Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 46 minutes, Director – Dan Trachtenberg A young predator (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) tries to prove himself by travelling to the universe’s deadliest planet to kill the un-killable, with help from a broken Weyland-Yutani android (Elle Fanning). Much of the threat and draw of the predator as an antagonist areContinue reading “Predator: Badlands – Review”
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Bath Film Fest 2025: Alpha – Review
Release Date – 14th November 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 8 minutes, Director – Julia Ducournau After a dodgy tattoo, 13-year-old Alpha (Mélissa Boros) starts to be pushed away by those at school, and isolated by her mother (Golshifteh Farahani) when she may have a spreading virus that could turn her intoContinue reading “Bath Film Fest 2025: Alpha – Review”
A House Of Dynamite – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 52 minutes, Director – Kathryn Bigelow A nuclear missile has suddenly been launched from an unknown place directed at the United States. With 18 minutes until it strikes; is it real, and what should be done if it is? With A House Of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow channels aContinue reading “A House Of Dynamite – Review”
LFF 2025: Die My Love – Review
Release Date – 7th November 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 59 minutes, Director – Lynne Ramsay After moving to an isolated house in Montana and giving birth, Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) finds her mental health and relationship with her partner (Robert Pattinson) starting to spiral. Die My Love was shown towards the endContinue reading “LFF 2025: Die My Love – Review”
LFF 2025: Anemone – Review
Release Date – 7th November 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 6 minutes, Director – Ronan Day-Lewis Former soldier Ray (Daniel Day-Lewis) has isolated himself in the woods for years, one day his brother, Jem (Sean Bean) turns up trying to convince him to come home to abandoned familial ties. Halfway through AnemoneContinue reading “LFF 2025: Anemone – Review”
Relay – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 51 minutes, Director – David Mackenzie A New York City fixer (Riz Ahmed) finds himself caught between parties in a chase for details when his client (Lily James) tries to hand back documents proving a major company cover-up. I’ve long referred to Riz Ahmed as one of theContinue reading “Relay – Review”
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 40 minutes, Director – Tatsuya Toshihara Teenager Denji (Kikunosuke Toya) finds himself caught between romantic interests, however the devil form inside him, Chainsaw Man, may have to get involved, if he isn’t already. On seeing the trailer for Chainsaw Man – The Movie before the latest Demon SlayerContinue reading “Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc – Review”
LFF 2025: Bugonia – Review
Release Date – 31st October 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 58 minutes, Director – Yorgos Lanthimos Cousins Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and Don (Aidan Delbis) kidnap a major CEO (Emma Stone) believing that she’s an alien intent on destroying the Earth. I’ve begun to go into Yorgos Lanthimos films with the same giddyContinue reading “LFF 2025: Bugonia – Review”
LFF 2025: Hedda – Review
Release Date – 24th October 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Nia DaCosta Hedda Gabler (Tessa Thompson) and her husband (Tom Bateman) are hosting a lavish party in the hope of persuading others into giving him a professorship, however an old face (Nina Hoss) from Hedda’s past, with anContinue reading “LFF 2025: Hedda – Review”
Sketch – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 34 minutes, Director – Seth Worley When her sketchbook falls into a life-bringing pond Amber (Bianca Belle) and her family take on the scribbled monsters which have emerged from the pages. Sketch finds itself with a 12-rating from the BBFC, for ‘moderate horror’ and ‘violence’. While certainly someContinue reading “Sketch – Review”