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51/100 4 young people find themselves contestants in a show where they're forced to play sadistic games for a psychotic host ...and that's all, folks. The acting was ok, albeit a bit over-the-top, and I liked Jackie Earle Haley as the host, who played his role with maniacal glee. The kills were quite gnarly and the torture was pretty unrelenting. They did explain why this is happening, which I guess was the films attempt as social commentary, but basically this was pure torture porn from start to finish. In that, they did well and it was generally fun if you like that sort of thing. -- …

I’m not sure if this in an homage or a collage, but there are certainly elements of just about everything from “ET” to “Close Encounters” via “The Day the Earth Stood Still” in this enjoyable sci-fi adventure. Up front, I do struggle with Aardman’s long-form animation. Not because the standard of the creative artwork isn’t superbly innovative, but because the stories are usually pretty thin - and here isn’t much of an exception. A little blue alien crash lands on the farm where he is quickly befriended by the not-so-sheepish “Shaun”. He is called, we think, “Lu-La” and he seems a jolly and cur…

OK, so this isn’t a very good film and there do appear to be a few scenes from others really obviously intercut into it, but I thought James Mitchum, Alana Ladd and Jody McCrae did fine in this entirely derivative adventure western. A payroll has been pinched, a loved-up couple have eloped, a posse has been formed to track them down and there are some marauding Apache. What’s not to like? It was “Duane” (Gary Conway) who led the raid on the loot. It’s “Coe” (Mitchum) and “Lily” (Ladd) who have done the absconding and it’s her father “Jesse” (Robert Lowery) who assumes she has been kidnapped an…

The staff at the grand house of “Drake” (Leon Errol) might have known the writing was on the wall when their pay cheques didn’t arrive for the seventh month in a row. Yep! The old man is bust. Not to be beaten, his imaginative valet “O’Brien” (Jack Haley) comes up with quite a wheeze to make them solvent again. The staff are going to perform a bit of George Bernard Shaw on parlour maid “Millie” (Michèle Morgan) and turn her into the eligible daughter of the house and so, hopefully, procure an advantageous marriage with a man who has more money than sense. She turns out to be not half bad at gl…

It’s becoming increasingly rare these days that movies present stories with insightful, contemplative narratives, despite the fact that we probably need pictures like this now more than ever. However, viewers looking for films that provide them with profound food for thought should seriously consider screening this latest offering from director Polly Findlay. Based on the acclaimed 2017 novel of the same name by author Bernard MacLaverty, the film tells the story of Stella (Lesley Manville) and Gerry (Ciarán Hinds), a long-married couple who fled “the Troubles” in Belfast, Northern Ireland for…

*spoilers* You sometimes have movies that are a bit predictable. At some point you can tell how the movie will end. If you've ever seen any episode of the A-Team, you recognize the plot here and can predict pretty much everything. A small town, where the town folk are bullied by a wealthy man with his goons. Hundreds of bullets fired, no one hit (except for the one shot that matters from the protagonist). The one thing that was really missing was where the A-Team would enter a shed filled with empty paint cans and a welding machine and come out with an improvised tank. In Hellfire, however,…

I recently watched Teddy Told Me To on Tubi — a chaotic little horror-comedy with a truly memorable central character. Teddy himself walks that line between unsettling and strangely funny, and the film leans fully into its off-beat indie horror energy. If you enjoy character-driven horror with personality, this one’s worth adding to your watchlist.…

“They had two girls… and a boy…" (then cue tiny distinguishing appendage). One of those went on to have a daughter of their own and it is she who narrates this amiable short film about her granddad. He was expert in all the Persian martial arts, took great pride in his moustachioed appearance and was madly in love with the most beautiful woman in the world. Was he too good to be true, though? This is good fun as it builds nicely to a conclusion that did make me smile. I like this style of almost pulsating animation - it reminds me a little of the “Mr. Benn” films I watched as a child, and ther…

The plot of this movie is very ordinary. I got bored while watching it. The acting is okay, the effects are good, the script is slow, heavy-handed, and dialogue-based. I skipped forward through some scenes. Is it worth watching? If you like this type of production and the subject matter, I recommend you check it out. Other than that, I don't think it's a production that deserves much time. I gave it a score of 4 out of 10.…

Full review: https://fandomwire.com/this-is-not-a-test-review/ Rating: D "This Is Not a Test is a deeply frustrating experience that collapses under the weight of its own technical shortcomings and narrative shortcuts. While it begins with the visceral energy of a promising survival horror flick, the movie quickly dissolves into a disjointed series of scenes marred by erratic editing, unmotivated character conflicts, and a screenplay that fails to breathe life into its central themes of hope, trauma, and resilience. Despite Olivia Holt's earnest efforts to ground the story, the l…