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Back in 2002 an 18 year old sat in her local cinema and viewed one of the best zombie films of her generation. Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later changed the game and kickstarted a true juggernaut franchise. Little over 23 years later, a slightly older and still horror obsessed girl sat in a cinema to see the next installment. However this wasn't just a continuation. Nia DaCosta has created a thrilling, dramatic cinematic event that could stand alone in its own right. This is so much more than a zombie film. The infected remain a threat, yet the true horrors lies in societal breakdown and how …

After seeing endless trailers for The Housemaid at recent cinema visits over the last few months I caved and purchased a ticket. And boy that was money well spent! Based on the 2022 novel by Frieda McFadden, this thriller is an absolute twist filled, psychological nightmare. Think Gone Girl for the Taylor Swift obsessed with some brutal scenes. We follow Millie (Sydney Sweeney), currently on parole and eager to move on with her life. She thinks she's found the perfect job after interviewing with bubbly, effervescent trophy wife Nina Winchester (Amanda Seyfried). She's offered a live-in p…

The tour de force that is the Adams family have been creating independent folk horror films for years. Their sixth feature is by far the most ambitious to date. Mother of flies could be considered a spiritual sequel to Hellbender (2021), with supernatural themes and unbreakable familial bonds. Mickey (Zelda Adams) is a young student suffering from a terminal illness. Desperate to find an alternative to conventional treatments, she and her father Jake (John Adams) embark on a trip to meet Solveig (Toby Poser), a mysterious woman who lives in the woods as a healer. Upon arri…

A wonderful character-driven, slow-burn psychological horror/thriller which premiered at 2025’s FrightFest in London. Following the recent passing of his abusive mother, Eddie (Ben Probert), is offered the position of caretaker at an elite academy. He begins to form a close bond with Marie (Mackenzie Larsen), a cleaner at the same academy. As the film progresses it’s clear that something isn’t right on these grounds and Eddie starts to see visions, namely the ghost of a young girl. It fast becomes evident that the Aberdeen family who run the school are not as they seem, hiding ma…

Were it not for the fact that this comes with Adm. John Ford’s provenance attached to it, this short feature really wouldn’t amount to much more than a collection of newsreel-style actuality as the battle of Midway took place in the summer of 1942. It’s interesting that he chose enthusiastic Briton Donald Crisp to lead the narration with the likes of Henry Fonda, and there is a plethora of real-time action photography from aboard ship and plane to give this an authentic feeling of explosive and perilous reportage, but much of it’s value lies in it’s context: showing that barely six months afte…

"My Blue Heaven" is a nondescript film of no consequence which has too many plotlines threaded together with none of them being properly explored simply because we are too preoccupied watching the cast dancing and having fun. Now, this might indeed be considered entertaining by some, but it also seems like completely unnecessary padding just to fill out an insubstancial story of desperately limited means. The film is really in need of a strong central focus instead of a series of ideas it can't really be bothered to do anything with. The only one of these ideas which is brought to a satisfacto…

Based loosely on a true story, this follows the outback antics of television weatherman “Chris” (Ryan Corr). He had been moaning to his producer “Liz” (Brooke Satchwell) that his was a dead-end job, so she suggested that he prove his worth. That opportunity presents itself when he rescues a baby dolphin caught in the shallows of Bondi Beach. That's a short-lived success though when the thing is duly found washed up on the sand next day. Now labelled a "dolphin killer" across social media and “let go”, he heads across the country for the only job he can now get. En route, more tragedy strikes -…

I saw this on my own in the cinema on Saturday morning, and that did make me wonder how relevant “Porky Pig” and “Daffy Duck” are to young audiences now, outside of the USA. There are really two parts to this story about a pair who have grown up together, imbued with a sense of teamwork and mutual affection by “Farmer Jim”. When a visitor from outer space relieves their home of a great chunk of it’s roof, they find themselves needing to find themselves a job for the first time in the lives to pay for repairs. “Porky” is the more sensible of the two, “Daffy” the more erratic and so their job-hu…

“Alex” (Will Arnett) is watching his life unravel. In his mid-forties, his marriage to “Tess” (Laura Dern) is heading to the divorce court and he’s generally feeling unfulfilled. He heads to a bar for a drink but balks at the $15 entrance fee. That’s to cover the costs of some folks doing stand-up, but is waived if he does ten minutes himself. Might as well, he thinks, so he takes to the stage and nervously begins to entertain the punters - many of whom are circuit regulars or aspiring comics, themselves. He doesn’t think he’s funny, nor does anyone else, but it is soon a regular vent for his …

This time, it’s a “quiet rapture” that has caused mankind’s latest apocalypse, and so for the next couple of hours we spend time with a convict (Mark Fischbach) submersed in a vast and deep ocean of blood. He has been welded into a rust-bucket that has seen better days and with the windows sealed for his safety, he is informed of his mission only by instructions from the surface as he searches for the resources humanity desperately needs to survive. If he fulfils his task, he is to be pardoned and freed, but as his journey continues and his ship begins to fail, then truths he (and we) believe …