In a world where a significant percentage of new releases fit under the collective umbrella of “eat the rich” satires—turbocharged by the still relatively recent Best Picture victory of Bong Joon-h…

Following the massive critical success of Corpus Christi, which was nominated for the Best International Picture Oscar in 2020 and lost to Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, Jan Komasa’s trajectory towards i…

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How many C-words does it take for the BBFC to decide that a movie needs to be rated 18—for adults only? That was the question I asked myself under my nose when I sat down to watch One Last Deal and…

Having read all his three novels, I think I am equipped well enough to say that I like the idea of Andy Weir as a novelist more than I like his work. In a way, his career trajectory offers quite a …

Meet Tim. Tim Smith. To describe Tim would be to call him by the title of the film—unremarkable. He hasn’t amounted to much in life. He doesn’t have a career or even a hobby. On any objective life …

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Not only did Tobe Hooper’s eponymous The Texas Chain Saw Massacre spawn a franchise and contributed to invigorating the subgenre of slasher horror, but it also—most crucially—inspired throngs of as…

I thought for a little bit whether these thoughts stirring inside me were supposed to be downloaded into a journal page and committed to the drawer, or here. Maybe I’m not in the best frame of mind…

The 1981 Escape from New York remains an all-time classic of rogue genre filmmaking in the eyes of nearly all fans of John Carpenter’s work. One of his rare success stories that combined both finan…

“This is how you allow her to dress for her father’s funeral,” Says Evelyn Winchester in a scolding tone to her now ex-daughter-in-law Nina at the end of The Housemaid, a late-2025 hit that has rec…

It was November 1988. John Carpenter’s They Live had just rolled out into theaters, playing across nearly fifteen hundred screens and earning a modest but respectable five million dollars in the op…

Synopsis: In a city of anthropomorphic animals, struggling diner worker Will Harris gets a shot at his dream when a viral clip of his street roarball skills earns him a place on the failing Vinelan…

When I read that James Cameron was disappointed with what he saw as his newest movie Avatar: Fire and Ash underperforming at the box office—and it has to be said that having raked in excess of a bi…

The 2026 Oscar race is officially underway as the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards have been announced earlier today. Sinners was given 16 nods (the most ever awarded and only one short of f…

Synopsis: Naseem Hamed rises from a troubled childhood in 1980s Sheffield to become an international boxing sensation, propelled by swagger, talent, and a refusal to conform. Under the guidance of …

The term “paralysis of choice,” defined as an inability to make a decision due to abundance of choices, is well known and crept into our vernacular with the advent of streaming. It has dominated ou…

January is one of those few months in the year when dad movies briefly come out of hibernation, visit upon our cinemas and greet us with a musky “bonjour.” This is the time when you should be able …

Recently, a number of outlets reported with what I can only describe as a mildly sensationalizing bent that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have “said the quiet part out loud” and confirmed what everyon…

When Highlander opened in March 1986, it barely registered. It ultimately went on to scrape together just over five million dollars in domestic box office receipts, overshadowed by Pretty in Pink a…

There was a time when Blizzard Entertainment, the video game developer responsible for the iconic Diablo, Starcraft and World of Warcraft franchises, would occasionally treat their fans to truly as…