Cinema Black Phone 2 review: A value-for-money variety of shivers, shocks and scares
Disconnected phones still ring and the Grabber isn’t dead in this sequel. Is a supernatural slasher franchise in the offing?
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Cinema Arco review: Beautifully Bittersweet Time-Travel Animation
A boy goes on a time-travelling mission in Ugo Bienvenu’s wondrous hand drawn animated feature. Our review of Arco…
TV Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Review – A bold and fresh stab at the Star Trek universe
We review the young adult new Star Trek series, Starfleet Academy…
Cinema 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Review – Nia DaCosta Delivers Franchise-Defining Horror
Dark, disturbing and fiercely intelligent, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is the strongest entry in the franchise since the original, reinventing the infected and dragging the series back into truly unforgettable horror.
Bulk Review: Ben Wheatley’s DIY Multiverse Experiment
Ben Wheatley returns with Bulk, a lo-fi, meta sci-fi that turns the multiverse into a hands-on experiment. With DIY effects, fourth-wall breaks and a fearless Sam Riley at its centre, this is genre filmmaking at its most playful and provocative.
Cinema Anaconda Review: Jack Black and Paul Rudd lead a meta horror comedy with nostalgic heart
Nearly 30 years after the cult creature feature first struck, Tommy Gormican’s self-aware Anaconda reboot wriggles into cinemas with Jack Black, Paul Rudd and nostalgic ambition in tow, delivering laughs and heart even if there something slightly amiss.
Cinema Avatar: Fire and Ash review: Visually breathtaking but a little repetitive
James Cameron’s second Avatar sequel is still spectacular and state-of-the-art, but also somewhat samey
Odyssey Review: An odd if always engaging film about the devil’s business
Homer-ental: in Gerard Johnson’s satirical mini epic, an ambitious, desperate North London estate agent voyages into the night to take care of business, becoming a real(ty) legend
Cinema Silent Night, Deadly Night review: Better than the original
Mike P. Nelson’s smart, funny reimagining of Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s Santa slasher metes out multiple death penalties to the naughty in contemporary America.
Cinema Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 review: Five (more) nights of carnage
Killer robots run amok in a haunted pizza parlour (again). But can this sequel improve on the middling first film?
Cinema Eternity review: Fantasy rom-com with its feet on the ground
At last we have 2025’s best rom-com. Here’s our review of Eternity…
TV Troll 2 review: A bigger boulder-sized blast of monster mayhem
Troll 2 takes the surprising success of its predecessor and cranks everything up to epic adventure levels, delivering a wildly fun, lore-packed sequel that confidently stomps into new territory.
DVD & Blu-Ray A Nightmare on Elm Street 4K UHD Review: Freddy’s Ultimate 7-Film Collection Slashes Back to Life
The Elm Street saga returns sharper, louder and more terrifying than ever in this definitive 4K box-set that invites fans to revisit every nightmare.
TV Stranger Things 5: Volume 1 review – Explosively Dark and Endearingly Daft!
We’re back in Hawkins for one final adventure in Stranger Things Season Five. Our review of Volume 1….
Cinema Zootropolis 2 review: Disney brings back animal magic!
Disney didn’t rush the follow-up to its award-winning Zootropolis and the good news is that it shows. Our review of Zootropolis 2….
Cinema The Thing With Feathers Review: Grief Horror Loses Its Grip
Check out our review of The Thing With Feathers, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, from the London Film Festival.
Cinema Wicked: For Good review – A dark and rousing sequel with spellbinding set pieces
The second part of the Wicked adaptation handles its timely and timeless themes with aplomb…
Cinema Keeper review: Will creep you out
A couple celebrate an anniversary at a cabin in the woods … what could go wrong? Mind/flesh-twisting horror from Osgood Perkins.
Cinema The Running Man review: A faithful and electrifyingly plugged-in adaptation of Stephen King’s dystopian novella
Director Edgar Wright goes for gold with The Running Man. Our review…
Cinema Predator: Badlands review – The hunter becomes the hunted in a bold, brilliant addition to the franchise
A smart, savage, and surprisingly soulful instalment that leaves you desperate to see what the Yautja hunt next.
