IT: WELCOME TO DERRY

As a voracious reader of everything Stephen King has ever written and a huge fan of the ‘IT’ miniseries and subsequent two films, this series was the cherry on top. A prequel to ‘IT: Chapter one’, ‘IT: WELCOME TO DERRY’ begins in 1962 with the disappearance of local boy Matty Clements. Months later, Major Leroy […]

MALICE

CONTAINS SPOILERS! This six-episode psychological thriller follows Adam Healey (Jack Whitehall), a charming male nanny who nefariously ingratiates his way into the employment of wealthy venture capitalist Jamie Tanner (David Duchovny), his fashion designer wife Nat (Carice van Houten) and their three children. As Adam manipulates their lives, he orchestrates a series of damaging incidents […]

DOWN CEMETERY ROAD

Artist Sarah Trafford (Ruth Wilson) becomes a nosey neighbour when a child goes missing after a house explosion in a nearby residential street. She teams up with gruff private eye Zoe Boehm (Emma Thompson), who comes dressed in black boots paired with a trench coat, to track down the child. Together they unravel a kidnapping […]

THE CHAIR COMPANY

Tim Robinson is Ron Trosper, a man whose life unravels after a faulty chair collapses beneath him during an important work announcement. Fueled by anger and embarrassment, he starts investigating the chair company, Tecca, only to uncover a bizarre conspiracy with far-reaching implications. This is a cringey, frenetic dark comedy that spins around in different […]

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS 2

When ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ became the highest-grossing horror film of 2023, a sequel was inevitable – there was no way the powers that be would pass up the opportunity to leverage off of its success. Sadly this installment feels like a blatant money grab, with a weak plot and a frustrating, unresolved ending. Yep […]

DRAGONFLY

After a recent fall, elderly widower Elsie (Brenda Blethyn) spends her days sitting in her small unit, waiting for various carers to arrive and assist her with tasks like showering, cleaning, and meal prep. It’s a revolving door of agency workers, all stretched thin with too many clients, hired by her son John (Jason Watkins) […]

RECKLESS

On their way home from a wedding, estranged siblings June (Tasmania Walton) and Charlie (Hunter Page-Lockard) accidentally hit and kill an elderly man. Fearing repercussions due to their First Nations heritage, they make an impulsive choice to cover up the crime. Chaos unfolds when the victim’s niece grows suspicious, a neighbour claims to have security […]

LURKER

When up and coming pop singer Oliver (Archie Madekwe) walks into the clothing store where Matthew (Theodore Pelegrín) works, it sparks an encounter that will change their lives. Known for always being surrounded by a posse, Oliver invites Matthew to join him at his next concert. Enamoured by the attention, Matthew tries hard to fit […]

DEAD OF WINTER

In the thick of winter, grieving widow Barb (Emma Thompson) drives to a remote northern Minnesota lake to scatter her husband’s ashes. Caught in a blizzard with no phone reception, she gets lost and stops at a cabin, where she asks ‘Camo Jacket’ (Marc Menchaca) for directions. While there, she sees a young woman (Leah […]

THE BEAST IN ME

CONTAINS SPOILERS! Claire Danes and her trademark lip quiver lead this thriller as Aggie Wiggs, a neurotic author mourning her young son’s death. Rumoured wife killer Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys) moves into her neighbourhood and Aggie becomes fixated on him. When Jarvis asks her to make him the subject of her next book she jumps […]