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: Together
Cool and gross ideas. But lacks that special something to elevate it. Tim and Millie, an unmarried couple, move out to the countryside for Millie’s new job. But a mysterious encounter in the woods affects them unnaturally. Soon they find themselves physically drawn to each other… This directorial debut from Michael Shanks (and also written…
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: Flight Risk
Writing film scripts must be hard. A targeted witness is transported in a small plane across Alaska. The marshal in charge of his safety doesn’t check the identification on their pilot however, and some shenanigans takes place. Flight Risk released late 2024 in the US, and early 2025 in the UK. Notedly directed by the…
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: Weapons
A very effective horror thriller. With some concessions. When an entire classroom of children disappear one night, all blame is focussed onto their teacher, Justine. Director Zach Cregger wow’ed critics with Barbarian in 2022, and has returned with the mysteriously titled Weapons. Starring Julia Garner (recently performed in The Wolf Man) and Josh Brolin (Dune),…
Review: Redline
That was absolutely bonkers and it was great. JP’s dream of winning the famous Redline high speed race is dwindling fast. Not only did he crash his racer, but the Redline race is set to compete on a planet ruled by a tyrannical dictator. Redline is a 2009 Japanese animated movie directed by Takeshi Koike,…
Review: Prey (2022)
Making me a believer of the Predator series. In the 1700s, an Apache tribe finds itself at the mercy of an otherworldly hunter. Released in 2022, mere months “after” the Covid pandemic, Prey was and continues to be a Disney+ exclusive. It was never released in cinemas. The rather teasing title betrays that this film…
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: The Legend of Ochi
What a strange, throw-back experience this was. Yuri, estranged daughter of a man possessed in fighting rare creatures called Ochi, would rather befriend the creatures. When she runs away from home, it becomes a race to protect or destroy the strange creatures. Debut director Isaiah Saxon brings us this original story The Legend of Ochi,…