Review: Firestarter (2022)

Director: Keith Thomas Stars: Zac Efron, Gloria Reuben, Ryan Kiera Armstrong Stephen King'sĀ Firestarter sits somewhere unassuming toward the bottom of the mid-tier of his work, and the same could be said for it's 1984 adaptation starring a young Drew Barrymore. By this yardstick the call for this remake seems relatively minor, yet here it is. …

Review: Pet Sematary (2019)

Directors: Kevin Kƶlsch,Ā Dennis Widmyer Stars: John Lithgow, Amy Seimetz, Jason Clarke A few years back Kevin Kƶlsch and Dennis Widmyer set the horror scene temporarily ablaze with their dark and beautiful debutĀ Starry Eyes, a lo-fi body horror transformation of the American Dream into the Hollywood Nightmare. How unfortunately prescientĀ Starry EyesĀ now seems, as the filmmaking duo …

Review: IT

Director: Andy Muschietti Stars: Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard The world is ready forĀ IT. Following last year's breakthrough Netflix plagiarist pop hitĀ Stranger Things, there's a hunger for 80's nostalgia mixed with paranormal / horror elements in a heady mix that's suited for mass consumption. This new adaptation of the Stephen King bestseller absolutely caters …

Review: The Beguiled

Director: Sofia Coppola Stars: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Kirsten Dunst The arrival of a new Sofia Coppola film is always cause for excitement. With the triptych ofĀ The Virgin Suicides,Ā Lost In Translation and (the poorly received but enduring)Ā Marie Antoinette she confirmed herself a major talent in American filmmaking, tapping into a thoughtful feminine ennui with her …

Review: Ghost In The Shell (2017)

Director: Ā Rupert Sanders Stars: Scarlett Johansson,Ā Pilou AsbƦk, 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano Do you ever find yourself stiff-necked only to realise with horror and contempt for yourself that it's because you've been craning to read your smartphone for too long? TheĀ Ghost In The Shell live action remake takes this mild stunting of our natural evolution and expands …

Review: The Magnificent Seven (2016)

Director: Antoine Fuqua Stars: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Haley Bennett Denzel Washington - doggedly the least-interesting A-list actor working today - heads up the cast of this wholly unnecessary retread of John Sturges' 1960 film, itself a derivation of Akira Kurosawa'sĀ Seven Samurai; a film which frequently finds itself inĀ the top end of critics' polls of …