The Strangers: Chapter 1
People needed another The Strangers movie like a bag on the head, but Mr. Potato Sack is back in burlap to wreak hessian havoc on a bland new couple. The […]
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The First Omen
Rome, 1971. Two scantily clad nuns (?) head to their local disco to dance to music that wouldn’t be released for another few years; the first omen that this prequel […]
No Way Up
No Way Up concerns a plane that crash-lands in the Pacific Ocean, where it is set upon by sharks presumably attracted to its slippery tail fin. The trailer for this […]
In a Violent Nature
This Canadian slasher flick tells a classic camping trip massacre from the perspective of the guy doing the massacring (Ry Barrett). Chris Nash’s In a Violent Nature proves an interesting […]
Trap
Months after producing his daughter’s first directorial feature (The Watched), M. Night Shyamalan launches his other daughter’s pop career in this thriller they should have called Attack of the Nepo […]
Only the River Flows
When dead bodies start washing up on the riverbank, a police detective (Zhu Yilong) loses sight of whether he is solving a case or abetting a cover-up, like a Chinese […]
Sleep
A somnambulant actor (Lee Sun-kyun) and his pregnant wife (Jung Yu-mi) get a rude awakening in this K-horror they should have called Dozemary’s Baby. The debut feature from Jason Yu […]
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 […]
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