Lee Cronin’s The Mummy When the young daughter of an American family in Egypt is kidnapped, she is thought lost, but eight years later, she is found in a three-thousand-year-old sarcophagus that has survived the wreckage…

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

#Universal latest Monster Movie reboot is #TheMummy and this time it’s an out-and-out horror flick

Writer/Director #LeeCronin last flick was #EvilDeadRise

#LeeCroninsTheMummy is at cinemas now an my review is here…

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Send Help A plane crash leaves a downtrodden executive marooned on a desert island with her sexist boss, who still fails to see her worth despite her saving his life multiple times over.  Linda Liddle (Rache…

Send Help

#RachelMcAdams & #DylanOBrien star in #SamRaimi latest about a boss and his put upon employee surviving a plane crash to be deserted on a desert island

My review of #SendHelp is here…

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The Bride! In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein (Christian Bale) tracks down Dr. Euphronius (Annette Bening) and requests that she make him a companion. The outcome is The Bride (Jessie Buckley), who is an amalgama…

The Bride!

#ChristianBale #JessieBuckley #JakeGyllenhaal #AnnetteBening & #PeterSarsgaard star in what some have billed as the worst film of the year. As ever it’s a little more nuanced than that!

Here is my review of #TheBride!

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The Drama Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Robert Pattinson) have an idyllic relationship and are eagerly organising their wedding. That is until some friends suggest sharing the worst thing that they have ever d…

The Drama

#Zendaya & #RobertPattinson star in #TheDrama at cinemas now

My review is here…

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Highest 2 Lowest

#SpikeLee directs #DenzelWashington & #JefferyWright in this adaptation of an #AkiraKurosawa classic

#Highest2Lowest is available on #Apple TV and my review is here…

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Zootropolis 2 Odd couple cops Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) are back! Ready to solve another conspiracy in the city of Zootropolis that will shock its citizens to the core.  I…

Zootropolis 2

Odd couple, buddy cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde return to save Zootopia/Zootropolis from another conspiracy!

#Zootopia2 #Zootropolis2 #JasonBateman #GinniferGoodwin #KeHuyQuan

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie When Princess Rosalina (Brie Larson) is kidnapped by Bowser Jr. (Benny Safdie), the heroic Super Mario Brothers and friends set out on a rescue mission.  This time, Mario (Chris Pratt) and Lui…

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Mario & pals return to save another Princess from a Bowser

#TheSuperMarioGalaxyMovie is at cinemas now and features a voice cast including #BrieLarson #GlenPowell #ChrisPratt & #AnyaTaylorJoy

Here is my review…

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They Will Kill You Asia Reaves (Zazie Beetz) takes a job as a housekeeper at a mysterious high-rise apartment block in search of her younger sister. Unfortunately for her, the wealthy community that make up the build…

They Will Kill You

Hot on the heels of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come here is another film where sisters kick ass against a bunch of devil worshippers

#TheyWillKillYou stars #ZazieBeetz and is a cult classic in the making. Here is my review…

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Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come After surviving a lethal game of hide and seek, Grace (Samara Weaving) is forced into another round of deadly action. This time with her sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) in tow.  Picking up immed…

Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come

#SamaraWeaving #KathrynNewton & #SarahMichelleGellar star in this brilliant horror comedy

#ReadyOrNot2HereICome is from the directors that brought us Scream 5, Scream 6 and Abigail

My review is here…

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The Secret Agent 1977, Brazil. Former researcher Armando (Wagner Moura) makes the long journey to Recife during the carnival holiday to try and reconnect with his young son, who has been living with his in-laws sin…

The Secret Agent

A fictional story about a real dictatorship which garnered numerous Oscar nominations.

#TheSecretAgent stars #WagnerMoura in the role of a lifetime and my review is here…

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The Pale Blue Eye 1830, West Point Military Academy, New York. When a cadet is found hanged, with his heart cut out, assistance is sought from a retired detective living locally. The gruff Augustus Landor (Christian…

The Pale Blue Eye

#ChristianBale & #HaryMelling star in this historical fiction murder mystery featuring #EdgarAllanPoe

#ThePaleBlueEye also happens to be #RobertDuvall final screen appearance and is on #Netflix now

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Arco In 2075, a young girl named Iris witnesses a boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. His name is Arco, and he is a time traveller from the future now stranded in a time that is not his own. Can Ir…

Arco

Next up on the review slate is Oscar nominated French animation #Arco

The story of a time traveller from 2932 lost in 2075.

The dubbed voice cast features #AndySamberg #WillFerrell & #Flea

My thoughts are here…

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How To Make A Killing Beckett Redfellow (Glen Powell) was disowned at birth by his inordinately wealthy family following his mother’s marriage beneath her station. Despite working hard all of his life, it seems to him t…

How To Make A Killing

#GlenPowell #MargaretQualley & #JessicaHenwick star in this dark comedy about a man killing his way to his inheritance

#HowToMakeAKilling is essentially a remake of #KindHeartsAndCoronets and is at cinemas now

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Project Hail Mary High School Science Teacher Dr. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up alone in deep space aboard the shuttle Hail Mary. Unaware of why he is there due to amnesia brought on from the induced coma use…

Project Hail Mary

#RyanGosling stars in #ProjectHailMary which is at cinemas now

Based on an #AndyWeir novel, the man behind #TheMartian and directed by #SpiderVerse creators #PhilLord & #ChristopherMiller

My review is here…

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Oscars 2026 Predictions The 2026 Academy Awards will take place on Sunday 15th March and this year there are some intriguing possibilities in the major categories. Last year my prediction success rate was just under 50%, …

Oscars 2026 Predictions

Who do I want to win? Who do I think will win?

And will my favourite get pipped to the post again?

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Frankenstein Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) gives life to a creature (Jacob Elordi) in his experimentations to cure “death”, but his treatment of his own creation will lead to both of their downfalls.&nb…

Frankenstein

#OscarIsaac & #JacobElordi star in #GuillermoDelToro dream project #Frankenstein

Nominated for 9 #Oscar you can catch this on #Netflix and at the moment some cinemas

My review is here…

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Scream 7 Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) now lives in the idyllic small town of Pine Grove with her family. But it seems nowhere is safe from the Ghostface Killers, who have stalked her for decades.  T…

Scream 7

#NeveCampbell & #CourtneyCox go back to basics facing down #Ghostface in the 7th entry to the #Scream franchise

With original writer #KevinWilliamson back on writing duties and directing

#Scream7 is at cinemas now and my review is here…

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Blue Moon It is March 31st, 1943 and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first ever collaboration, “Oklahoma!” has just opened on Broadway. Having just sat through the opening performance, Rodgers’ long term collabora…

Blue Moon

#EthanHawke delivers a wonderful performance in this story about the famous songwriter #LorenzHart

#BlueMoon is directed by #RichardLinklater and also stars #MargaretQualley #BobbyCannavale & #AndrewScott

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die A man from the future (Sam Rockwell) arrives in a diner in Los Angeles with an important message. The future he comes from has been devastated by an artificial intelligence that took over all of hu…

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

#GoreVerbinski , Director of Pirates of the Caribbean and Rango returns to cinema screens with #GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie

An anarchic take on time travel and a killer AI starring #SamRockwell #HaleyLuRichardson & #JunoTemple

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Cold Storage When a highly infectious and catastrophically dangerous fungus escapes its holding cell deep within an abandoned US Military facility there are only three people between us and total annihilation; …

Cold Storage

#LiamNeeson #JoeKeery & #GeorginaCampbell star in this rather fun splatter b-movie

#ColdStorage is at cinemas now and my review is here…

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Is This Thing On? Alex (Will Arnett) and Tess (Laura Dern) find their marriage unraveling in middle age. In order to find themselves again, they seek their own identities. Alex gravitates towards the New York stand-…

Is This Thing On?

#BradleyCooper latest film is an insight into a second chance at love featuring the comedy circuit

#IsThisThingOn stars #WillArnett & #LauraDern

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Sentimental Value Two sisters negotiate the emotional impact of their absent father re-entering their lives when their mother dies.  Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) spent most of their…

Sentimental Value

Nominated for 9 #Oscars this year including Best Picture, Director, Actress, supporting actor & supporting actress (twice) #SentimentalValue is a film worth watching

#RenateReinsve #StellanSkarsgard #ElleFanning

Here is my review…

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Crime 101 Mike (Chris Hemsworth) is an expert thief whose territory lies across the 101 Highway in Los Angeles. Lou (Mark Ruffalo) is a dishevelled detective whose crazy theory on how this thief operates is …

Crime 101

This crime thriller has a stellar cast including #ChrisHemsworth #MarkRuffalo #HalleBerry and #BarryKeoghan

#Crime101 is at cinemas now and my review is here…

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Linda (Rose Byrne) is a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown. With her husband away and her apartment falling apart, Linda has to try and juggle her career and manage her daughter’s illness.&nb…

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

#RoseByrne is phenomenal

#IfIHadLegsIdKickYou is at cinemas this weekend and my review is here…

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“Wuthering Heights” The classic story of Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi) and Catherine Earnshaw (Margot Robbie) set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Moors in the late 1700s.  I need to begin my thoughts on writer/…

Wuthering Heights

Happy Valentine’s Day!

#MargotRobbie & #JacobElordi star as Cathy & Heathcliff in #WutheringHeights

#EmeraldFennell latest movie is an adaptation of the classic #EmilyBronte novel

My review is here…

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Rental Family Phillip Vanderploeg (Brendan Fraser) is an American actor who travelled to Japan seven years ago to star in a toothpaste commercial. With no other real direction or pull to do anything else, he fin…

Rental Family

#BrendanFraser stars as an actor in Japan who takes on the task of being a #RentalFamily

A film that manages to be morally ambiguous and a tear jerker? My review is here…

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Shelter Mason (Jason Statham) is a reclusive loner on a remote Scottish island hiding from his past. But when delivery girl Jessie (Bodhi Rae Breathnach) finds herself stranded following a storm Mason has …

Shelter

#JasonStatham is a reclusive loner hiding from his past in this well executed action flick that also stars #BillNighy & #NaomiAckie

#Shelter is at cinemas now and my review is here…

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Ingrid Goes West Ingrid (Aubrey Plaza) is obsessed with social media. So much so that she has just been released from a psychiatric ward following an incident where she pepper sprayed an Instagram influencer at her…

Ingrid Goes West

An older film on the review slate today… #IngridGoesWest stars #AudreyPlaza #ElizabethOlsen #WyattRussell #PomKlementieff #BillyMagnussen & #OSheaJacksonJr & is a biting satire about Instagram Influencers well worth watching

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Good Fortune Arj (Aziz Ansari) is just about making ends meet in the gig economy by doing odd jobs and deliveries. When he meets the incredibly rich Venture Capitalist Jeff (Seth Rogen) via one of those jobs he…

Good Fortune

#KeanuReeves & #SethRogen star in this comedy written, directed & starring #AzizAnsari where an angel swaps a rich person and poor persons life so they can see what really matters… which hilariously turns out to be money

#GoodFortune

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Reunion A group of partygoers at a High School Reunion find themselves snowed in and their host murdered. Can they find the killer who is undoubtedly in their midst before they strike again?  Reunion …

Reunion

Available on #Amazon #Reunion is a terrible attempt to cash in on the murder mystery trend.

The film stars #LilRelHowery #BillyMagnussen #NinaDobrev #JamieChung & #ChaceCrawford

My thoughts are here…

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