Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
One year on from the death of King T’Challa, Wakanda is awash with watery invaders trying to steal their vibranium or something. Chadwick Boseman’s untimely death proves complicated for a […]
Tag Archives: 2020s
My Best Friend’s Exorcism
One of my favourite novels gets a Christopher Landon-produced (Happy Death Day, Freaky) makeover in this Amazon Original. What could possibly go right? My Best Friend’s Exorcism is a 2022 […]
Holy Spider
This Persian-language thriller is based on the real case of a serial killer who murdered 16 sex workers in Masshad circa 2001. Let’s call it Iranian Psycho. Born in Iran […]
M3GAN
An orphan is given a killer AI doll in M3GHAN, AKA Bride of Prince Chucky. Heavily hyped as the new Chucky, M3GHAN is more meme than movie. Like last year’s […]
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
The concept of twin films is well documented, but 2022 offered triplet films in the form of three Pinocchio adaptations: Robert Zemeckis’ live-action Pinocchio, the Russian animation Pinocchio: A True […]
The Innocents (De uskyldige)
A telekinetic child (Alva Brynsmo Ramstad) and her little sister (Rakel Lenora Fløttum) move house in this Scandinavian chiller they should have called Carrie and Alexander. The Innocents has less […]
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The world’s silliest-named detective is back! But enough about Enola Holmes 2. Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is off on a busman’s holiday in this nonsensical sequel to 2019’s Knives Out, […]
Violent Night
Violent Night sees Santa Claus (David Harbour) battle a team of burglars who break into the mansion of a wealthy family, as they fight over their mother’s (Beverly D’Angelo) fortune. […]
Decision to Leave
A homicide detective (Park Hae-il) falls for a victim’s widow (Tang Wei) in this unprocedural thriller. For his 11th feature, Park Chan-wook makes the bold decision to leave behind the […]
Barbarian
New horror movie Barbarian sees Tess (Georgina Campbell) arrive at an Airbnb only to find it already occupied, having failed to look it up on Trapadvisor. Zach Cregger’s debut solo […]
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