The better Smashing Machine. Her traditionalist family doesn’t approve of Christy’s love life, but they do follow her talent for boxing. However, when they start taking a shine to Jim, her trainer, Christy finds herself trapped and isolated. Directed by David Michôd, and starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O’Brian, and James Self,…
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Review: Wicked – For Good
How does wickedness come to pass in the final part? Awkwardly. But with flair. Having been outcast from society, Elphaba is now a rebel, hoping to reveal the Wizard’s true machinations. Meanwhile, Glinda is titled “The Good”, and revels in her social climbing. But these two friends are fated to clash again and again. Can…
Review: The Running Man (2025)
It is fine? But for being an Edgar Wright film, just “fine” feels wrong. In a dystopian America, jobless father Ben Richards signs up to the televised death game The Running Man to support his family. Can he survive the game with everyone out to kill him? The Running Man is yet another 2025 movie…
Review: Frankenstein
Sympathy for the monster. Doctor Victor Frankenstein seeks to redeem himself in the eyes of his father by unlocking the secret of immortality. But his experiments create a creature that, in his eyes, is devoid of intelligence. Written for the screen and directed by visionary director Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein is an adaptation of Mary…
Review: The Long Walk
Your mileage may vary. In a post economic apocalypse America, groups of teenage boys are forced to walk over 300 miles for the chance of riches. The Long Walk is an adaptation of the Stephen King book of the same name, published in 1979. It sees a troop of young boys (one from each state)…
Review: Caught Stealing
Now that was a good movie cat. Hank works at the local New York bar and wins people over with his affable nature. But his life turns upside down when he cat-sits his neighbour’s pet and thugs start arriving at his door. What exactly is going on here? The unimaginatively titled Caught Stealing is directed…
Review: The Life of Chuck
Whoever said this is “The best Stephen King film ever made” is insane. At the end of the world we also say goodbye, and thank you, to Chuck. Directed by Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, Hush, Gerald’s Game) comes this adaptation of a Stephen King novella. It stars Tom Hiddleston (Avengers) Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a…
Review: War of the Worlds (2025)
H.G. Wells has risen from the grave this year, and has begun a slow walk to find Rich Lee to lay a curse on him. A top American Government security officer bears witness to the end of days when meteorites hit the Earth. On top of that, he must protect his family and save the…
Review: Fantastic Four – First Steps
I want to give a thematic four stars, but I can’t quite do it. Earth 828, the Fantastic Four are the planet’s protectors. But when a silver-clad being from outer space threatens the planet with destruction, the charismatic heroes must rise to the challenge. To protect not only the planet, but their new family… Directed…
Review: The Salt Path
Deliberately slow and meandering, but an effective story on human endurance. Based off a true story, Raynor and Moth Winn trek one of the longest countryside paths in England after losing their home and Moth’s terminal diagnosis. Produced by the BBC and directed by Marianne Elliott, adapted from the journal “The Salt Path” written by…