Tag Archives: Thriller

Review in Brief: One Battle After Another (2025)

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Sam S-P

By all rights, a film so timely, so powerfully relevant, shouldn’t be this entertaining as well. It’s disheartening to see how little the world has changed in the decade and a half the film takes place over; evil never dies, … Continue reading →

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Double Feature: Weapons and Eenie Meanie (2025) Reviews

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Sam S-P

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Review in Brief: Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Sam S-P

Is this the best of the ridiculously consistent Final Destination franchise? Maybe. The sixth instalment, from Zach Zipovsky and Adam B Stein might be slightly over-long, but is certainly the most elaborate of the series. Horrifying visions of a narrowly-averted … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Black Bag (2025)

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Sam S-P

God bless 90 minute popcorn movies. After years of not talking shop at home, a married spy couple get drawn into the search for a mole in their service and George (Michael Fassbender) comes up with a list of suspects … Continue reading →

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) Review

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Sam S-P

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Havoc (2025) Review

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Sam S-P

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Sinners (2025) Review

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Sam S-P

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Review in Brief: Heretic (2024)

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Sam S-P

What a tense, twisted treat HERETIC is. Mormon missionaries Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Paxton (Chloe East) are invited into the home of the affable Mr Reed (Hugh Grant) for a friendly theological discussion and get much more than they bargained … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Conclave (2024)

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Sam S-P

A load of old men locked in a room together to decide which one of them will get to be the boss, it’s the stuff thrillers are made of right? Based on the Robert Harris bestseller, the sudden death of the … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Rebel Ridge (2024)

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Sam S-P

It’s depressingly rare today to come upon a suspense film that genuinely keeps you guessing the direction it is heading in. Jeremy Saulnier’s REBEL RIDGE, a politically pointed, punchy modern Western certainly does that. Terry (Aaron Pierre) rides into a … Continue reading →

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