Longlegs
A Satanic serial killer (Nicolas Cage) murders families in a ritualistic birthday-based sequence in this thriller they should have called The Birthday Basher. Osgood (son of Anthony) Perkins’ extended riff […]
Romeo & Juliet at the Duke of York’s Theatre
From West Side Story to Gnomeo & Juliet, Shakespeare’s tragedy has been pulled in so many directions it almost seems invincible. Here to disprove that theory is director Jamie Lloyd, […]
A Quiet Place: Day One
When New York is invaded by sound-sensitive aliens, terminally ill Sam (Lupita Nyong’o) and her cat Frodo (Nico and Schnitzel) search for one last slice of pizza in the apocalyptic […]
Network
A news anchor (Peter Finch) threatens to kill himself on air, but his announcement backfires when he shoots up the ratings. On re-release for director Sidney Lumet’s 100th birthday, Network […]
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) returned in 1991 for the “final” Elm Street movie, a promise unlikely to get anyone’s hopes up that it would really be the end. Like Freddy, […]
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Everyone’s favourite CGI ape (Andy Serkis) isn’t back in this 10th instalment of the franchise that has survived nuclear blasts, time warps and a brief association with James Franco. Set […]
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
One year after Alice (Lisa Wilcox) vanquished Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) by pointing a mirror at him, he returns to haunt the dreams of her unborn baby, answering the age-old […]
The Watched
M. Night Shyamalan’s daughter proves the apple doesn’t fall far from the angry trees in her directorial debut, a horror film about a parrot delivery girl. You may be wondering […]
Sting
Sting is an inappropriate name for a film about a spider, up there with calling a film about space Gravity or a film about kung fu The Karate Kid (2010). […]
Love Lies Bleeding
Gym boss Louise (Kristen Stewart) falls for a bodybuilder (Katy O’Brian) and feebly covers up a crime in this thriller they should have called Dumb Belles. Kristen Stewart lesbian bodybuilding […]
