The Shitheads, 2026. Written and Directed by Macon Blair. Starring Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Mason Thames, Kiernan Shipka, Nicholas Braun, Peter Dinklage, Najah Bradley, Tim Ware, Killer Mike, Chris Sharp, Lynn Wanlass, Eric Goins, Judy McDowell, Melanie Loren, Mike Hickman, Shontelle Thrash, and Macon Blair. SYNOPSIS: Two rock-bottom drivers transport a wealthy teen to […]
Movie Review – Pike River (2026)
Pike River, 2026. Directed by Peter Sarkies. Starring Melanie Lynskey, Robyn Malcolm, Erroll Shand, Madeleine McCarthy, Lucy Lawless, Jordan Mooney, Ben Porter, Peter Tait, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Hamish McEwen, John Leigh, Richard Crouchley, Tim Gordon, Ian Mune, Jeff Kingsford-Brown. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of an explosion that rocked the Pike River Mine and took 29 lives, […]
Movie Review – Send Help (2026)
Send Help, 2026. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien, Edyll Ismail, Xavier Samuel, Chris Pang, Thaneth Warakulnukroh, Emma Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Dennis Haysbert. SYNOPSIS: Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to […]
2026 Sundance Film Festival Review – Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]
Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild], 2026. Directed by Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil. SYNOPSIS: Trapped in museum archives, Ancestors bend time and space to find their way home. History, spirituality, and the law collide as tribal repatriation specialists fight to return and rebury Indigenous human remains, offering a revealing look at the still-pervasive worldviews that justified collecting them […]
Movie Review – The Wrecking Crew (2026)
The Wrecking Crew, 2026. Directed by Angel Manuel Soto. Starring Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista, Claes Bang, Temuera Morrison, Jacob Batalon, Frankie Adams, Miyavi, Stephen Root, Morena Baccarin, Lydia Peckham, Roimata Fox, Branscombe Richmond, Maia Kealoha, David Hekili Kenui Bell, and Mike Edward. SYNOPSIS: Estranged half-brothers Jonny and James reunite after their father’s mysterious death. As […]
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 2 Review – ‘Hard Salt Beef’
Chris Connor reviews the second episode of the Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms… After a promising opening episode that introduced us to a new corner of Westeros’ history, the story of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms picks up in episode two. Ser Dunk and his newfound companion Egg continue […]
2026 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Last First: Winter K2
The Last First: Winter K2, 2026. Directed by Amir Bar-Lev. SYNOPSIS: K2’s first winter ascent claimed 5 lives, revealing modern alpinism’s struggles with commercialization, social media impact, and conflicts between marginalized climbers and traditional elites. One interviewee sums it up best when it comes to documentaries such as director Amir Bar-Lev’s The Last First: Winter […]
Movie Review – Another World (2025)
Another World, 2025. Directed by Tommy NG Kai Chung. Featuring the voices of Chung Suet-ying, Christy Choi Hiu-Tung, Louis Cheung, Kay Tse, and Will Or Wai-Lam. SYNOPSIS: Gudo, a spirit tasked with guiding souls to their next life, encounters Yuri, a girl whose pent-up anger threatens to turn her into a monster, causing a dangerous […]
Movie Review – Die My Love (2025)
Die My Love, 2025. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, LaKeith Stanfield, Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, Gabrielle Rose, Sarah Lind and Debs Howard. SYNOPSIS: Grace, a writer and young mother, is slowly slipping into madness. Locked away in an old house in and around Montana, we see her acting increasingly agitated and […]
2026 Sundance Film Festival Review – Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant
Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant, 2026. Directed by Thunderlips. Starring Hannah Lynch, Yvette Parsons, Arlo Green, Jackie van Beek, Jonny Brugh, Karen O’Leary, Ariadne Baltazar, Angella Dravid, Renee Lyons, Ian Mune, Donogh Rees, Brenda Kendall, Fasitua Amosa, Rashmi Pilapitiya, and Barry Te Hira. SYNOPSIS: When a messy millennial underachiever accidentally gets alien-pregnant she must overcome sceptical […]
