“THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER” It’s hard to understate how important a movie The Exorcist is. It is one of the most effective and influential movies of all time. I would say the hype isn’t unjustified. It changed horror as we know…

“A HAUNTING IN VENICE” A Haunting in Venice is the now third Agatha Christie Poirot adaptation that Kenneth Branagh has made. After directing two of Christie’s more well-known novels, he has now turned his attention to the lesser-known story, ‘Hallowe’en…

“COBWEB” Cobweb is directed by Samuel Bodin and written by Chris Thomas Devlin. It’s a horror movie that has taken a bit longer to come out in the UK compared the US, for some reason in the US they decided…

“NIMONA” Nimona is an animated film created for Netflix that came out a few weeks ago. It’s directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, the latter of whom has only really directed the animated Will Smith film, Spies in Disguise.…

“ELEMENTAL” Elemental is the newest Pixar film directed by Peter Sohn. This film has been dogged by largely not-flattering press, following its US release. The film hasn’t necessarily received bad reviews, but it hasn’t received enough good to put the…

“ASTEROID CITY” Asteroid City is co-written and directed by Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson doesn’t really make films that I like, apart from a few exceptions: I did like Fantastic Mr Fox, but as a whole, he’s a very hit-and-miss director…

“THE FLASH” The Flash is the latest movie in the DC cinematic universe. It has been directed by horror director, Andy Muschietti, who has previously directed Stephen King’s IT and will be directing the upcoming Attack on Titan movie for…

“SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE” Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse was one of my favourite Spider-man movies, and while my earlier review wasn’t as complimentary to it as I should have been, a rewatch definitely made me appreciate the film a lot…

“THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023)” The latest Disney live-action remake, this time we have Rob Marshall in to direct it, with his previous credits being Chicago and weirdly the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Rob Marshall is a decent director,…

“FAST X” Fast X is the tenth movie in the Fast and Furious franchise and is directed by Louis Leterrier, whose previous titles include Clash of the Titans. Fast X’s announcement gave me a real feeling of ‘Wait, they’re still…

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 is the latest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is now the final MCU film to be written and directed by James Gunn before he goes to…

“POLITE SOCIETY” Polite Society is a British kung-fu film directed by Nida Manzoor. It featured a somewhat heavy marketing cycle aided by the fact that it came out in a weekend with virtually no competition. Manzoor herself said that she…

“EVIL DEAD RISE” Evil Dead Rise is the latest entry in the Evil Dead series written and directed by Lee Cronin. The best way to describe Lee Cronin is that he is the kind of director who makes films that…

“THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE” The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been in very long production, Illumination Pictures got the job to do the movie following Nintendo’s partnership with Universal, which also resulted in the Nintendo World theme parks which…

“JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4” John Wick: Chapter 4 sees director Chad Stahelski and star Keanu Reeves return to conclude the John Wick franchise with one final movie. Chapter 4 marks the longest gap between John Wick movies, probably due to…

“SHAZAM: FURY OF THE GODS” Shazam: Fury of the Gods is the sequel to the previously successful Shazam movie, and also holds the title of being the second to last entry in the current incarnation of the DC extended universe;…

“Scream 6 (2023)” Scream 6 is now the sixth movie in the franchise, but for the purposes of this film, it’s mainly a follow-up to the fifth movie that came out last year. I didn’t review the previous Scream film…

“CREED III” This is the third Creed movie to come out and the ninth movie in the Rocky franchise to date, with this marking the first film that is a complete handover of the cast from the previous franchise. Sylvester…