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Review

The Good Boy review – needs a tighter leash

by Billie Walker

A young hooligan is subject to a twisted kidnapping in Jan Komasa’s lacklustre psychological thriller.

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This Just In

How representation of sexual assault is changing on screen

by Billie Walker

Two decades on from the beginning of the MeToo movement, more and more filmmakers are choosing to explore the lasting impact of sexual violence rather than restage traumatic events.
Review

The Strangers: Chapter 3 review – let it die

by Billie Walker

The final entry in this dire horror reboot trilogy offers nothing in the way of plot or theatrics.

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Review

The Carpenter’s Son review – FKA Twigs’ Mary is more wooden than anything in the carpentry workshop

by Billie Walker

Lotfy Nathan takes inspiration from the apocrypha for this dull religious horror focused on the trials of a moody teenage Jesus.

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Review

Shelby Oaks review – convoluted, lore-obsessed, overly sentimental

by Billie Walker

Prepare to be sorely disappointed by Chris Stuckmann’s soulless attempt to revive found footage storytelling in horror.

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Review

Good Boy review – a pooch perfect ghostly tale

by Billie Walker

Ben Leonberg casts his own dog Indy in a surprisingly novel and effective horror film.

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Review

The Strangers: Chapter 2 review – a humourless slog

by Billie Walker

The franchise that nobody asked for receives a largely forgettable sequel full of unnecessary lore.

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Man in dark suit and glasses faces woman in denim jacket with long curly hair on waterfront path at sunset.
Review

The Life Of Chuck review – soliloquy soup

by Billie Walker

Mike Flanagan returns with yet another Stephen King adaptation, but is too busy posturing to offer anything truly substantial.

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Opinion

Till Tech Do Us Part: Romance in the age of surveillance cinema

by Billie Walker

Surveillance culture has gone way beyond peering into our neighbours’ windows and wondering about the lives we aren’t living.
Review

The Ritual review – fails to scare, entertain or convert

by Billie Walker

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens can’t save this awful excuse for an exorcism thriller.

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Review

Death of a Unicorn review – goodbye horses, good riddance

by Billie Walker

Alex Scharfman rallies together a cast stacked with comedic actors, but the result of this dull ​‘Eat the Rich’ flick misses the mark.

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The painful truths of Girl, Interrupted

by Billie Walker

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, James Mangold’s adaptation of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir about her mental illness isn’t perfect – but there’s a reason it still resonates with young women.

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