Released: 20 May 2022 (cinema) Certificate: 15 Director: Eskil Vogt Writer: Eskil Vogt Distributor: Signature Entertainment Running Time: 117 mins Writer/director Eskil Vogt’s potent supernatural horror, The Innocents, may share its name with Jack Clayton’s 1961 adaptation of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw but it creeps majestically out of that film’s shadow with
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Released: 13 May (cinema) Certificate: 15 Director: Keith Thomas Writer: Scott Teems Cast: Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Zac Efron, Michael Greyeyes, Sydney Lemmon, Gloria Reuben, Kurtwood Smith, John Beasley Distributor: Universal Running Time: 94 mins During filming of The Thing in 1981, Universal offered John Carpenter the gig to direct a movie version of Stephen King’s
Released: 13 May (cinema) Director: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Writer: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong Distributor: A24 Running Time: 139 mins If you like this, try… In the Mood For Love Wong Kar-wai’s gorgeous romantic drama starring Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung beautifully examines loss and
Released: 1 June (cinema) Director: Alex Garland Writer: Alex Garland Cast: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin Distributor: Entertainment Film Distributors Running Time: 100 mins Alex Garland’s Men shares DNA with David Bruckner’s recent Rebecca Hall-led The Night House. Both see widowed women navigating an isolated haunted house, each also concerned with the
Released: 15 April Director: Toby Meakins Cast: Iola Evans, Asa Butterfield, Eddie Marsan, Robert Englund Distributor: Netflix Running Time: 84 mins Originally titled Curs>R, the newly-renamed lightweight horror Choose Or Die almost does exactly what it says in its new title. However, with a few smartly executed twists and a real sense of stakes for the
Released: 15 April (in cinemas) Certificate: 15 Director: Robert Eggers Writer: Robert Eggers, Sjón Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Gustav Lindh, Willem Dafoe, Björk, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Olwen Fouéré, Elliott Rose, Oscar Novak, Kate Dickie, Ralph Ineson Distributor: Universal With The Witch and The Lighthouse, writer-director Robert Eggers emerged as
First published in 1953 and born from a life in the post-atomic age, Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle is a satirical take on the purpose and function of religion, science and technology in the shadow of an arms race. The story follows Jonah who, while researching for his book ‘The Day the World Ended’, goes on
Released: 8 April Certificate: PG-13 / 12A Director: David Yates Cast: Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Jessica Williams Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Running Time: 142 mins In the four years since Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was released to poor reviews and disappointing box office returns, some real world
Released: 1 April Director: Daniel Espinosa Cast: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris Running Time: 104 mins There’s nothing like seeing the Marvel logo come up on the screen when the lights dim in a cinema. But don’t expect Morbius to be an MCU movie. Starring Jared Leto in the titular role as
Author: John Scalzi Publisher: Tor Books Released: Out now Price: £16.99 (hardback) Sometimes when life closes a window, it opens a door – to a parallel universe! When Jamie is unceremoniously let go from his high-flying corporate career and is faced with the prospect of becoming a Deliveroo-deliverer at the start of a city-wide lockdown,
Publisher: Solaris Writer: Tom Beckerlegge Price: £7.99 Set in a literary landscape populated by poets, The Carnival of Ash tells the story of Cadenza, a city whose trade is poetry and whose taverns are overrun with wannabe wordsmiths. When Carlo Mazzoni arrives at the gates in the hope of becoming the next lauded laureate, he
Released: 22 March Director: James Gunn, Brad Anderson, Jody Hill, Rosemary Rodriguez Cast: John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma Distributor: Now TV and Sky It was clear, within minutes of The Suicide Squad, that DC had gifted its writer/director James Gunn an unparalleled amount of creative freedom within the DCEU wheelhouse. Any fears, however, that
Released: 18 March Certificate: 15 Director: Sunghoo Park Cast: Megumi Ogata, Kana Hanazawa, Mikako Komatsu, Koki Uchiyama Distributor: Crunchyroll Running Time: 105 minutes We’re huge fans of Jujutsu Kaisen. One of the biggest shows of 2021, this full-on shounen kicked all the ass, and we placed it sixth on our list of last year’s best
Released: 11 March Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana Distributor: Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana Running Time: 106 mins If you like this, try… Free Guy Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds’ other sci-fi adventure sees a background computer game character want to become the hero of his own story.
Released: 11 March Director: Domee Shi Writer: Sarah Streicher, Julia Cho, Domee Shi Cast: Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse Distributor: Disney+ If you like this, try… Toy Story Another Pixar film that sensitively and comically nails childhood milestones. Puberty is a tough time for the best of us. But for Mei (Rosalie Chiang) in
Director: Abe Forsythe Writer: Abe Forsythe Cast: Josh Gad, Ariel Donoghue, Isla Fisher Distributor: Prime Video Running Time: Six episodes Boy meets girl. Girl acts weird and runs away as sunset approaches. Girl turns out to be a werewolf. Yes, this might seem like your average love story but Wolf Like Me is anything but.
Publisher: DC Black Label Released: Out now Writer: James Tynion IV Price: £15.99 We’re pretty sure everyone’s got a slightly odd-ball friend like Walter. The one that interconnects a whole group of people. Some met him in school, others down the pub and now after a long absence, he’s looking to get all his friends
Director: Matt Reeves Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, Paul Dano, John Turturro Running Time: 175 minutes In Matt Reeves’ latest Batman offering, Bruce (Robert Pattinson) has become something of a night owl, ignoring most of his obligations as heir to the Wayne legacy by day in favour of exacting
Released: 6 March 2022 Certificate: 15 Cast: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin Distributor: STARZPLAY Running Time: Eight episodes If you like this, try… Umbrella Academy No, it’s not a sexy period drama, but Season Two sees the characters land in the 1960s and tackle a revolution of their own as the civil
Director: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser Writer: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser Cast: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams Distributor: Shudder Running Time: 86 mins Based in a secluded, privately-owned mountainous area, American teen Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives with her mother (Toby Poser), but has no contact with the outside world. Having left
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