The Magic Faraway Tree is a family fantasy film based on a series of books by Enid Blyton, updated for a contemporary setting. The Thompson family moves from London to the countryside after the mum, Poppy (Claire Foy), quits her job due to ethical reasons. They plan to fulfil Tim’s (Andrew Garfield) dream of growing […]
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Pretty Lethal Review
Pretty Lethal is an Amazon Prime exclusive, produced by 87North Productions, the company behind films like Nobody and Bullet Train. A dysfunctional ballet troupe is set to compete in an international competition in Budapest. Their journey to the Hungarian capital takes a detour because of a diverted flight and a broken-down bus. When the troupe […]
They Will Kill You Review
They Will Kill You is an action-horror-comedy hybrid that is a part of a trio of films about women released in quick succession. Asia Reaves (Zazie Beetz) is a woman who has served a 10-year prison sentence and sets out to find her sister. Asia takes up a job at the executive Virgil club in […]
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Review
The directing duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have returned to the world of Ready or Not for a bigger sequel. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come picks up where Ready or Not left off: Grace MacCaullay (Samara Weaving) has survived playing a lethal game of hide and seek and nearly being sacrificed by […]
Ready or Not Review
Ready or Not was the second feature film made by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, AKA Radio Silence (fourth if their work on anthology films gets included), and arguably the film that cemented their reputations as horror-comedy filmmakers. Grace (Samara Weaving) marries into the Le Domas family, owners of the Le Domas Family Games company. […]
Project Hail Mary Review
Project Hail Mary is a big-budget sci-fi film based on Andy Weir’s third novel, which sees the fate of Earth rest on Ryan Gosling’s shoulders. Dr. Ryland Grace (Gosling) awakes on a spacecraft with no memory about how he got there or what his mission is. Slowly, Grace’s memory comes back, and he remembers that […]
The Bride! Review
The Bride! is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second film as a writer/director. She goes from an awards-contending drama to a big-budget Gothic romance inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the 1935 movie The Bride of Frankenstein. Frankenstein’s Monster (Christian Bale) arrives in Chicago in 1936 to find a brilliant but controversial scientist, Dr. Euphronious (Annette Bening). Frank […]
Mother’s Pride Review
The team that made the Fisherman’s Friends films has moved up from Cornwall to Somerset for their recent comedy-drama inspired by true events. The Drover Arms is a struggling pub in the village of Birchbury. The landlord, Mick Harley (Martin Clunes), is on the verge of losing his family business. Tensions within the family erupt […]
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Review
Elvis Presley is recognised as one of the most popular musicians in history. He was the subject of a successful biopic in 2022. When making the film, Baz Luhrmann discovered lost footage and used it for a concert film. I would normally write a plot synopsis when writing reviews. That’s impossible with EPiC since it was […]
Scream 7 Review
Neve Campbell returns to the Scream series after sitting out the Ghostface massacre in New York City. Sidney Evans, nee Prescott (Campbell), lives a quiet life in the town of Pine Grove. She is married to Mark Evans (Joel McHale), the chief of police, has three children, and owns a successful coffee shop. Sidney’s relationship […]










