Darren Aronofsky directs his ninth film, moving to the crime-caper genre by adapting Charlie Huston’s novel Caught Stealing. Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) is a bartender in late ‘90s New York. His simple life becomes complicated when his punk rocker neighbour, Russ (Matt Smith), has to rush back to London and asks the former baseball player to […]
Author: Kieran Freemantle
The Toxic Avenger Unrated Review
The Toxic Avenger series has been given the reboot treatment with Troma Entertainment teaming up with Legendary Pictures and the website Bloody Disgusting. Winston Gooze (Peter Dinklage) is a janitor, widower, and single parent to his stepson, Wade (Jacob Tremblay). When Winston finds out he has brain cancer and after having treatment rejected by his […]
Eddington Review
Eddington is Ari Aster’s fourth feature film. This time, he satires politics during the COVID pandemic. Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) is the sheriff of Eddington in New Mexico. He has political differences regarding the mayor’s, Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal), COVID policy. Joe also has personal issues with Ted due to Ted’s previous relationship with Joe’s […]
Alien: Earth – “Neverland” and “Mr. October” Review
Alien is an enduring franchise and gets its first TV spin-off with Alien: Earth, with Noah Hawley, the showrunner of Fargo and Legion, taking on the challenge. In 2120, five corporations control Earth, and there is a race to gain immortality through technology. On an island controlled by the Prodigy Corporation, five terminally ill children […]
Nobody 2 Review
Bob Odenkirk returns to his action role as Hutch Mansell. This time, Hutch and his family experience an eventful vacation. Hutch has returned to government service to pay back his debt after burning the Russian Mafia’s cash. However, Hutch has grown bored with killing people, and the job keeps him away from his family. Hutch […]
The Life of Chuck Review
Mike Flanagan adapts a Stephen King story for the third time with The Life of Chuck. He steps out of his horror comfort zone. The Life of Chuck is a film split into three acts. “Thanks, Chuck” shows an ex-married couple, Marty Anderson (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Felicia Gordon (Karen Gillan), just as the world suffers […]
Weapons Review
Weapons is the second solo directional effort from Zach Cregger, following the success of Barbarian. This time, he delivers a horror mystery set in small-town America. One night at 2:17 am, 17 children from the same class ran out of their homes and went missing. Their teacher, Justine Gandy (Julia Garner), falls under suspicion by […]
Materialists Review
Materialists is Celine Song’s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut, Past Lives. This time, she looks at the pitfalls of modern dating in New York City. Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is a successful matchmaker for a high-end matchmaking service. During the wedding of one of her successful matches, Lucy meets two men: Harry (Pedro Pascal), a […]
The Naked Gun Review
The Naked Gun series receives the legacy sequel treatment with Liam Neeson taking the lead and showing off his silly side. Frank Drebin Jr. (Neeson) is the son of a legendary police detective. When investigating a car collision, Drebin discovers the driver worked for the tech billionaire Richard Cane (Danny Huston), and a potential link […]
Together Review
Together is a body horror film that sees the real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie struggle when moving to the big city. Tim (Dave Franco) and Millie (Alison Brie) are a 30-something couple who move from the big city to the town of Fulton after Millie takes up a teaching position. They end up […]










