Reviews

Vivieno Calsinelli’s suicide cult comedy, starring Kate Micucci, Dan Harmon and Taika Waititi, has been hard at the bath salts By Anton Bitel 27-06-18 10 Released: TBA Certificate: TBC Director: Vivieno Caldinelli Writer: Christopher Hewitson, Clayton Hewitson, Justin Jones Cast: Kate Micucci, Sam Huntington, Rhea Seehorn, Dan Harmon, Taika Waititi If you like this, try…
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Joko Anwar radically reimagines a classic of Eighties Indonesian diabolism By Anton Bitel 23-06-18 332 Released: TBA Certificate: TBC Director: Joko Anwar Writer: Joko Anwar Cast: Tara Basro, Bront Palarae, Endy Arfian, Nasar Anuz, Muhammad Adhiyat, Ayu Laksmi, Elly D Luthan Distributor: Rapi Films, CJ Entertainment If you like this, try… Ritual Joko Anwar’s twisty
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A family receives sinister orders during a nightmare Christmas in the sharp, twisted Await Further Instructions By Anton Bitel 23-06-18 1,236 Released: TBA Certificate: TBA Director: Johnny Kervorkian Writer: Gavin Williams Cast: Sam Gittins, Neerja Naik, Grant Masters, David Bradley, Abigail Cruttenden, Holly Weston, Kris Saddler Distributor: Goldfinch Studios, Shudder Films If you like this,
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Here’s our review of Sense8: The Series Finale, available to stream on Netflix now By Poppy-Jay Palmer 08-06-18 693 Released: Out now Certificate: 18 Creator: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, J Michael Straczynski Cast: Doona Bae, Jamie Clayton, Tina Desai, Tuppence Middleton, Max Riemelt, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Brian J Smith, Toby Onwumere Distributor: Netflix After all
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“The world is large and unknowable,” Keith (William Jackson Harper) tells Jessica (Rebecca Henderson). “No one ever really knows anything.” While obsessive Jessica conducts biological and genetic field research in a tented laboratory, hoping to find a “a previously uncharacterised element, genetic, environmental or otherwise – one that might change the way we view our
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Gruesome Argentinian creature feature Murder Me, Monster is not for the faint of heart By Katherine McLaughlin 22-05-18 186 Released: TBA Certificate: TBA Director: Alejandro Fadel Writer: Alejandro Fadel Cast: Esteban Bigliardi, Francisco Carrasco, Tania Casciani Distributor: TBA If you like this, try… Possession A revolting horror about the end of a relationship starring Isabelle
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Boris Karloff is a sinister butler in James Whale’s beautiful Gothic chiller The Old Dark House By Jonathan Hatfull 22-05-18 1,820 Released: 21 May 2018 Certificate: PG Director: James Whale Writer: RC Sherriff, Benn W Levy Cast: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Lilian Bond, Raymond Massey, Charles Laughton Distributor: Eureka Entertainment Buy on Amazon
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Mamoru Hosoda returns with magical coming of age tale Mirai By Katherine McLaughlin 21-05-18 796 Released: TBA Certificate: TBA Director: Mamoru Hosoda Writer: Mamoru Hosoda Cast: Haru Kuroki, Moka Kamishiraishi, Gen Hoshino Distributor: Anime Ltd. and National Amusements If you like this, try… When Marnie Was There Enchanting Studio Ghibli coming-of-age tale that plays with
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You absolutely must catch the 70mm re-release of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 By Martyn Conterio 18-05-18 185 Released: 18 May 2018 Certificate: U Director: Stanley Kubrick Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C Clarke Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, Douglas Rain, Leonard Rossiter Distributor: Warner Bros If you like this, try… Interstellar Christopher Nolan’s own attempt at sci-fi
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HBO update Ray Bradbury’s classic for the digital age with this star-studded TV movie By Rory O’Connor 16-05-18 831 Released: 19 May 2018 (US), 20 May 2018 (UK) Certificate: NA Director: Ramin Bahrani Writer: Ramin Bahrani, Amir Naderi Cast: Michael B Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella Distributor: HBO Films, Sky Atlantic If you like this,
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Three archeologists explore our future in Yorgos Zois’ Third Kind By Katherine McLaughlin 13-05-18 945 Certificate: NA Director: Yorgos Zois Writer: Yorgos Zois Cast: Alexandros Vardaxoglou, Effi Rabsilber, Nikos Hanakoulas Distributor: TBA If you like this, try… Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Richard Dreyfuss stars as a believer in Steven Spielberg’s classic science fiction
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The latest film from the author of Let The Right One In blends rom-com, grotesquerie and bizarre fairy-tale By Katherine McLaughlin 11-05-18 732 Certificate: TBA Director: Ali Abbasi Writer: Ali Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf Cast: Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Viktor Åkerblom Distributor: TBA If you like this, try… Men And Chicken Mads Mikkelsen stars in a
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Jim Hickcox’s lo-fi, low-art monsterfest Soft Matter defies easy categorisation, while reflecting upon its own impermanence By Anton Bitel 04-05-18 1,919 Released: 22 May 2018 (US VOD) Certificate: Unrated Director: Jim Hickcox Writer: Jim Hickcox Cast: Ruby Lee Dove II, Hal Schneider, Mary Anzalone, Devyn Placide, Mark Blumberg, Catherine Grady, David Dillard, Sam Stinson, Mykal
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The Strangers are back and as vicious as ever in Johannes Roberts’ throwback sequel By Jonathan Hatfull 04-05-18 3 Released: 4 May 2018 Certificate: 15 Director: Johannes Roberts Writer: Bryan Bertino, Ben Ketai Cast: Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, Martin Henderson, Lewis Pullman, Emma Bellomy Distributor: Vertigo Films If you like this, try… You’re Next Sharni
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From the Tribeca Film Festival, here’s our review of pitch-black horror The Dark By Anton Bitel 03-05-18 339 Released: TBA Certificate: TBC Director: Justin P Lange Writer: Justin P Lange Cast: Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, Karl Markovics, Margarete Tiesel, Sarah Murphy-Dyson, Scott Beaudin, Dylan Trowbridge, Chris Farquhar Distributor: TBA If you like this, try… The
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The first film from Studio Ponoc is beautiful to look at, but is there substance as well as style? By Nadia Attia 03-05-18 6,369 Released: 4 May 2018 Certificate: PG Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Writer: Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Riko Sakaguchi Cast: Ruby Barnhill, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet Distributor: Altitude If you like this, try…
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