Cinema Godzilla Minus One review: Godzilla prequel is an epic kaiju feature
Takashi Yamazaki’s kaiju prequel sees the ruins of postwar Japan exposed to a monstrous restaging of wartime trauma.
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TV Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Review: An animated epic of epic epicness
The gang from the 2010 cult classic, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, have been rounded up for a brand new animated adventure. Our review of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off…
Cinema Thanksgiving Review: Eli Roth turns his Grindhouse short into a solid slasher
Eli Roth’s festive slasher, Thanksgiving, celebrates Nineties/Noughties horror and is hella gory. Our review…
Cinema The Marvels review: From “higher, further, faster” to “faster, sillier, messier”
Captain Marvel teams up Monica Rambeau and Ms Marvel in The Marvels. Our review…
Cinema Dream Scenario Review: Nicolas Cage’s performance is out of this world
Nicolas Cage is turning up in people’s dreams in Kristoffer Borgli’s Dream Scenario. Our review…
The Kitchen review: Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s debut feature delivers on Dystopian Homesick Blues
Set in the near future, Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s The Kitchen grapples with homogenisation of London, police violence and male bonding. Our review…
Cinema Five Nights at Freddy’s review: A typical game-into-film hash
Possessed animatronic cartoon characters terrorise a newbie security guard in a computer-game-derived monster runaround which has too few teeth to terrify audiences.
Cinema Poor Things review: A Gloriously Wild Feminist Odyssey | London Film Festival
Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo star in Yorgos Lanthimos’ wickedly funny sci-fi romcom, Poor Things. Our review…
Cinema All of Us Strangers review: A devastatingly beautiful ghost story | London Film Festival
Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal star in Andrew Haigh’s tenderly crafted ghost story. Our review of All of Us Strangers…
Cinema Foe review: A gorgeous science fiction melodrama | London Film Festival
Foe explores its themes of climate crisis, AI anxieties and loss of humanity through a devastating depiction of the ebbs and flows of a relationship in crisis. Our review…
Cinema The End We Start From Review: Jodie Comer leads the way in fight for survival | London Film Festival 2023
Jodie Comer stars in post-apocalyptic drama, The End We Start From. Our review…
Cinema Starve Acre: A chilling and atmospheric folk horror | London Film Festival Review
Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark star in Daniel Kokotajlo’s atmospheric Yorkshire-set folk horror. Read our review for Starve Acre…
Cinema Fingernails Reveiw: Love hurts in this deadpan romcom | London Film Festival 2023
Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed and Jeremy Allen Whiten star in Fingernails, a sci-fi film set in a world where a scientific test determines whether you are compatible with your chosen partner. Our review…
Cinema The Boy and the Heron: A Masterpiece | London Film Festival 2023 Review
Studio Ghibli co-founder and Spirited Away director Hayao Miyazaki is back with The Boy And The Heron. Our review…
TV Totally Killer Review: Hallow-Teen Mom
A Halloween and Back To The Future mash-up with a heavy dose of Eighties nostalgia. Here’s our review of Totally Killer…
Cinema The Exorcist: Believer Review | An Almighty Mess
A strong beginning results in an almighty mess for The Exorcist: Believer. Our review…
Books Starter Villain Review: Meet the new boss
Villainy runs in the family! We review John Scalzi’s latest standalone novel, Starter Villain.
TV The Changeling Review: New York fairytale has its own demons
We review Apple TV+’s adapation of Victor LaVelle’s nightmarish odyssey of loss and terror.
Saw X review: A classic game of double and triple bluff
An untold chapter from the life of John Kramer, the terminally-ill vigilante known as Jigsaw – which serves as a soft reboot for the venerable torture-themed horror franchise,
Books The Death I Gave Him: Review
A queer, locked-room thriller reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with a sci-fi twist. We review Em X. Liu’s The Death I Gave Him
