The Underground Railroad is a new series that chronicles Cora Randall’s (Thuso Mbedu) desperate bid for freedom in the Antebellum South. After escaping a Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad beneath the Southern soil.
After 2017 gave us horror classics like Get out, It: Chapter One and a return to form for M. Night Shyamalan, 2018 could be deemed as a little bit of a disappointment in comparison. However, there were still a few movies getting excited about, one of which was Ari Aster’s Hereditary, which showed that you didn’t need to build up …
The Little Stranger is an upcoming gothic horror/mystery movie. Set in post-WWII Britain, a young country doctor is summoned to the family estate where he grew up in order to tend to the family’s son who was gravely wounded during the war. As he busies himself with tending to his patient, he notices increasingly strange happenings around the home which has very obviously declined in fortunes since his youth. But are they the work of some malicious person, or a supernatural force?
After the back to back successes of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal are back to tell the gut-wrenching true story of what happened at the infamous Algiers Motel during the 1967 Detroit Riots.
Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is back with another star-studded topical drama focusing on the infamous 1967 Detroit riots. And penned by frequent collaborator Mark Boal, this movie looks intense!
It seems New Line have finally found a favoured person who they are pursuing to step into the shoes of Tim Curry and play the big role of Pennywise in their reboot of Stephen King’s It. Only, we’re not sure exactly who that actor is at this point in time as there are conflicting reports. The news had just broken that …
For most of 2015 I was greatly anticipating the release of Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant. The movie certainly promised a whole lot; from incredible locations to a harrowing bear attack, another brilliant performance from Leonardo DiCaprio and plenty of jaw dropping scenes. And I’m glad to say that it delivers on all fronts and so much more! The Revenant …
The Chronicles of Narnia was a franchise I never got into. I watched the first two movies, but found them rather dull and boring, although the visual effects were well done. I understand that the source material itself is quite revered to many people and so they still attracted a fair amount of attention at the box office (The three …
Film classification in the UK is designed to help audiences understand what content is …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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