Starburst

Santiago Segura provides a powerhouse performance that in a bigger budgeted film would have been award-worthy.

Posted Aug 4, 2021

2/5

Cryptozoo (2021)

Daniel Goodwin

The slender story meanders amidst an influx of crank characters, jarring violence and profanities, which entomb its crux and anaesthetise viewers, despite all the wondrous creatures, visuals, and imagination on display.

Posted Jul 30, 2021

5/5

The Suicide Squad (2021)

This is just a joyful, heartfelt, and blood-drenched comic book spectacle that does the Squad the utmost justice.

Posted Jul 30, 2021

3/5

The Offering (L'Ofrena) (2020)

Ben Bradley

The Offering will leave you with more questions than answers but is nevertheless an engaging reflection on love and obsession.

Posted Jul 30, 2021

2/5

Settlers (2021)

Settlers may well appeal to those who prefer their science fiction a bit more grounded and thoughtful but the film's glacial pace and lack of momentum suck the life out of it.

Posted Jul 30, 2021

4/5

Blood Red Sky (2021)

Blood Red Sky is a welcome blood-red treat, a proper horrific vampire story whose supernatural protagonists are more in line with the savage beasts of 30 Day of Night than the lovey-dovey saps of the Twilight saga.

Posted Jul 30, 2021

3/5

Werewolves Within (2021)

Jorge Ignacio Castillo

If nothing else, the film could have survived riskier twists and turns, but as a piece of disposable entertainment, it doesn't get any better than this.

Posted Jul 22, 2021

4/5

The Nest (2021)

The Nest is an intriguing and unnerving film and also a slightly frustrating one

Posted Jul 22, 2021

4/5

Till Death (2021)

It's enlivened by a slick and taut script, inventive direction and, most importantly and most surprisingly, a gutsy turn from Fox. Enjoyable stuff.

Posted Jul 22, 2021

1/5

Battlefield 2025 (2020)

Chris Jackson

Battlefield 2025 really can't be recommended to anyone other than those who get a kick out of similar cinematic disasterpieces.

Posted Jul 22, 2021

3/5

Baphomet (2021)

Baphomet won't win any awards for originality or skill, but for fans of indie movies, it's a decent enough satanic shocker that delivers what it promises... eventually.

Posted Jul 22, 2021

3/5

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)

Ryan Pollard

It's more fun than expected, and it's abundantly clear that Will Gluck is trying to atone for past mistakes, which is something to be commended. Who knows? Maybe the teased third film will be a masterpiece!

Posted Jul 22, 2021

3/5

Beyond Fury (2019)

The low budget credentials show in the acting of some of the characters, but this brash, gory, revenge flick manages to rise above its humble origins.

Posted Jul 2, 2021

4/5

The Ice Road (2021)

You know exactly what you want here, and writer/director Jonathan Hensleigh (in his first first film in 10 years) seems to too, and delivers the goods entertainment-wise.

Posted Jul 1, 2021

4/5

Unearth (2020)

This is a deep, dark excavation of festering resentment and opportunism gone wrong. It can be too grounded for its own good, but, by the time its earth-rending finale comes about, the message is clear and true.

Posted Jun 30, 2021

5/5

Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)

James Perkins

Violet Evergarden: The Movie is a sublime and stunning film with frame-after-frame of art gallery worthy animation and is the perfect send-off for Violet and her story -- a sure-fire future classic character and story in the anime community.

Posted Jun 30, 2021

3/5

Friendship's Death (1987)

The chemistry between Swinton and Bill Paterson is electric. The former being adept at playing burnt-out, cynical characters. It's full of metaphors, of course, but even taken on face value, it's an absorbing, prescient watch.

Posted Jun 28, 2021

2/5

Blood Pageant (2021)

Ben Bradley

The rest of the cast struggle to make the material memorable and director Harvey Lowry excels at portraying the behind the scenes of the show but struggles to raise any fear factor.

Posted Jun 28, 2021

4/5

Luca (2021)

Luca is unspeakably lovely, incredibly charming and a celebration of being yourself with the people who matter most and finding the good ones in life.

Posted Jun 28, 2021

3/5

Untitled Horror Movie (2021)

By nature, it's rough around the edges, but it's very well-made for what it is. Video chat fatigue may dull its impact, but rather something like this than another round of Zoom trivia.

Posted Jun 28, 2021

4/5

The Head Hunter (2019)

John Townsend

There were clearly budgetary battles, but Downey and his team have brought this world to life, however unpleasant and unforgiving that world may be.

Posted Jun 28, 2021

4/5

The Superdeep (2020)

The Superdeep is a darkly brooding affairs delivering a unique and visceral experience even as it riffs on familiar themes and ideas.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

5/5

Nobody (2021)

File this one alongside last year's Unhinged as a guilty pleasure you really shouldn't feel guilty about for one second.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

3/5

Hero Mode (2021)

Ben Bradley

It's by no means perfect, but for the niche it's playing to, it's entertaining enough.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

3/5

Parallel (2018)

Tonally, it's muddled, struggling to manage its comedy beats and darker impulses. Still, the performances and Scott Blaszak's to-the-point script make the film easy to like, in spite of its flaws.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

4/5

In The Earth (2021)

Speaking of horrific set-pieces, these are the best of Wheatley's career. They're shot beautifully and ooze tension, backed by a score from Clint Mansell that drips with malice.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

1/5

Scavenger (Carroña) (2020)

Please... avoid at all costs and don't even let your curiosity get the better of you. Scavenger is truly appalling.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

2/5

Monster Hunter (2020)

It's a shame, because Monster Hunter could have at least been a fun, dumb action movie, but what we're left with is a messy and uninteresting flick that's too afraid to go full camp and have fun with itself.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

3/5

The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)

Far from tidy but the cast are great (the central trio give it there all), and this sequel opts to stop worrying and just do it! And there's something quite admirable about that.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

5/5

Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement (2021)

Nick Spacek

Add in Bad Brains' H.R. offering up clear and lucid commentary, a deep-dive into the influence of early clubs and radio shows, and Punk the Capital manages to exceed all expectations.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

3/5

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)

While this is miles better than the shoddy animation of previous DC animated movies, it's a disappointment to those who loved The Long Halloween specifically for its artwork and hulking great Batman.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

3/5

Too Late (2021)

Neither as funny nor as scary as it should be. There are some good gore gags and charming performances, but it's just a little too little.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

1/5

Let Us In (2020)

Daniel Goodwin

Writer/director Moss fails to conjure the kind of tense and tangible air that would make Let Us In frighten or resonate as anything other than a bland and weary hotchpotch of derivative ideas and cheap VFX.

Posted Jun 22, 2021

4/5

The Amusement Park (2019)

The Amusement Park proves that Romero's intrinsic gift of injecting twisted social commentary into his work turns what would should have been a simple public information film into something surreally perverse and horrific.

Posted Jun 16, 2021

3/5

Flashback (2020)

Laura Potier

Flashback almost works better as an expression of intent than a fully formed piece; raw, uncut, and entirely reliant on the viewer doing the work, intellectually and emotionally.

Posted Jun 9, 2021

4/5

A Quiet Place Part II (2021)

Laura Potier

It may be sitting in the shadow of the original but, as a more straightforward horror blockbuster with phenomenal lead performances and confident craftsmanship, it absolutely delivers.

Posted May 28, 2021

2/5

The Virtuoso (2021)

Andrew Dex

The Virtuoso can sadly feel unnecessarily dragged out.

Posted May 27, 2021

3/5

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

Laura Potier

Even the goriest scares can't quite match the horror of the first two films, failing as they do to creep under the skin - though... gore hounds will [still] leave the theatre satisfied.

Posted May 25, 2021

3/5

Army Of The Dead (2021)

Robert Martin

Something really interesting could have been made out of the relationship between the humans and the evolved zombies but, in the end, there's nothing that those zombie's heightened awareness brings to the film.

Posted May 20, 2021

3/5

The Djinn (2021)

The story is slight but effective; a fraught game of cat-and-mouse between a boy and a demon. Little Ezra Dewey puts in a great performance as Dylan, and without an ounce of precociousness.

Posted May 20, 2021

3/5

The Woman in the Window (2021)

It's entertaining enough and perhaps more suited for its streaming destination than fighting for attention on the big screen, where it could have been a disappointment.

Posted May 20, 2021

2/5

Initiation (2021)

J.D. Gillam

The cinematography is pretty decent but, aligned with a story that looks like it's been written and directed by those who have seen a couple of '80s slashers and thought they could easily pull it off, it doesn't make up for the shortfalls elsewhere.

Posted May 20, 2021

3/5

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

Andrew Dex

The current DC Extended Universe can be a bit messy at times, but this is proof that when it's backed by the right minds, then it can be a hell of a show.

Posted May 20, 2021

4/5

Beginning (Dasatskisi) (2020)

Robert Martin

Beginning is told with great skill and considered economy by first-time feature director Déa Kulumbegashvili.

Posted May 20, 2021

3/5

Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

As a whole piece, the movie just clicks. It's sprawling and silly and has no right to work at all, but it somehow just does.

Posted May 13, 2021

3/5

Stealing Chaplin (2020)

Ed Fortune

Stealing Chaplin is a fun, forgettable and not terribly well put-together flick. It's worth a watch as it has some stand-out moments but it's not one to make too much effort to seek out.

Posted May 13, 2021

4/5

Undergods (2021)

As a whole piece, Undergods is something of a Marmite movie. It'll work for some, but not for others.

Posted May 13, 2021

2/5

FEAR (Forget Everything and Run) (2021)

With little to really recommend it beyond its stark landscape locations and some decent acting that occasionally lifts a dreary script, we can't really recommend that you Forget Everything And Run.

Posted May 13, 2021

3/5

Portal (2019)