Wicker (2026) Review: A Rom-Com Woven For The Female Gaze
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a spinster shunned by her gossipy neighbours, must be in want of a
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Digger (2026) Review: You Musn’t Be Afraid To Dig A Little Deeper, Darling
Digger is an eccentric oil tycoon whose love of the bottom line blinds him to the global ramifications of his
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Hope (2026): A Monster Movie That Refuses To Play By The Rules
Hope is set in the slow and sedentary village of Hope Harbour, which is unexplainably invaded by monsters. The police
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Heart of the Beast (2026) Review: A Survival Story With a Mythological Heart
Heart of the Beast stars Brad Pitt as James, a retired combat vet seeking solitude in the isolating Alaskan wilderness
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Laundreams (2026) Review
Written and directed by Evie Ward-Drummond and Amber Gadd Two twenty-something women running their local laundromat set out to dazzle
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The Love Hypothesis (2026) Review: A Cute Adaptation With No Chemistry
PhD student Olive Smith (Lili Reinhart) enters into a fake dating agreement with professor Dr Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman) in
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Practical Magic 2 (2026) Review: A Sequel That Maintains Its Sisterhood If Not Its Charm
Sequel to Practical Magic (1998), Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reprise their roles as the magical Owens sisters, but when
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Dark Skin Bruises Differently (2025) Review
Written and directed by Susan Wokoma All children deserve to be treated equally, don’t they? Even the ones that appear
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End of Play (2025) Review
Written and directed by Edem Wornoo A deadline turns an ordinary office day into a fatal countdown for one junior
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Cape Fear (1991) Review: 35th Anniversary of Scorsese’s Gothic Thriller
Martin Scorsese, the godfather of gangster, sides steps away from the themes found in seminal movies such as Goodfellas, Taxi
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Is God Is (2026) Review: A Game of Revenge Played Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Is God Is, is a road-trip story of sisterhood, revenge, and the ties that bind. Writer-director Aleshea Harris has a
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Bad Apples (2025) Review: It Just Takes One To Ruin The Bunch.
Bad Apples sees a teacher pushed to the end of her tether by a disruptive pupil, ending up in a
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Finally Watched: Days of Thunder (1990) – Men, Machines, and Feelings
Tom Cruise and the booked and busy Anne Hathaway recently announced there would be a sequel to the 1990 sports
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25th Anniversary: The Fast and the Furious
Bring back movies about subcultures. Audiences yearn for them. The Fast and the Furious might be 25 years old, but
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) Review: Even Superheroes Struggle To Maintain a Work-Life Balance
For anybody who likes their Spider-Man emotionally damaged, finally, your time has come. Directly following on from Spider-Man: No Way
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The Odyssey (2026) Review: Christopher Nolan Gives the Hero’s Journey a Moral Underline
It’s not just the film bros and the film girlies who hail Christopher Nolan as a prolific director. With films
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Michael (2026) Review: A Biopic That Moonwalks Around Anything Worthwhile
The inevitable biopic of one of the greatest musical artists of all time, Michael, charts Michael Jackson’s rise to fame
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The Drama (2026) Review: A Cringe-Inducing Social Experiment That Hits Close to Home
The Drama (2026) follows a couple who, just days away from tying the knot, decide to unburden themselves with their
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You, Me & Tuscany (2026) Review: The Feel-Good Romance of the Year?
While staying in a villa as an uninvited houseguest on a spontaneous trip to Tuscany, a woman must maintain the
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Project Hail Mary (2026) Review: Big Science, Bigger Heart
Project Hail Mary is, at its core, a story about survival, as a scientist seeks to find the key to
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They Will Kill You (2026) Review: Gory, Absurd, Low-Stakes Chaos
They Will Kill You falls into the comedy horror genre, making it more accessible for film fans who prefer not
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The Bride! (2026) Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Reimagines Mary Shelley, But Does It Come to Life?
The Bride! (Yes, with the exclamation mark, God help us) sounds punk rock: a murdered young woman resurrected to become
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kokuho (2025) Review: The Weight of Tradition and the Cost of Greatness
Spanning five decades, Kokuho traces the life of Kikuo (Ryo Yoshizawa), who is ripped from his destiny as a member
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Sirāt (2025) Review: Óliver Laxe’s Mesmerising Desert Rave Thriller
Composer Kangding Ray’s sound design pulls you into this film with a deceptively lulling rhythmic bass while director Óliver Laxe
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“Wuthering Heights” (2026) Review: Emerald Fennell’s Bold but Baffling Brontë Adaptation
In her adaptation of Emily Brontë’s gothic classic Wuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell reimagines Catherine and Heathcliff as star-crossed lovers across
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Send Help (2026) Review: The Balance of Power Takes a Satisfying Shift
From comedy-horror director Sam Raimi. When an underappreciated veteran employee is stranded on a desert island with her egoistic boss,
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The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) Review: A Religious Experience That Doesn’t Quite Convert
A spiritual drama charting the life of Ann Lee (Amanda Seyfried) and the rise of the Shaker movement as devotion
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Wasteman (2025) Review: A Sharp and Tense Peek At Life Behind Bars
Cal McMau’s directorial debut reframes the conventional British prison drama through an inmate, weeks from release, and his volatile new
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Twinless (2025) Review: A darkly comic, and painfully millennial cry for connection.
Roman and Dennis form a connection through the shared loss of a twin. This witty dark comedy speaks to companionship
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H is for Hawk (2025) Review: A Very British Grief
For Claire Foy; grief is more than a thing with feathers — it’s a hawk named Mabel. Based on Helen
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The Oscars 2026: Best Picture Nominees – Reviewed
The Oscar nominations are always fun; there are the movies you expect, the movies you hope, the movies that are
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Sentimental Value (2025) Review: A Powerful Portrayal of Family Ties and Artistic Angst
Sisters Nora and Agnes (Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) are drawn back into the orbit of their estranged father,
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Rental Family (2025) Review: Found Family At Its Finest
Brendan Fraser is a struggling American actor living in Japan taking on paid roles to ‘star’ in other people’s lives.
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Hamnet (2025) Review: Jessie Buckley Takes the Reins and Holds Nothing Back
Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s prize-winning novel of the same name, Hamnet centres on Agnes Shakespeare, a woman who has remained
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Film Review: The Chronology of Water
Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut drowns in symbolism but swims with emotion. Check your trigger warnings before you embark on the
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Ackee and Saltfish (2025) Review
Written and directed by Jasmin Nunes Navigating life in England a single immigrant mother attempts to bring a taste of
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Film Review: Pillion
pillion (noun): a seat for a passenger behind a motorcyclist. Harry Lighton’s striking debut Pillion pushes our expectations of the British
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Film Review: The Running Man (2025)
Following The Long Walk (2025) another Stephen King dystopia hits the screen. In The Running Man, Glen Powell will do
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Film Review: Christy (2025)
A structurally muddled biopic that manages an emotional punch thanks to its knockout supporting performances. If you’re looking for a
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Party Animal (2025) Review
Written & Directed by Ali Gill A dispirited barber is tormented by the fact that no one believes him when
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Film Review: Anemone (2025)
A Father-Son Drama That Says Very Little, Very Slowly. The best way to describe Anemone is as a deeply personal
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Film Review: Die My Love (2025)
Jennifer Lawrence gives us a psychological spiral with no centre. Directed by Lynne Ramsey and based on the eponymous novel,
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Snipped (2025) Review
Written & Directed by Alexander Saul A Jewish convert goes to a Muslim doctor to have a holy snip (13mins).
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Film Review: Frankenstein (2025)
Guillermo del Toro Successfully Shapes a Monster, But Fails To Move Man. Based on Mary Shelley’s gothic tale of the
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Film Review: Ballad of a Small Player
Colin Farrell gives it his all in Edward Berger’s neon-soaked gamble that never quite pays off. When the debts start
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Film Review: Bugonia (2025)
Yorgos Lanthimos Delivers a Darkly Comic Fairytale That Hits Uncomfortably Close to Home Yorgos Lanthimos and his band of merry
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Film Review: Hedda
Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson create a fearless and glamorous drama. If seeing Tessa Thompson play a manipulative, bordering on
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Film Review: Blue Moon
Richard Linklater and his muse Ethan Hawke continue to be a formidable duo! Blue Moon is a reflective and dialogue-driven
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Film Review: The Mastermind
A slow and steady heist that keeps your pulse in time with its jazzy 4/4 beat. Set in the 1970s,
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Film Review: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
A subdued Springsteen story that trades fireworks for feeling Jeremy Allen White makes for a controlled and quietly compelling Springsteen.
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Film Review: After The Hunt
The generational war comes to a head in Luca Guadagnino’s film centred on the fallout of a student allegation against
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