The Chronicle

Happy New Year all! 2026 is finally here! Chroniclers it's time to look back at 2025 with our Favourite Films of 2025 with The Chronicle Episode 53.

It's a return of Clotilde Chinnici to look back at 2025. Paul and Clotilde  take you on a journey through the year as they chat about the films they loved. The one rule they used in their choices is they where released in the UK and Ireland during 2025. Be it a cinema release, Home entertainment release, on streaming services plus film festival releases.

Will you agree with Paul and Clotilde's choices?  Films are subjective  and we appreciate everyone's favourite films of 2025 (or any year) will different. 

 There will be some surprises, many you'll agree others probably not, do check  all  our writers choices over at The Peoples Movies.

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The Chronicle Film Podcast returns! In this episode, Paul Devine and Nick Barrett explore the world of Film Noir, from its trademark shadow-soaked visuals to its themes of cynicism and moral ambiguity.

While classics like Double Indemnity and The Third Man are well-known, Paul and Nick shine a light on some of the genre’s most overlooked treasures, including The Asphalt Jungle, Criss Cross, The Prowler and The Breaking Point.

A perfect listen for fans of crime cinema, classic Hollywood and hidden noir gems.

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Halloween is here, and so is The Chronicle Film Podcast!

👻 In this episode:

V/H/S Halloween (2024) – The long-running found footage anthology returns with five eerie tales. Is this the franchise’s funniest or dumbest entry yet? Now streaming on Shudder.

Strange Harvest – Stuart Ortiz’s twisted crime-meets-mock-horror film, following two detectives tracking the masked serial killer, Mr Shiny.

Martyrs (4K Restoration) – Nick revisits Pascal Laugier’s grim masterpiece, newly released by Eureka Entertainment.

Found Footage Flashback – Paul revisits Evidence and Tape 407, two “so bad they’re good” found footage oddities.

Ghost Stories for Christmas – A chilling trip down memory lane with gothic TV tales inspired by M.R. James, the godfather of ghost stories.

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A new month, autumn is finally here and we have another new podcast episode, The Chronicle Take 2 and a review of Paul Thomas Anderson's  One Battle After Another.

Thank you very much to everyone who downloaded and listened to the current episode 50. Which Paul Devine and Sean Wilson review Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues along with The Long Walk.

One Battle After Another sees Paul Thomas Anderson adapt another  Thomas Pynchon book the 1990 novel Vineland (Inherent Vice was the other). Next to Di Caprio this also stars Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti to name a few. This one follows a stoner alcoholic attempting to find his missing daughter when his old life (a revolutionary terrorist) catches up with him. Bob Ferguson (DiCaprio) was the gadget man for the group who now brings  up his daughter Willa (Infiniti) on his own. 

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Celebrate Episode 50 of The Chronicle Film Podcast as Paul & Sean Wilson review Spinal Tap II: The End Continues and The Long Walk.

A very diverse episode comedy to Psychological thriller. We take the lighter stroll first with Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Over 40 years after the original film graced our screens the boys are back for one final fling. Volume turned up to 11, Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls, despite the split reunite for one contractual reunion gig. Will the magic still be there?

Final review is The Long Walk. a dystopian psychological thriller directed by Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games) and written by JT Mollner (Strange Darling). Based on a Stephen King novella which a group of young men 'volunteer' for a long walk with no stopping. They must walk at least 3 miles per hour, if they don't they get a warning, get 3 they are eliminated. Chilling story that stars Copper Hoffman, David Jonsson and Mark Hamill.

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Happyend arrives on 19th September in UK and Irish Cinemas.  @ModernFilms 

The film made it's Premiere at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival (not Edinburgh I  mentioned in the intro) , The People's Movies' Robert Ewing got a chance to chat to the film's director Neo Sora. This audio interview has been released as a bonus episode for The Chronicle Film Podcast.

Head back to our YouTube home page, and you can find previous episodes of the podcast by clicking on the 'Podcast' link.

Synopsis: Set in a dystopian near-future Tokyo, Neo Sora’s striking feature explores a group of teenagers rebelling against societal expectations. The film offers a vivid coming-of-age portrait, following best friends Yuta and Kou as they confront a world where AI surveillance is tightening under the yoke of oppressive authoritarianism. Infused with the raw energy and pulsing with a techno soundtrack, HAPPYEND is a hopeful, youthful vision of resistance and joy in the face of control.

Read Robert's review here - https://thepeoplesmovies.com/toronto-film-festival-2024-review-happyend-2024/ ----

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Greetings, Fellow Chroniclers, it's time for another episode of The Chronicle film Podcast. In episode 49, Paul and co-host Aaron Gillingham look back and review FrightFest 2025.

Every August bank holiday, the dark heart of horror FrightFest take over central London. The 26th edition promises a weird, the wild and wonderful year. The burning question is did this year deliver?

One of the reviews in this episode is The Toxic Avenger Uncut. The  long-awaited Macon Blair directed remake of the Troma Films cult classic, which is in UK cinemas from 29th August. Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Jacob Tremblay and Elijah Wood  all star in this one. Winston Gooze (Dinklage)  is an ordinary worker, who after a shocking accident, transforms a downtrodden janitor into a mutant vigilante. Armed with his signature mop, the unlikely hero battles freaks, gangsters and corrupt CEOs while trying to save his relationship with his son.

Remember to check out The People Movies for more reviews from FrightFest, click on the link below...

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Another fine episode from our film Podcast, The Chronicle has arrived online. Episode 48, a horror special with reviews for Weapons and Bring Her Back.

For this episode Paul is joined by Becci Sayce one of our horror focused writers. We're opening up to letting many more of our writers share their voices on the Podcast. Look out for many of the other writers getting involved as well as bringing you a diverse range of episodes.

After the superb debut feature Talk To Me, Michael and Danny Philippou return with another devastating chiller Bring Her Back. Tapping once again into the themes of grief, obsession and reminding us horror can stretch beyond it's limits to deliver something disturbing. The film stars Billy Barrett and Sora Wong as step brother and sister who put into foster care after the death of their father. They are put into the care of foster mother Laura (Sally Hawkins) also grieving from her own loss. Quickly things seem too good to be true, does Laura have a secret sinister agenda?

Another second feature and horror, this time with Zach Cregger and Weapons. Cregger's debut Barbarian can only described as absolute bonkers. His latest  stars Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher.  We find ourselves in the small town of Eastbrook, which one class pupils all one night disappeared into the night at the same leaving the parents and community enraged. Who is behind the disappearance? The teacher (Garner) or someone else?

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If you love film, you are in  the right place and the place is The Chronicle, The People Movies official Film Podcast. In ep 47 Shane A. Bassett chats to Mitzi Peirone the director of Saint Clare starring Bella Thorne .

Based on a novel by Don Roff, the film is expertly helmed by award-winning Italian director Mitzi Peirone (Braid) who co-wrote the screenplay with Guinevere Turner (American Psycho).

In a small town, a solitary young woman is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate people with bad intentions who think they can get away with it. But her last kill changes everything and sucks her headlong down a rabbit hole riddled with corruption, trafficking and twisted visions from the beyond.

London’s FrightFest 2024 Premiere. The inimitable Bella Thorne (Blended, Midnight Sun, Scream: The TV Series) delivers an outstanding performance as the eponymous lead in a spiritually charged smalltown tale with a powerful mix of American Psycho meets Joan of Arc. The rest of the  cast includes Ryan Philippe (Crash, Cruel Intentions), Rebecca DeMornay (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Risky Business), Frank Whaley (Broken Arrow, Pulp Fiction) and Bart Johnson (High School Musical). The film features an original soundtrack by Zola Jesus.

Shane A.Bassett chatted to Mitzi in this 40 minute interview all about her film, enjoy...

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If you love about film, you are in the right place and that place is The Chronicle. For this new episode 46 Paul and Clotilde review 28 Years Later plus F1.

22 years after Danny Boyle and Alex Garland gave us 28 Days Later, we get the long awaited sequel 28 Years Later. The film is based in the North East part of England and an  island off the coast. A isolated community  live including young boy Spike (Alfie Williams) who is taken to the main land for his first 'infected' hunt with his father (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). During the botched hunt he learns Dr. Kerson (Ralph Fiennes) might help his sick mother (Jodie Comer). With this info he returns to the mainland to find Kerson and embarking on a journey he never anticipated.

Joseph Kosinski's F1  starring Brad Pitt, as Sonny Hayes one time  most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career.  Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling Formula 1 team that is on the verge of collapse.  Sonny comes back to Formula 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He must drive with promising new talent Pearce (Damson Idris), cocky in nature better than all the rest.

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