Donnie Yen’s Ambitious Genre Hybrid Is Guilty of Missed Opportunities
As the adage goes, justice is blind: by that, of course, they mean it's unbiased. In The Prosecutor, both starring and directed by modern martial arts legend Donnie Yen, Yen plays a prosecutor who finds justice blind in a different…
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Merlins Horror Bar Birmingham Review: A Spooky Treat
During a visit to Birmingham this week we happened to stumble across Merlins horror bar and felt compelled to bring you a review of this spooky and quirky cafe and bar in Birmingham City Centre. Merlins is a two-floored building…
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Squid Game SandBoxVR Review: The Future is Here!
We went down to Birmingham to experience the SandBoxVR Squid Game experience where you dress up in a full motion capture suit and are catapulted straight into experiencing your very own Squid Game in virtual reality. This futuristic venue is…
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Why Yes, I’m Still Endlessly Charmed By This Controversial Richard Curtis Classic
The Christmas season might've just ended, but the arrival of a beloved holiday movie on Netflix means we have the chance to extend the joy. Released just over 21 years ago in 2003, Richard Curtis' Love Actually has stood the…
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Emotionally Draining Drama Boasts An Oscar-Worthy Marianne Jean-Baptiste
This review was originally published on September 9, 2024, as a part of our Toronto International Film Festival coverage. In Hard Truths , Mike Leigh's beautifully humane drama, the writer-director takes us into the lives of an ordinary British Jamaican…
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Sandhya Suri’s Oscars Hopeful Delivers An Engrossing, Emotionally Charged Take On The Rookie Police Formula
While not one of the most popular of the crime drama genre, the rookie police formula is one that's been explored to largely gripping success, the most iconic being the Denzel Washington-led Training Day. However, while Antoine Fuqua's 2001 hit…
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I Was Impressed By This Psychological Period Horror’s Ability To Deliver Top-Notch Atmospheric Terror
The Damned has been made to a high standard. The film is extremely well-crafted; the cast, the period setting, and the eerie and isolated fishing village where the story plays out all help to create a tense and believable story…
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Sam Heughan’s Steamy Psychological Thriller Series Barely Simmers
These days, Sam Heughan is a fan-favorite presence on the small screen, but he wouldn't have garnered mainstream awareness if it hadn't been for his breakout role in the hit television adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander book series. Over the…
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Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr.’s Thriller Sequel Can’t Escape Crime Tropes
Welp, maybe the Den of Thieves movies aren't for me. Christian Gudegast's 2018 proof that he's seen Michael Mann's Heat has generated a cult following over the years I don't quite understand. That befuddlement continues with Den of Thieves 2:…
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The Children of the Rebellion
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Silo Season 2 Episode 9. Silo Season 2 hasn't finished its run yet, but Episode 9 all but guarantees this show has defeated the "sophomore slump" — that dreaded effect when the…
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Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera Review
I remember when heist movies had memorable characters and scenarios. Den of Thieves certainly didn’t and its only slightly better follow-up, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera , tries at the very least, though its efforts ultimately fall flat. The film…
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Boys Will Be Monsters in Bone-Chilling Psychological Horror Movie
Jack Clark and Jim Weir’s Birdeater rides the barbed-wire line between horror and psychological thriller pretty closely, to the point where I’d be concerned for its metaphorical limbs if it were a person. It’s thin and sleek, the tale of…
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