In Review
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Film Review - Exit 8
What’s immediately striking about Exit 8 is how unassuming it is, given the simple plot outline […]
Film Review - Alphabet Lane
Alphabet Lane is a hypnotic ode to isolation and the lengths that everyday Australians will go to just to feel normal again.
Film Review - PROJECT HAIL MARY
When the audience is living in a crappy world with an even crappier near future on the horizon, Project Hail Mary is a warm hug fuelled with hope.
Film Review - Return to Silent Hill
Horror, at its most existentially terrifying, is not about answers; it is about the discomfort of not having them. In trying to return to Silent Hill, the film loses its way before it even arrives.
Film Review - The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent works effectively as a Brazilian period piece and acting showcase, but the script lacks the bite to make it truly gripping.
Film Review - The Housemaid
My expectations were on the ground, and now they’ve got a bit of altitude.
Film Review - Now You See Me: Now You Don’t
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is a magic act you’ve seen before.
Film Review - Keeper
Oz Perkins’s Keeper is a film that wears its intentions on its sleeve: intimate horror wrapped in relationship anxiety, an exercise in dread that occasionally achieves something quietly memorable.
Film Review - Shelby Oaks
Shelby Oaks is a fine horror film with flashes of promise, but too many inherited ideas and not enough discernible passion.
MIFF 2025 Film Review - It Ends
Genre fans looking for a siege of monsters and otherworldly horrors may come away disappointed, but those looking for a more cerebral and borderline ethereal experience will likely find themselves embracing the film and its scrappy charm.
Film Review - Weapons
Every once in a while, a film manages to thread the needle between nerve-shredding horror and sharp, genuinely funny comedy without ever feeling forced or careless. Zach Cregger’s Weapons is resoundingly one of those rare beasts.
Film Review - Final Destination: Bloodlines
For those looking for horror cinema that mostly leans on the goofy side while also delivering on some serious gore, Final Destination: Bloodlines is just what the coroner ordered.
Film Review - Clown in a Cornfield
Clornfield knows exactly what it is and isn't self conscious about it, playing out like an R-rated episode of Scooby Doo, complete with some lean and mean kills […]
Fantastic Film Fest 2025 Review - Mr. K
Mr. K is ambitious, imaginative and impressive, but the setup is unfortunately better than the payoff.
Film Review - Drop
At a brisk 95 minutes, Drop is the kind of taut, grown-up genre film that feels increasingly rare.
Europa Europa Film Fest 2025 - Finally, Sunday!
Occasionally awkward performances and deliveries are mostly forgiven by this fine adaption of a scandalous mystery.
Film Review - Smile 2
Smile 2 is a worthy sequel that, while not quite as groundbreaking as its predecessor, still offers plenty of great elements.
MIFF 2024 Film Review - Cuckoo
With complex, figurative ideas, eccentric leading performances, and a tense atmosphere, Cuckoo leads with promise.
Film Review - MaXXXine
If you’re an avid fan of horror films and especially love slashers, this is the film for you; if I’m not describing you, but you’re willing to give it a shot, you’ll find a fun ride of a movie with a few laughs and thrills along the way!