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Movie Review – Keeper (2025)

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Keeper, 2025.Directed by Osgood Perkins. Starring Tatiana Maslany, Rossif Sutherland, Birkett Turton, Eden Weiss, Logan Pierce, Claire Friesen, Christin Park, Tess Degenstein, Glen Gordon, Erin Boyes, Erin Tipple, Gina Vultaggio, Evelyn Burke, and Ella Wejr.SYNOPSIS:A romantic anniversary trip to a secluded cabin turns sinister when a dark presence reveals itself, forcing a couple to confront […]

Movie Review – Trap House (2025)

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Trap House, 2025.Directed by Michael Dowse. Starring Dave Bautista, Bobby Cannavale, Kate del Castillo, Jack Champion, Sophia Lillis, Whitney Peak, Tony Dalton, Inde Navarrette, Zaire Adams, and Blu del Barrio.SYNOPSIS:A DEA agent and his partner pursue thieves: their own rebellious teens, who began robbing the cartel using their parents’ tactics and classified intel.Wasting a rather […]

Movie Review – Alpha (2025)

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Alpha, 2025.Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Mélissa Boros, Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani and Emma Mackey.SYNOPSIS:Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world comes crashing down the day she comes home from school with a tattoo on her arm.Julia Ducournau’s astonishing debut Raw and her Palme d’Or-winning sophomore […]

Suspense thriller Death Among the Pines unveils trailer and poster

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We’re delighted to debut the official trailer and poster for Death Among the Pines, the new suspense thriller from Flickering Myth Films, Shepka Productions and Jolliffe Productions.Available to stream now exclusively in the US via Prime Video ahead of a full release in early 2026, the film is directed by Nathan Shepka (Dead Before They […]

Movie Review – Rebuilding (2025)

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Rebuilding, 2025.Written and Directed by Max Walker-Silverman. Starring Josh O’Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy, Kali Reis, Amy Madigan, Jefferson Mays, Nancy Morlan, Sam Engbring, Binky Griptite, Eli Malouff, Zeilyanna Martinez, and Jules Reid.SYNOPSIS:After wildfires take his ranch, a cowboy named Dusty winds up in a FEMA camp, finding community with others who lost homes, including […]

Movie Review – Playdate (2025)

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Playdate, 2025.Directed by Luke Greenfield. Starring Kevin James, Alan Ritchson, Sarah Chalke, Alan Tudyk, Stephen Root, and Isla Fisher.SYNOPSIS:Brian has just been fired from his job. He becomes a stay-at-home dad. He accepts a playdate invitation from another stay-at-home dad who turns out to be a loose cannon.This is nuts to say about a Luke […]

10 Essential 90s Noir Movies to Enjoy This Noirvember

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November is a good time for noir cinema, and the 90s were full of great and underseen gems; Flickering Myth’s Tom Jolliffe presents a selection of ten you need to see…Dark tales with morally obtuse protagonists, criminal plots, dripping in shadowy aesthetics and neglected corners of the towns or cities they’re set. Film noir has […]

The Night Manager season 2 trailer teases the return of Tom Hiddleston’s Jonathan Pine

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Following a batch of first look images for The Night Manager, the BBC has debuted a teaser for the eagerly-anticipated second season of the espionage thriller.The series sees the return of Tom Hiddleston’s Jonathan Pine, now living under an alias in the quiet role of MI6 surveillance officer. However, the appearance of an old mercenary […]

Movie Review – Jay Kelly (2025)

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Jay Kelly, 2025.Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewson, Greta Gerwig, Alba Rohrwacher, Josh Hamilton, Lenny Henry, Emily Mortimer, Isla Fisher, and Noah Baumbach.SYNOPSIS:Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting his past […]

Halloween vs Christmas: Which Season Reigns Supreme in Cinema?

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Halloween season is over, and it’ll soon be Christmas and onto some festive favourites, but which is the better season for film fans?We’ve just seen out Halloween and for many, a month of bingeing on horror cinema, old, new, good and (enjoyably) bad. No sooner does the dust settle and the pumpkins are left to […]