The greatest pleasure of the many pleasures found in Zach Cregger’s 2026 reboot of Resident Evil is the hilarious and mundane running commentary of millennial medical courier, Bryan played with...
If 2026 has proven anything, it’s that the horror genre is in better shape than ever. From the unsettling scares of Obsession to the nightmare that is Backrooms and the blood-soaked chaos of Evil...
What makes a story big? We often use the term "epic" as shorthand for a film's running time - and, having spent roughly 16 hours watching this month’s films, I can see why - but runtime alone...
What would happen if you heard the voice of God, but it came through a vessel you considered unworthy? Not merely unworthy, but vulgar, childish and offensively ordinary. Would you fall to your knees...
I really like video games, and I really like movies and TV shows based on video games, and I like it when those adaptations are not contemptuous of gaming. Some film versions take the video game...
September every year is World Alzheimer's Month, and World Alzheimer's Day took place yesterday. It's an observance established in 1994 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Alzheimer's Disease...
Since starting this column I’ve seen some really great book adaptations, but as a rule of thumb I usually find the books to be (even just marginally) better than their film or TV adaptations. Films...
Matt Jacobsen, Queen Mary University of London You can imagine being a queer teen in a Christian fundamentalist community in rural Australia is not an easy ride. In his debut feature Leviticus,...
Last month, I spent some time with the great stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis reminded me of an era when audiences went to the cinema as much for the...
2026 is shaping up to be a truly thrilling cinematic journey for lovers of great stories. We’ve just wrapped up an incredibly exciting August, marked by the tension, scares, and chills of major...
