In 2019 Joker blasted onto screens, being the first R-rated film to cross the billion-dollar barrier, earning 11 Oscar nominations and winning two of them. The sequel has now been released and has a lot of expectation placed upon it. It has been two years since Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) took on his Joker persona […]
Author: Kieran Freemantle
Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives Review
Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives is a German horror-thriller that tells its story in one continuous take. Maria (Nilam Farooq) is a heavily pregnant woman who moves into her husband’s family home. She plans to convert the home into a bed-and-breakfast. Upon Maria’s arrival, the house’s electrics start to falter, Maria experiences problems with […]
Speak No Evil (2022) Review
The original Speak No Evil is a Danish horror-thriller that premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and serves as the basis for the 2024 remake. Bjørn (Morten Burian) and Louise (Sidsel Siem Koch) are a Danish couple vacationing in Italy with their young daughter, Agnes (Liva Forsberg). They befriend a Dutch couple, Patrick (Fedja […]
Megalopolis Review
Megalopolis was a film that was 40 years in the making, a passion project that saw Francis Ford Coppola return to filmmaking for the first time in 13 years. New Rome is a city on the edge. Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito) is unpopular and in conflict with Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), an architect and […]
Never Let Go Review
Never Let Go comes from the production company behind Stranger Things and sees Halle Berry star in a small-scale survival horror film. In the woods is a woman (Berry) and her twin sons Nolan (Percy Daggs IV) and Samuel (Anthony B. Jenkins). A great evil has destroyed the world and it wants to infiltrate the […]
EA Sports College Football 2025 (Xbox) Review
Football season is upon us and EA Sports returns to the world of College Football for the first time in 11 years with the rebranded EA College Football. When it comes to sports games EA and 2K dominate the market. EA has Madden and EA Sports FC (formerly FIFA) whilst 2K has the NBA 2K […]
Speak No Evil (2024) Review
The Danish horror-thriller Speak No Evil has earned a Hollywood remake with Blumhouse producing it, with James McAvoy as the lead. Ben and Louise Dalton (Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis) are on a family vacation in Italy where they meet another family, Paddy and Ciara (McAvoy and Aisling Franciosi), and their son Ant (Dan Hough). […]
Joker by Brian Azzarello Review
The Joker is arguably the most famous and recognisable supervillain in comic book history. There have been many interpretations of the character and one of them was written by Brian Azzarello for his 2008 graphic novel. The Joker has been released from Arkham Asylum and a low-level goon, Jonny Frost, volunteers to pick up the […]
Lee Review
Lee Miller was a war photographer who worked for Vogue during the Second World War. Her story gets put to screen with Kate Winslet starring as this remarkable woman and serving as one of the film’s producers. In 1938, Lee Miller was an ex-model and socialite who was a part of the artistic scene in […]
Brethren by Robyn Young Revew
Brethren is the first novel by Robyn Young and the first part of a trilogy of novels set during the Eighth Crusade. In the middle of the 13th Century the Knights Templar has made many enemies, including The Knights Hospitallers and Prince Edward of England. In 1260 a book was stolen from The Knights Templar’s […]