Having unveiled Doctor Doom, Cyclops, Gambit, Magneto, and Professor X earlier this summer, Hot Toys continues to roll out its Avengers: Doomsday sixth scale action figure collection with pre-orders opening for Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder Thor; available to pre-order now in both standard and deluxe editions, you can check out the official promotional images […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Disclosure Day (2026)
Disclosure Day, 2026.Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo.SYNOPSIS:Disclosure Day didn’t quite do it for me, but if you enjoyed it, this 4K Ultra HD release is worth the purchase price. The film looks great, which isn’t a surprise since it just came out this year, […]
Why Jane Schoenbrun is perfect for the A Nightmare On Elm Street remake
Jane Schoenbrun wants the gig, and Paramount needs a director for their Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Here’s why and how it needs to happen…Jane Schoenbrun’s cinema has managed to harvest a cult following and critical acclaim, even if their big breakout sophomore feature I Saw the TV Glow, proved divisive among the general public. […]
Movie Review – By Any Means (2026)
By Any Means, 2026.Directed by Elegance Bratton. Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas, LisaGay Hamilton, LaChanze, Ethan Embry, David Strathairn, and Giancarlo Esposito.SYNOPSIS:A notorious mafia hitman and a young Black FBI agent team up to investigate the murders of civil rights leaders in 1966 Mississippi.Simultaneously exaggerated and empty, by the time […]
Movie Review – Mayday (2026)
Mayday, 2026.Written and Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh, Maria Bakalova, Marcin Dorociński, David Morse, Lovell Adams-Gray, Louis Cancelmi.SYNOPSIS:Lieutenant Troy Brennan’s reconnaissance mission over Soviet territory goes awry, forcing him to crash-land and survive in Russian wilderness while evading capture or rescue.Part inversion of a certain popular 1980s […]
Movie Review – Runner (2026)
Runner, 2026.Directed by Scott Waugh. Starring Alan Ritchson, Owen Wilson, Rodrigo Santoro, Leila George, Adriana Barraza, Peta Sergeant, Scarlett Crabtree, Geraldine Hakewill, Kate Box, Goran D. Kleut, Cecilia Toussaint, and Tommy Archer.SYNOPSIS:A former soldier and his unlikely partner become the targets of a ruthless cartel while racing to complete a critical medical delivery and save […]
From Terror to Farce: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 at 40
Forty years on from its release, Adam Page revisits The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2…I’m going to start this by talking about disappointment. Real disappointment, the sort that lingers around like a broken transmission or a broken promise. It’s 1986. You’ve paid your money and settled down in the dark with nothing but your expectations, because […]
Movie Review – The Runner (2026)
The Runner, 2026.Directed by Kevin Macdonald. Starring Gal Gadot, Damian Lewis, Noah Wilmot, Phoenix Di Sebastiani, Alfred Enoch, Hélder Fernandes, and Kenton Lloyd Morgan.SYNOPSIS:A high-powered attorney must race through London to save her abducted son while following cryptic commands from a mysterious caller.Addressing the obvious about Kevin Macdonald’s quasi-real-time thriller The Runner, Gal Gadot isn’t […]
10 Essential 1980s Indie Sci-Fi Movies You Might Have Missed
Casey Chong presents a selection of essential indie sci-fi movies of the 1980s…The 1980s era marked the rise of sci-fi cinema dominated by genre-defining blockbusters from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to Back to the Future, Aliens, and Predator. Not to mention iconic IPs including Star Wars and Star Trek, which continued to rule the big screen. […]
Movie Review – Onslaught (2026)
Onslaught, 2026.Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Eric Wareheim, Reginald VelJohnson, Michael Biehn, Alex Pereira, Drew Starkey, Jacob Scipio and Rebecca Hall.SYNOPSIS:When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.A film should never be begrudged […]
