Chris DeacyReview of ‘MaXXXine’ (Ti West, 2024)‘Maxxxine’ is a brave attempt to bring together the world of 80s slasher films and adult pornography, in which Maxine Minx (Mia Goth)…Jul 10Jul 10
Chris DeacyReview of ‘In A Violent Nature’ (Chris Nash, 2024)‘In A Violent Nature’ is a reasonably fresh addition to the horror genre, a cross between a slasher from the 70s or 80s and a grindhouse…Jul 10Jul 10
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Kinds of Kindness’ (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2024)‘Kinds of Kindness’ is an ambitious film, and one which if anything pushes the boundaries further than that which was on display in ‘Poor…Jul 10Jul 10
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1’ (Kevin Costner, 2024)‘Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1’ is impossible to watch without reference to ‘Dances With Wolves’, the revisionist western which…Jul 10Jul 10
Chris DeacyReview of ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ (Michael Sarnoski, 2024)‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ is a poignant prequel to the two films that were made before lockdown and which ironically prefigured many of the…Jul 9Jul 9
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Something in the Water’ (Hayley Easton Street, 2024)‘Something in the Water’ is an effective variation on ‘Jaws’ in which an all-female cast descend on a Caribbean island for a wedding and…Jul 9Jul 9
Chris DeacyReview of ‘The Bikeriders’ (Jeff Nichols, 2023)‘The Bikeriders’ is pretty much ‘Goodfellas’ in leather and on bikes, and shows us the flip side of the American Dream, charting the life…Jun 28Jun 28
Chris DeacyReview of ‘The Exorcism’ (Joshua John Miller, 2024)‘The Exorcism’ is a film very much in two halves. The first is quite an inventive take on the classic possession movie ‘The Exorcist’, even…Jun 28Jun 28
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Treasure’ (Julia von Heinz, 2024)‘Treasure’ is, on paper, a film that so nearly might not have worked, with its father-daughter ‘buddy’ relationship at the heart of a…Jun 28Jun 28
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Arcadian’ (Benjamin Brewer, 2024)‘Arcadian’ is a strangely subdued post-apocalyptic drama, with a more restrained Nicolas Cage performance than we have often tended to see…Jun 20Jun 20