Upcoming horror Bloody Tennis – presumably a satire on the pressures put on young prodigies as they lose sight of why they loved their sport in the first place – arrives on Shudder on 25 September, and you can check out the trailer below. I must admit I was pretty surprised when I saw in… Trailer: Bloody Tennis Read More
Trailer: The Big Cheese
Listen caerphilly, cheese lovers! I didn’t quite brie-lieve it but the Yanks are getting into cheese! A US team is heading to the cheese olympics, and they’re not stilton on anything. As a cheese lover I think spreading the word is edam gouda thing, and I’m not going to curd my enthusiasm on this one…. Trailer: The Big Cheese Read More
Call My Agent! The Movie trailer plus pics
Out on Netflix on 10 September, Call My Agent! The Movie is a sequel to the French TV show of the same name (called Dix Pour Cent in France but renamed by Netflix when they acquired it), about a Parisian talent agency, which ran from 2015 to 2020. Here’s the film’s synopsis: Five years after… Call My Agent! The Movie trailer plus pics Read More
Trailer: The Incomer
The Incomer – a brother and sister living in splendidly weird isolation on a supposedly uninhabited Scottish island, trying to repel/kill a council-sent intruder on their land while dressing up as knights of old and a plague doctor / medieval Big Bird – is what you would get if you combined 28 Years Later: The… Trailer: The Incomer Read More
Don’t look down. Or up. Or sideways. It’s the Fall 2 trailer, plus pics
I have an existential crisis if I get on stepladder so it’s no surprise that I am still working up courage to watch the original Fall. I have watched the trailer for Fall 2 though and once I recover I may even request a screener (I said “may”) This sequel sees Jax Hunter, sister of… Don’t look down. Or up. Or sideways. It’s the Fall 2 trailer, plus pics Read More
Pressure trailer plus pics – I’m thinking Operation Mincemeat meets Michael Fish
I can’t think of a more British “British movie” than one combining World War 2 and a weather forecast, so thank you Pressure, which posits the D-Day landings as being dependent on the say-so of a British meteorologist: In the seventy two hours leading up to D-Day, all the pieces are in place except for… Pressure trailer plus pics – I’m thinking Operation Mincemeat meets Michael Fish Read More
Will it have you blubbering? Check out the Whalefall trailer plus pics
I feel the Whalefall poster should be on ancient papyrus, such is the longevity of such a headline: “Area man swallowed by whale, escapes”. It looks very tense and scary, though while we do get whales off the British coasts, I have googled and they couldn’t swallow a Brit. Phew. Not sure about the rest… Will it have you blubbering? Check out the Whalefall trailer plus pics Read More
Trailer: Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger
I certainly wasn’t prepared for the intense outpouring – the sense of what it meant for people.” (Noel Gallagher) 2025 was a different country compared to the 1990s, and however much life is better now in the 21st century we still need nostalgia. Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger – directed by Dylan Southern and… Trailer: Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger Read More
Dangerous Animals plot recap – something fishy this way comes
Tucker admires Zephyr’s pluck and fighting spirit, seeing her as a kindred spirit, and wanting only the biggest and toothiest shark to eat her. What a gent. Check out my plot recap and ending below – does she survive? (My four star review is here.) Prologue Greg and Heather – an Australian and Brit respectively… Dangerous Animals plot recap – something fishy this way comes Read More
Dangerous Animals 4 stars
A madman who had a run-in with a shark as a child now feeds tourists to the creatures, until he meets his (human) match in a young American drifter. Living in the UK, we get to watch shark movies from the safety of our drizzly bays and beaches; for now we don’t see many killer… Dangerous Animals Read More
Chum or Chump? Who dies when, and that ending explained
Most of Tina’s friends are picked off one by one, though family survives. As the aftermath of the shark’s snacking illustrates, blood is thicker than water. (Want to read my two-star review? Here it is) Chum‘s order of deaths: Nikki: Five years before the main events of the movie, Nikki, Roy’s wife, she jumps into… Chum or Chump? Who dies when, and that ending explained Read More
Chum 2 stars
A wedding party stranded at sea are rescued from a shark by a psychopathic killer. The dodgy Great White in Chum may be the sad offspring of a low budget and bad AI but it is never sated. Like an impoverished intern faced with trays of Pret a Manger sandwiches at their first office lunch… Chum Read More










