's originality.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
43
4/5
Shepherd (2022)

Martin Unsworth

Shepherd is a brooding, bleak, atmospheric nightmare that grips with ease.
Posted Nov 28, 2021
44
4/5
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

Jack Bottomley

[It] may not be quite Paddington level when it comes to masterful children's book-to-screen entertainment. But the audience will likely love it nonetheless.
Posted Nov 28, 2021
45
2/5
Habit (2021)

Ben Bradley

While the plot might sound familiar, there's nothing in writer/director Janell Shirtcliff's film that comes close to the success of Sister Act. It will even rank lower than the woeful Nuns on the Run.
Posted Nov 28, 2021
46
3/5
Encanto (2021)

Hayden Mears

Visually, Disney's Encanto sets the bar high for the studio's future animated efforts.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
47
1/5
Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)

Jack Bottomley

Home Sweet Home Alone is as utterly forgettable as it gets.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
48
4/5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

Laura Potier

Its ability to pull off an air of childhood magic without seeming twee or mawkish is one of Ghostbusters: Afterlife's greatest achievements.
Posted Nov 17, 2021
49
4/5
Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)

Joel Harley

Prisoners of the Ghostland is a hard film to take seriously. Thankfully, it doesn't take itself all that seriously either.
Posted Nov 12, 2021
50
3/5
Night at the Eagle Inn (2021)

Ben Bradley

Plays wonderfully into the mood of other haunted hotel films (it leans more to The Innkeepers than The Shining with the dialogue-heavy dynamic of the leads) and it doesn't skimp on the scares..
Posted Nov 12, 2021