The Expendables series returns after a nine-year break with the poorly titled Expend4bles. How do these veteran action stars fare in an action landscape that has changed drastically? The Expendables are sent by the CIA to stop a mercenary, Rahmat (Iko Uwais) from stealing detonators for a nuclear warhead from a chemical warfare base in Libya. When the mission […]
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Cobweb Review
Cobweb is based on a screenplay shortlisted on the 2018 Black List. This film sees a young boy face many forms of horror. Peter (Woody Norman) is an eight-year-old boy who lives in an old house with his overbearing parents. He is bullied at school, and he hears unusual and unsettling sounds at home. Peter learns about a […]
The Blackening Review
The Blackening is a horror-comedy that aimed to be a self-aware film like the Scream franchise. The Blackening’s target is black tropes in horror cinema. A group of old college friends plan to celebrate Juneteenth and plan to go to a cabin in the woods. They plan to have fun by playing games, drinking, and […]
Joy Ride Review
Directed by the writer of Crazy Rich Asians, and written by two writers of Family Guy, Joy Ride is a female-centric comedy that sees a group of Chinese American women going to China for raunchy misadventures. Audrey Sullivan (Ashley Park) and Lolo Chen (Sherry Cola) have been friends since childhood having grown up in the small town of White […]
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Review
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret is the long-awaited adaptation of Judy Blume’s celebrated young adult novel of the same name. Kelly Fremon Craig and James L. Brooks gets the opportunity to adapt the book after Blume rejected many offers for the film rights. Margaret Simon (Abby Ryder Fortson) is a sixth-grade girl who moves from […]
Plane Review
Plane is an action-thriller from Lionsgate and sees Gerard Butler and Mike Colter team up for a violent fight for survival. Brody Torrance (Butler) is a pilot for Trailblazer Airlines and has the job to fly from Singapore to Tokyo on New Year’s Eve. When his plane gets struck by lightning Torrance is forced to land […]
Living Review
Living is a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 drama Ikiru. This remake changes the setting to 1950s London and has Bill Nighy in the lead role. Mr. Williams (Nighy) is a senior bureaucrat at London County Council. His world gets shattered when he gets diagnosed with a terminal illness. With only a limited amount of time to […]
Prey for the Devil Review
Prey for the Devil is an exorcism from the director of The Last Exorcism, and one of the writers of Halloween: H20. With credits that, Prey for the Devil had an uphill challenge to prove itself. Sister Ann (Jacqueline Byers) is a nun who’s transferred to a special exorcism hospital and school in Boston. She acts as a nurse and even […]
Fall Review
Fall is a small-scale survival-thriller that is about the perils of climbing and heights. Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) has been in a year-long depression after the death of her husband during a climbing accident. Her friend, Hunter (Virginia Gardner), believes Becky needs closure and suggests climbing an abandoned TV tower in the middle of the desert. However, things go […]
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Review
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a character-driven comedy-drama that earned a cinematic release in the UK and was released on Hulu in the USA. Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) is a widow and a former schoolteacher. She books meetings with Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack), a male escort. Over the course of their four meetings, Nancy […]










