When we meet widow Kathy (Lacey Chabert), she is struggling to stay warm in her apartment, switching quickly from blanket to coat on her way to the diner she owns. A note reminding her to call the repairman to fix the heating goes ignored yet again. While taking a stroll outside that evening, Kathy sees…
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Review: Our Little Secret
Our Little Secret begins with the backstory of Logan (Ian Harding) and Avery (Lindsay Lohan), childhood best-friends-turned-lovers, told—for some reason—through animation. Then, it’s 2014 and Avery is moving to London for her dream job, which Logan struggles to accept. He thinks she’s running away from her father and childhood home following her mother’s death. After…
18 Fun Horror Films to Watch This Halloween
Horror is such a broad genre that it can still be enjoyed even if you hate being scared. One of my favourite subgenres is what I like to call “fun horror,” which I loosely define as horror films that are fun, silly, batshit, but not too scary (well, okay, some of them are kind of…
Review: Azrael
Set some time after the rapture, where speech is considered a sin, Azrael (Samara Weaving) is captured by a devout cult who want to sacrifice her to the evil lurking in the wilderness in exchange for their salvation. When Azrael escapes—as she often does—the cult, led by pregnant priestess Miriam (Vic Carmen Sonne), will stop…
13 Films to Watch This Autumn
It’s September 22nd which means it’s finally autumn! It’s time for cosy films, warm blankets, and hot drinks as those vibrant green leaves turn to hues of orange, brown, and yellow! The films below are my favourite to watch this time of year. Most of them won’t come as a surprise, they’re always on these…
Review: Clawfoot
Janet (Francesca Eastwood) is a wealthy, suburban housewife who takes pride in her meticulous housework. While going about her daily tasks, she is surprised when contractor Leo (Milo Gibson) shows up at the door claiming her husband, Evan (Nestor Carbonell), hired him to install a new bathroom, complete with a clawfoot bathtub. Janet is cautious…
Review: Subservience
AI (artificial intelligence) is not new to the horror genre, but it’s certainly felt more prevalent during the past few years with the likes of M3GAN and AfrAId. S.K. Dale is prepared to join the conversation with his new sci-fi thriller, Subservience. The film follows construction worker Nick (Michele Morrone) who is struggling to look…
Review: Fitting In
Molly McGlynn’s Fitting In is both a coming-of-age drama and a teen sex comedy. 16-year-old Lindy (Maddie Ziegler) has just moved to a new city with her therapist mother, Rita (Emily Hampshire), but things are going well for her: she already has a best friend called Vivian (Djouliet Amara), a crush on schoolmate Adam (D’Pharaoh…
Review: Hoard
Luna Carmoon’s feature debut, Hoard, opens in 1984 on Cynthia (Hayley Squires): a young single mother with long dark hair, donned in a fur coat and a black jewelled cap. She is bin-dipping with her seven-year-old daughter, Maria (Lily-Beau Leach), putting their findings in an old shopping trolley. One would think they were homeless, but…
Review: And Mrs
When Gemma’s (Aisling Bea) American fiancé Nathan (Colin Hanks) dies shortly before their wedding, Gemma decides she wants to go ahead and marry him anyway. Nathan was a hopeless romantic, whereas marriage didn’t mean that much to Gemma. Wanting to prove her love and commitment to him, Gemma has to contend with a 200-year-old law…