The Power Of The Dog (2021)

Benedict Cumberbatch is the star of the new western drama, The Power Of The Dog (2021), directed by Jane Campion who is best known for The Piano, Holy Smoke, In The Cut and Bright Star. Based on a novel from the 1960s by Thomas Savage, an author I’m not familiar with, The Power Of The […]

Seance (2021)

I’m a big fan of You’re Next and The Guest, which were both written by Simon Barrett, so I was keen for his directorial debut, Seance (2021). A horror movie set in an all-girls boarding school during wintertime, the film begins with a prank gone awry that accidentally causes the death of a student. With […]

The Empty Man (2020)

From what I’ve read The Empty Man (2020) is the last film to feature the 20th Century Fox logo at the start. The film itself was released without much fanfare after Disney acquired Fox; it’s sitting there waiting for you on Disney Plus if you’re in the mood for a moody horror epic. Based on […]

Pig (2021)

I appreciate people who avoid trailers or reading reviews (and can easily skip reading this); the idea of taking a movie in without preconceptions, expectations or spoilers is like the pure film viewing experience. But I can’t help myself – I like watching trailers, I like reading advance reviews, probably to my detriment. So it […]

Night In Paradise (2020)

Night In Paradise (2020; aka Nagwonui bam) is good but not great, but it is an interesting South Korean movie that might have slipped past notice as a Netflix Original. Directed by Park Hoon-jung (screenwriter of I Saw The Devil), the film is like a meeting point between a violent gangster film and a slow […]