Have you ever loved someone so much that you feel like you would do literally anything to make them love you back…? Many of us have had these feelings, but we have grown old enough and smart enough to realise that that kind of love is not really love at all, it’s forming a connection […]
My films of the year. 2025 delivered spectacle, ambition, and no shortage of emotional damage. From juggernaut studio films to intimate horrors and unexpected tear-jerkers, these are the movies that stayed with me—whether I left the cinema whooping, sweating, or quietly devastated. One Battle After Another Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson In my opinion, Leonardo DiCaprio […]
The Stylist begins with a haircut. Our protagonist Clare (Najarra Townsend), is cutting the hair of a client who is chatting away about her life. As the woman talks more, you can see the envy in Clare’s eyes. She makes the client a drink, waits for it to take effect, scalps the poor woman and […]
I have to be honest, I don’t like James Wan. I think his films are derivative, boring, obvious and severely lacking in scares. I didn’t mind Insidious though the sequels were rubbish. The Conjuring was well made and acted but, at best, it was unchallenging and generic. The sequel was worse, and the third part […]
The Ring (American remake) 2002 Do I believe there’s a vhs tape out there that will kill me within 7 days of watching it? No. And yet, this film does make me jumpy and uncomfortably squirmy in a way I cant fully comprehend. Perhaps it is the material contained on that cursed tape, replayed in […]
“What do you think of the Saw movies?”, I get asked this a fair amount, being the horror fan that I am. Usually those asking are in favour of the series and so I am likely to reply that I enjoyed the first one but there is a law of diminishing returns that applies here. […]
Harkening back to a more innocent time when disco was king and safe sex was an oddity, 1978 to be exact, this is the tale of sweet Margot (Ruby Cumming) who starts her summer as a counsellor at Camp Calypso. We are introduced to her fellow campers including helpful and kind Heather (Misha Kemp), knowing […]
I was excited. I’ll admit it. The trailer was on my most played list, my friends were tagging me in on its social media promotions, and I had its release date on my calendar. My YouTube show had recorded a trailer reaction with Matt and I clearly enthusiastic about the coming of this […]
I guess it’s some sort of skill to consistently produce/write/direct ‘horror’ films that actually aren’t scary. This is the dubious title I am unceremoniously awarding James Wan, who once again presents us with a film featuring an impeccable cast, impressive visuals and is of sumptuous high quality, but that is completely devoid of scares. […]
We all are afraid of something; and sometimes those can be very different things. Some of those fears come from deep seated experiences perhaps even from back in our infancy, some are influenced by what movies we have watched lately or books we’ve read or even from glancing at the news occasionally and seing how […]
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