Category: reviews
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REVIEW – BY DESIGN plays with ideas about objectification and identity and the need to be seen in society
Director Amanda Kramer’s witty black comedy examines the role of identity and feeling alone in a crowd in this genre comedy where a woman swaps her body with the form of a designer chair. BY DESIGN (2026)★★★ OF ★★★★★ stars It’s not a leap to say that exploring a woman’s identity and autonomy in a…
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REVIEW – Michael Almereyda’s NADJA (1994) channels vampiric ennui that still draws you in with a new 4K restoration.
Years before Jim Jarmusch’s ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, NADJA channelled the hipster cool downside of living the immortal lifestyle of the undead. NADJA (1994)★★★ OF ★★★★★ stars 2026 is kicking off with a lot of big screen vampire resurrections – from DRACULA: ALOVE TALE from Luc Besson to the release of the 4K restoration of…
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REVIEW – Luc Besson’s DRACULA: A LOVE TALE (2026) is a fun cocktail full of ample dashes of past big screen Dracula adaptations
La Femme Nikita director Luc Besson delivers a fun big screen remake of the classic Bram Stoker vampire tale with some A-List talent hamming it up in a unique yet familar take on Dracula. DRACULA: A LOVE TALE (2026) ★★★ OF ★★★★★ stars When one thinks of big screen vampire tales, you have to instantly…
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REVIEW – SEND HELP (2026) is a fun throwback comeback for Sam Raimi fans
The latest film from Sam Raimi is a back to basics horror reuniting him with Multiverse of Madness star Rachel McAdams. SEND HELP (2026) ★★★ OF ★★★★★ stars One of the things that really stuck out to me watching Sam Raimi’s excursion into the MCU in DOCTOR STRANGE AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS was how…
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REVIEW: Mercy (2026) is a fun 90’s sci-fi action redux
Director Timur Bekmambetov (NIGHTWATCH, WANTED) creates an interesting remix of the found footage movie with a sci-fi bent that remixes MINORITY REPORT by way of THE PURGE. MERCY (2026) ★★ OF ★★★★★ stars It’s not a leap to say that most found footage movies are low budget plodding affairs designed to make budget issues seem…
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REVIEW – PRIMATE (2026) succeeds in scaring up laughs as a throwback to Grindhouse-era creature feature cult classics.
Writer/director Johannes Roberts mines his 47 Meters Down franchise for ideas in this film about a rabies infected chimp / cunning psychopath out to kill the world’s dumbest entitled teenagers whom he’s trapped In an infinity pool because … lulz? PRIMATE (2026)★★ OF ★★★★★ stars PRIMATE, hitting theaters this Friday January 9th from Paramount Pictures…
