Film Reviews & Movie News

Film Reviews & Movie News

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Film Reviews & Movie News episodes

  • Film Reviews: The Croods 2, Deerskin, Archive, The Very Excellent Mr Dundee

    The Croods 2: A New Age - The prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a rival family the Bettermans, who claim to be better and more evolved.

    Deerskin - A man's obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime.

    The Very Excellent Mr Dundee - Paul Hogan is reluctantly thrust back into the spotlight as he desperately attempts to restore his sullied reputation on the eve of being knighted.

    Archive - 2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI. His latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest. Especially as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs.

    29 min
  • Film Reviews: Black Widow, Tove, Wild Mountain Thyme, Crazy Samurai: 400 Vs 1, West 11

    Black Widow – Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow discovers that help from her estranged family might just help her in the fight to take down an old enemy from her past.

    Tove – The life of Tove Jansson, showing both her personal relationships, and the creation of the popular Moomin books.

    Wild Mountain Thyme – A pair of star-crossed lovers in Ireland get caught up in their family’s land dispute.

    Crazy Samurai: 400 Vs 1 – Experienced samurai Miyamoto Musashi defeats two members of the legendary Yoshioka family. In retaliation, the Yoshioka family fight back with 100 family members and hire 300 additional samurai.

    West 11 – A down on his luck Joe Beckett is recruited into crime by Richard Dyce.

    36 min
  • Film Reviews: Freaky, Another Round, Minari, Unearth

    Freaky – After swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer, a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent.

    Another Round – Four high school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.

    Minari – A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.

    Unearth – Two neighbouring farm families whose relationships are strained when one of them chooses to lease their land to an oil and gas company. In the midst of growing tension, the land is drilled, and something long dormant and terrifying, deep beneath the earth’s surface is released.

    29 min
  • Film Reviews: Fast & Furious 9, Supernova, Judas and the Black Messiah, The Human Voice, Piccadilly

    Fast & Furious 9 – Cipher enlists the help of Jakob, Dom’s younger brother to take revenge on Dom and his team.

    Supernova – Sam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.

    Judas and the Black Messiah – Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O’Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.

    The Human Voice – A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn’t understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment.

    Piccadilly – A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club’s main act.

    33 min
  • Film Reviews: In The Heights, The Reason I Jump, Luca, Godzilla Vs Kong, Basic Instinct

    In The Heights - Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.


    The Reason I Jump - Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, this immersive film explores the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world.


    Luca - On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human.


    Godzilla Vs Kong - The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance.


    Basic Instinct - A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.

    32 min
  • Film Reviews: The Father, The Amusement Park, Lake Mungo, The Stylist

    The Father - A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

    The Amusement Park - An elderly gentleman goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the middle of a hellish nightmare instead.

    Lake Mungo - Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.

    The Stylist - A lonely hair stylist becomes obsessed with the lives of her clients and descends into murderous madness.

    25 min
  • Film Reviews: A Quiet Place Part II, Gunda, No Man’s Land, Chaos Walking, The World of Wong Kar-Wai

    A Quiet Place Part II – Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.

    Gunda – Documentary looks at the daily life of a pig and its farm animal companions: two cows and a one-legged chicken.

    No Man’s Land – When a vigilante border patrol turns fatal, a man flees on horseback to Mexico, seeking forgiveness from the victim’s father.

    Chaos Walking – Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone

    The World of Wong Kar-Wai – A boxset of seven films from the Hong Kong writer/director.

    46 min
  • Film Reviews: Cruella, Earwig and the Witch, Tom & Jerry: The Movie, Initiation

    Cruella - When Estella stumbles into a job with 1970s fashion mogul The Baroness, she thinks she has the perfect job. That is until she discovers her employer has a secret. This brings out a dark side to Estella.

    Earwig and the Witch - An orphan girl, Earwig, is adopted by a witch and comes home to a spooky house filled with mystery and magic.

    Tom & Jerry: The Movie - Tom and Jerry have both been thrown out of their places to live. They travel to New York City where they end up living in a very elegant hotel that is about to host the celebrity wedding of the year.

    Initiation - Whiton University unravels the night a star-athlete is murdered, kicking off a spree of social media slayings that force students to uncover the truth behind the school's hidden secrets and the horrifying meaning of an exclamation point.

    42 min
  • Film Reviews: Those Who Wish Me Dead, Sound of Metal, Army of the Dead, The Swordsman, Raya and the Last Dragon

    Those Who Wish Me Dead – A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him — and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.

    Sound of Metal – A heavy-metal drummer’s life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing.

    Army of the Dead – Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

    The Swordsman – Three different swordsmen — a swordsman who is going blind, the best swordsman in Joseon Dynasty, and the best swordsman in Qing Dynasty who aspires to be the best even in the Joseon Dynasty — meet each other for their own reasons.

    Raya and the Last Dragon – In a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.

    48 min
  • Film Reviews: Oxygen, End Of Sentence, The Little Things, Here Are The Young Men, Glitch In Matrix
    Oxygen – A woman who wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, must find a way out before running out of air.
    End Of Sentence – After being widowed, Frank Fogle reluctantly embarks on a journey to honour his wife’s last wish of spreading her ashes in a remote lake in her native Ireland and a promise of taking his estranged son, Sean, along for the trip.
    The Little Things – Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer.
    Here Are The Young Men – Dublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs, falling into shocking acts of transgression.
    A Glitch In The Matrix – Documentary tackles this question “are we living in a simulation?” with testimony, philosophical evidence and scientific explanation in his for the answer.
    49 min

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Mark Searby joins Stewart Pink for Film Reviews and Movie News discussing the big movie news of the week and lifting the curtain on all the latest cinema, DVD and on-demand film releases.