Cherry and Virgin, 2026.Directed by Masanao Kawajiri. Starring Takashi Okado, Yaeko Kiyose.SYNOPSIS: The 32-year-old erotic manga artist Ryo and 28-year-old BL-lover Ami work past their helplessness with the opposite sex and fall in love.Inexperience, especially when it comes to love and intimacy, is something that many people experience, regardless of gender. The toxic, verging-on-manosphere traits […]
Movie Review – Godzilla Minus Zero (2026)
Godzilla Minus Zero, 2026.Written and Directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Jun Kunimura, Miou Tanaka, Sakura Ando, Masami Nagasawa, Min Tanaka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Munetaka Aoki, and Sae Nagatani.SYNOPSIS:Set in 1949, the Shikishima family confronts a fresh catastrophe two years after surviving their previous ordeal with the legendary monster.Godzilla […]
Doctor Strange at 10: Bringing Marvel’s Master of the Mystic Arts to the Screen
Ten years on from its release, Hasitha Fernando explores the story behind Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange…When Doctor Strange arrived in cinemas in 2016, it marked a significant departure for the Marvel Cinematic Universe from a narrative and visual standpoint. Up to that point, Marvel’s heroes largely inhabited worlds shaped by superhuman abilities, science and technology. […]
Movie Review – Wild Horse Nine (2026)
Wild Horses Nine, 2026.Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana di Girolamo, Ailín Salas, Tom Waits, Parker Posey, and Paola Giannini.SYNOPSIS:CIA agents Chris and Lee face a trust-testing mission from Santiago to Easter Island during 1973 in Chile.Vacationing on Easter Island prior to a CIA-backed coup in Chile […]
Movie Review – The Last Temptation of Becky (2026)
The Last Temptation of Becky, 2026.Directed by Jenn Wexler. Starring Lulu Wilson, Neil Patrick Harris, James Urbaniak, Kate Siegel, Desmond Eastwood, Brandon Flynn, Catherine Walker, Noah Leggott, Aoife Hughes, and Fiona Marr.SYNOPSIS:Now a CIA field agent, Becky goes undercover in Poland to infiltrate a family running an inn at The Wolf’s Lair, one of Hitler’s […]
Exclusive Interview – Enduring and Overcoming: Anthony Ippolito talks I Play Rocky
Robert Kojder chats with I Play Rocky star Anthony Ippolito…It’s fitting that I Play Rocky star Anthony Ippolito is a relative unknown (no offense to the Purple Hearts fans out there, a Netflix original movie that garnered some attention from the romance crowd). The film, from director Peter Farrelly and another unknown, screenwriter Peter Gamble, […]
“I’ll Be Back…to Kill You”: Why The Terminator is Pure Horror
Adam Page on why The Terminator is pure horror…In a previous life, I worked in the Health Service. I’ve worked in hospitals, psych wards, I’ve worked the streets at night with people you pretend don’t exist. I know how to call something what it is: The Terminator is a horror movie.It’s not an action movie […]
Out, Out, Brief Candle: Patrick Stewart, 1940-2026
Adam Page remembers the late Sir Patrick Stewart…Before he was a knight, before he was the captain, before the Royal Shakespeare Company gave him a spear and told him to stand at the back, Patrick Stewart wrote obituaries. A teenaged hack on a local Yorkshire paper. By his brother’s account, he would skive off to […]
10 Hospital Horror Movies Worth Checking In For
Casey Chong presents a selection of hospital horror movies worth checking in for this Halloween…Hospitals have been one of the mainstays in the horror genre, often used as both visual and thematic ground for all things sinister, regardless of a serial killer, a supernatural entity, or a horde of flesh-eating zombies. Instead of highlighting the […]
10 Bizarre Horror Movies That Embrace the Absurd
With Halloween upon us, Casey Chong presents a selection of bizarre horror movies that embrace the absurdity of their premises…Bizarre horror movies thrive on their absurdity, often with logic thrown out the window in favor of turning unconventional ideas into a surreal cinematic experience. The concepts can be outright silly, shocking, or deeply philosophical. Whatever […]
