The Predator franchise has endured for nearly 40 years. The alien hunters finally get a chance to lead a film with Predator: Badlands. Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) is a young Yautja runt who is dismissed by his father, Njohrr (Reuben de Jong), as being too weak to join the clan. Njohrr demands his other son, Kwei […]
Film Reviews
The Running Man (2025) Review
The Running Man is the fourth and final adaptation of a Stephen King story. This time, it’s a big-budget dystopian film with Edgar Wright directing. In the near future, The Network controls America. They have run down safety regulations, attempts to unionise are crushed, and the masses are fed a diet of brutal game shows. […]
The Long Walk Review
The Long Walk is a retro-dystopian film based on a Stephen King novel, which he wrote under his Richard Bachman pseudonym. The United States has suffered war, military dictatorship, and economic depression. This has led the government to introduce an annual competition where a boy from each state must compete in “The Long Walk.” The […]
Shelby Oaks Review
Chris Stuckmann was one of the first successful film critics on YouTube. He also harboured filmmaking ambitions, which he has fulfilled with his debut feature, Shelby Oaks. Riley Brennan (Sarah Durn) was a paranormal investigator and a YouTuber who disappeared in 2008 when exploring the ghost town of Shelby Oaks. Her older sister, Mia (Camille […]
Sentimental Value Review
I’ll admit, it took me awhile to gather my thoughts enough to write this review of Sentimental Value. Because, despite finding a lot to love about Joachim Trier’s film, I didn’t find myself as rapturously drawn to the story, the performances, the overall aesthetic of the film as a number of other reviewers. So, I […]
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Review
Bruce Springsteen, AKA the Boss, is one of the most popular musicians America has ever produced, and he is the latest musician to be given the biopic treatment. In 1981, Bruce Springsteen (Jeremy Allen White) had completed a sold-out tour and returned to his hometown. He uses his time to write a new album and […]
Dream Eater Review
The first movie from Eli Roth’s new production studio, The Horror Section, was Jimmy and Stiggs, a jaw dropping descent into goopy, neon madness. It was a perfect midnight movie that nonetheless played the multiplex. That was all it took to convince me that seeking out the studio’s films moving forward would be worthwhile. Roth […]
The Lost Bus Review
During one of the worst wildfires in California history, a school bus driver volunteers to collect the last remaining students and their teacher from an elementary school inside the evacuation zone. After which he must battle extreme traffic, crazed local residents, and the fire itself to get them all to safety. Paul Greengrass’ latest brings […]
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Review
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is the first film in the popular Chainsaw Man anime series and one of the most action-packed films of 2025 Following the events of the first season, Denji (Kikunosuke Toya) meets Reze (Reina Ueda), a young waitress who seems enamoured with the young man. The pair strike a friendship and could […]
A House of Dynamite Review
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is launched from somewhere in the Pacific, aimed at the continental US. Believing it to be nuclear, both the military and the government scramble to deal with the situation. But with only 18 minutes until the missile reaches its target, those men and women have precious little time to do […]










