‘Cuckoo’ review: Dir. Tilman Singer [Fantasia 2024]

Tilman Singer’s latest feature, Cuckoo, has been steadily working its way around the festival circuit. After debuting earlier this year at Berlin, Cuckoo has gone...

‘Hell Hole’ review: Dirs. John Adams & Toby Poser [Fantasia 2024]

For a number of years independent filmmaking family, the Adams’, have been synonymous with Fantasia. The festival has screened the last...

‘A Samurai in Time’ review: Dir. Jun’ichi Yasuda [Fantasia 2024]

The Jidaigeki was once a thriving genre of both film and television. However, over the years, these tales of honourable samurai...

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ review: Dir. Shawn Levy (2024)

It’s no secret that the superhero genre is in a slump, the biggest since the mid-noughties era when studios were still...

‘Dark Match’ review: Dir. Lowell Dean [Fantasia 2024]

For years there has been a high crossover between fans of horror and wrestling. Now, in Lowell Dean’s Dark Match the...

‘Carnage for Christmas’ review: Dir. Alice Maio Mackay [Fantasia 2024]

Australian director Alice Maio Mackay might only be nineteen, but she already has an enviable back catalogue of features and is...

‘Bookworm’ review: Dir. Ant Timpson [Fantasia 2024]

In 2019 Ant Timpson unleashed Come to Daddy into the world. The quirky comedy thriller starring Elijah Wood and Michael Smiley...

‘Twisters’ review: Dir. Lee Isaac Chung (2024)

In 1996 Jan de Bont’s Twister presented audiences with an action-packed and heartfelt story of tornado chasers, Jo (Helen Hunt) and...

‘Oddity’ review: Dir. Damian Mc Carthy (2024)

In 2020, during the lockdowns, Damian Mc Carthy’s Caveat screened as part of FrightFest’s virtual festival. Despite the home viewing setting,...

‘Life After Fighting’ review: Dir. Bren Foster (2024)

Life After Fighting is an Australian indie action film written, directed, choreographed, produced by, and starring Bren Foster. Whilst that could...