Tom Cruise is an actor who doesn’t need an introduction. He is arguably the last true movie star whose presence has been enough to sell a film. He takes one of his biggest gambles in a long time by playing against type in a climate change satire directed by the acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González […]
Carrie Review
Mike Flanagan has done it again – his adaptation of Stephen King’s debut novel Carrie manages to hit on the key themes of the book (the horrors of high school, the pressure to fit in and the hierarchies that feel almost insurmountable, as well as the pressure to conform into the version of who our […]
Verity Review
Verity is the fourth adaptation of Colleen Hoover novel in the space of two years. This film shows Hoover’s work in the psychological-thriller genre. Lowan Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson) is a struggling author living in New York. She gets an offer to help complete Verity Crawford’s (Anne Hathaway) popular series of dark thrillers. She is asked […]
The Last of Us Part I Review
The Last of Us is renowned for being one of the most acclaimed video games in recent years. The original versions on the PS3 and PS4 have won multiple awards, and in 2022 it was remade for the PS5. In 2013, a fungal infection spreads around the world, turning anyone infected into mindless, ravenous beings […]
The Incomer Review
The Incomer is a comedy film inspired by Orcadian culture and winner of the NEXT Section at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Isla (Gayle Rankin) and Sandy (Grant O’Rourke) are siblings who have lived together on a remote island off the North East of Scotland for 30 years. They spend their days hunting for food, […]
Ted Lasso – Mae Rides the Bus Review
Well, I was kinda right about what would occur in this week’s Ted Lasso with regard to Anthony Head*, but was very wrong about just who is buying up shares – although I genuinely don’t think the “Zelda is making a play for Richmond” reveal is an earned twist at all. Outside of that bit […]
Kill Jackie Review
There’s a moment early on in the eight-episode run of Kill Jackie where Catherine Zeta-Jones (who plays the titular Jackie) is required to break down over the loss of someone very close to her. And Zeta-Jones does her absolute best to emote, crying out, wailing, really trying to sell it. Only, her face? It doesn’t […]
Sense and Sensibility (2026) Review
The 2026 version of Sense and Sensibility is a gritty take on one of Jane Austen’s most famous novels. The Dashwoods have fallen on hard times after the family patriarch dies. They are forced to give up their home and move to the most horrible place imaginable, Devonshire. Despite these hardships, the oldest daughters, Elinor […]
The Stunt Driver Review
You’ve likely never heard of Ken Carter, a.k.a. “The Mad Canadian”. A stuntman who worked from the 1960s into the early 1980s, his jumps were impressive but could hardly compete with those of his rival from down south, Evel Knievel. In the wake of Evel’s failed jump of Snake River Canyon in 1974, Ken began […]
Superman (2025) and the Many Faces of Heroism
James Gunn’s Superman opens with its title character already beaten. Not roughed up, beaten, crash-landed face-down in Arctic snow after losing to something called the Hammer of Boravia, too hurt to fly himself home, whistling weakly for Krypto to drag him back to the Fortress of Solitude. For a character whose entire cultural identity runs […]










