Don’t Worry Darling, the ambitious new thriller that is as star-studded as it is scandal-ridden. At this point, it is nearly impossible to separate the film from the controversies surrounding it in the headlines. I’ll be the first to admit that I was looking forward to this movie prior to its current tabloid messiness. The […]
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Beast Review
Sharks, whales, wolves, and bears served as the villains in the movies to show the rampart force of nature. Lions have also gotten this treatment with Beast. Nate Samuels (Idris Elba) is a doctor and widower who takes his daughters to South Africa. They met Nate’s old friend and gamekeeper, Martin (Sharlto Copley) who takes the […]
Nightmare Alley (2021) Review
Nightmare Alley is the first film made by Guillermo del Toro since winning Academy Awards for his monster romance The Shape of Water. This time he has made a neo-noir mystery involving people faking that they have mystical powers. In 1939 Stanton “Stan” Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) leaves his home and takes a job in a travelling […]
Vigil Episode One & Two Review
Vigil is the latest police thriller from World Productions, with Jed Mercurio, the creator of Line of Duty credited as a producer. The first two episodes were shown on Sunday and Monday night in the UK to ensure viewers would be hooked in. A fishing trawler sinks near where the British nuclear submarine, HMS Vigil, was patrolling. […]
The Boy Behind the Door Review
The Boy Behind the Door is an extremely tense and harrowing film about friendship. A normal day quickly turns into a nightmare after best friends Bobby (Lonnie Chavis) and Kevin (Ezra Dewey) are kidnapped by two strangers. Caught in a desperate fight for survival, the boys must work together to escape their captors and stay […]
Songbird Review
Songbird was a film that was written and filmed during the Pandemic and subsequent lockdown. It was a cynical attempt to capitalise on the crisis we are living in. In 2024 the COVID-19 virus has mutated into COVID-23, a more deadly variant. America has experienced a four-year lockdown, millions of deaths, and anyone who is found […]
Britflix: Black Narcissus (1947)
Based on a novel by Rumer Godden, Black Narcissus was considered one of the greatest films by the directing duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It was a film that earned the cinematographer, Jack Cardiff, an Academy Award, and was recently remade into a miniseries led by Gemma Arterton. Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) becomes the youngest sister […]
Bad Times at the El Royale Review
Bad Times at the El Royale was Drew Goddard’s homage to film noir and ensemble casts. What he created was a film about people with deep, dark secrets coalescing at a single location. The El Royale Hotel is literally on the border of California and Nevada. On one faithful day in 1969, five people with […]
Horizon Line Review
Horizon Line is a survival thriller about two ordinary people caught in an extraordinary and scary situation. It’s a film that can be described as everything that can go wrong will go wrong. Sara (Allison Williams) is a young woman who goes to Mauritius to attend a friend’s wedding. This is the first time she […]
Honest Thief Review
Since starring in Taken in 2008, Liam Neeson has mostly focused on action roles. Honest Thief is the latest action-thriller for the Irishman to star in despite saying he was retiring from action roles in 2017. Tom Carter (Neeson) is the elusive “In-and-Out Bandit,” a bank robber who stolen $9 million over his criminal career. […]