Fjord, 2026.Written and Directed by Cristian Mungiu. Starring Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Lisa Carlehed, Henrikke Lund-Olsen, Vanessa Ceban, Jonathan Ciprian Breazu, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Lisa Loven Kongsli, and Markus Tønseth.SYNOPSIS:An immigrant Romanian family living in Norway is subject to an investigation and faces the scrutiny of the local judicial system.From writer/director Cristian Mungiu, Fjord is […]
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 […]
The Thing, Brazil, and Jennifer’s Body: When Movies Find Their Audience Decades Later
Adam Page on movies that find their audience decades on…Let me tell you about a smell, and see if it brings back memories. Carpet that has absorbed fifteen years of rain off strangers’ coats. Warm plastic. The slight chemical sweetness of a popcorn machine that nobody’s cleaned since the Falklands. A teenage clerk with a […]
10 Unforgettable Amnesiac Movie Protagonists
Casey Chong presents a selection of unforgettable amnesiac movie protagonists…One of the most fascinating ways of depicting a character in a movie is using amnesia as a plot device to explore the dramatic or comedic side of searching for identity, remembering the past, and discovering the truth. From Rufus Sewell’s John Murdoch’s quest to regain […]
Wildwood: Do Audiences Care About the Process or the Product?
Wildwood is an incredible technical achievement with great storytelling but no one is watching. Do audiences care about the creative process any more?Imagine developing a film for sixteen years and spending seven of them on the stop motion animation process for a film that director Travis Knight promotes as an anti-AI movie. This is handcrafted […]
Movie Review – The Cat in the Hat (2026)
The Cat in the Hat, 2026.Written and Directed by Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni. Featuring the voice talents of Bill Hader, Xochitl Gomez, Tiago Martinez, Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson, Bowen Yang, America Ferrera, Paula Pell, Tituss Burgess, Giancarlo Esposito, Thomas Middleditch, Robin Åkerstrand, Ralph Garman, Daniel Middleton, Roxana Ortega, Jay Pharoah, Wilmer Valderrama, and America […]
12 Essential Erotically Charged Thrillers
We get hot under the collar with twelve essential, erotically-charged thrillers…Erotic thrillers are experiencing something of a comeback and are arguably more mainstream than ever. Plenty of fare, once consigned to Skinemax cable premieres in the dead of night, are capturing audiences on the big screen or taking pride of place as streaming originals that […]
10 Cult 1980s Sci-Fi Movies You Need to See
Casey Chong presents a selection of cult sci-fi movies of the 1980s you need to see…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 […]
Tokyo International Film Festival 2026 Review – Cherry and Virgin
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 […]
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. […]
