Reviews

Review: Curry Barker’s OBSESSION Captures The Horror Zeitgeist

Nothing quite captures the zeitgeist like a horror film. The Exorcist, The Blair Witch Project and The Sixth Sense (to name but a few) were all monumentally successful and enthralled audiences with huge box office grosses. Curry Barker’s Obsession [...]

July 3, 2026

Review: SEND HELP – Don’t Bother

I didn’t like Sam Raimi’s Send Help. It tries too hard and ultimately doesn’t go far enough in its excesses. Rami is a director who can be deliciously subversive when he wants to be (see Drag Me To Hell) and he used to be a down and dirty [...]

June 28, 2026

Review: James Garner Is Raymond Chandler’s MARLOWE

Raymond Chandler’s iconic – and laconic – private detective Philip Marlowe has been fodder for Hollywood all the way back to Murder, My Sweet in 1944 starring Dick Powell. That film ripped Marlowe from the pages of Chandler’s [...]

June 25, 2026

Review: Tyler Shields’ Hollywood Mockumentary CHAPTER 51 – A Rare Cinematic Gem

There’s nothing quite like the experience of seeing a great film. If you’re a fan of cinema, then this can be exhilarating. It’s the cinematic high that you chase when watch something new. It’s rare and you don’t always achieve it, but you [...]

June 23, 2026

Joan Collins in Empire of The Ants artwork

Review: It’s Joan Collins Vs Giant Insects In EMPIRE OF THE ANTS

Look, I don’t know if you can call Empire Of The Ants a good film in the traditional sense. Well, actually – scratch that – I’m positively certain that you wouldn’t call it a good film in the traditional sense. However, I’m also [...]

June 19, 2026

Artwork for Madhouse starring Vincent Price

Review: Vincent Price & Peter Cushing Enter The MADHOUSE

Madhouse brings together two of the most well known Masters of the Macabre. Not only do you get the mighty Vincent Price in the lead role, but you also get able support from the great Peter Cushing. It might not be either of the pair’s finest [...]

June 18, 2026

Review: Daniel Roher’s TUNER – One Of The Best Films You’ll See This Year

Daniel Roher’s Tuner is an expertly crafted thriller that features a finely honed balance of humour, drama and tension. Leo Woodall makes for an excellent lead, delivering a strong performance as the film’s titular Tuner (of the piano [...]

June 16, 2026

Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins in Ginger Snaps

Blu-ray Review: THE GINGER SNAPS TRILOGY Is A Finely Honed Horror Franchise

I remember Ginger Snaps coming out 25 years ago and getting good reviews. For whatever reason, I never engaged with the film, I might have lumped it in with the many post-Scream, ironic horror films of the time, or maybe I found the title a little [...]

June 5, 2026

Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun

Review: Tom Cruise Flies Into The Danger Zone In TOP GUN

It’s preposterous and everything about it is style over substance, but Tony Scott‘s Top Gun is hugely entertaining popcorn fare – and it continues to rock and roll 40 years on. Tom Cruise takes to the skies in this energetic [...]

May 16, 2026

Review: Stellan Skarsgård Unravels In Nordic Noir INSOMNIA

A sun dappled neo-noir, Erik Skjoldbjærg’s Insomnia is an off-beat thriller with an exceptionally strong central performance by Stellan Skarsgård. Released in 1997, this Norwegian thriller takes place in the arctic circle, the land of the [...]

May 14, 2026

Review: Tom Cruise Is At His Best In TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Few would have expected it, but Top Gun: Maverick is one of the best mainstream Hollywood action films in a long, long time. Forget your Marvel Cinematic Universe of your DC Extended Universe, Tom Cruise knows how to give audiences the tangible top [...]

May 13, 2026

Review: THE THING EXPANDED Is The Final Word On John Carpenter’s Classic Sci-Fi Horror

I was probably far too young when I was introduced to John Carpenter’s The Thing. My dad let me watch it when I was around 10 years old (maybe a year or two on either side) – a huge Kurt Russell fan thanks to Big Trouble In Little China [...]

May 11, 2026

Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery in Highlander.

Review: 40 Years Of HIGHLANDER With Christopher Lambert & Sean Connery

Russell Mulcahy’s Highlander is without a doubt one of the finest cult films of the 1980s. This 1986 film is a wonderful action-fantasy romp that pretty much works on every level. Yes, it might be a little dated 40 years on from its initial [...]

May 3, 2026

Review: Mark Jenkin’s ROSE OF NEVADA – You Won’t See Anything Else Like It This Year

Mark Jenkin’s Rose Of Nevada is an elliptical film that starts with a curious event and ends with a whole set of questions left dangling. Even the genre is unquantifiable. Is it a mystery? A ghost story? Or is it a time-travelling tale? In a [...]

May 2, 2026

Review: Renny Harlin’s DEEP WATER – A Gloriously Entertaining Shark Thriller

There used to be a time when films just came out. Yes, they would have reviews that were good, bad or indifferent, but they would play simply as entertainment. Today there’s so much noise – maybe it’s devised by marketing teams as a way to [...]

April 28, 2026

Review: Lynne Ramsay’s DIE MY LOVE Starring Jennifer Lawrence & Robert Pattinson Delivers Powerful Cinema

Cinema is an interesting art form. It can be used for far-fetched escapism, offering up a couple of hours refuge from the troubles of the real world as you are transported into another realm in thrilling ways. However, cinema can be something [...]

April 21, 2026

Review: The New 4K Arrow Films Release Of SOLDIER Really Hits The Mark

Some films just aren’t appreciated in their time. For whatever reason – be that marketing, a poor release date or a million other factors – some films just don’t connect with an audience when they first come out. However, [...]

April 19, 2026

Review: THE YETI Gives You Exactly What You Want From A Monster Movie

A film called The Yeti sets up a certain amount of expectations – and filmmakers can either embrace those expectations or totally ignore them. That can lead to a very happy audience, or an audience that’s ultimately disappointed by the bait [...]

April 7, 2026

Review: Take Flight With Wings Documentary PAUL McCARTNEY: MAN ON THE RUN

Most people would probably be right in thinking that there’s hardly any new information to be uncovered as people continue to try to unpick the history of The Beatles. At this stage, we’re probably looking at tens of millions of articles, books, [...]

March 23, 2026

Poster artwork for the Luc Besson's Dracula

Review: Luc Besson’s DRACULA Is A Derivative Take On Bram Stoker’s Vampire

If you’re going to make yet another adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula then at this stage, you’re going to have to try and attempt something a little different. We’ve had hundreds of versions of Stoker’s creation, going all [...]

March 8, 2026

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