WATCH NOW It is hard to argue that child sex trafficking is a horrible thing. Most of us tend to avoid thinking about it, which brings a lot of harm in the long run. However, Wendy Wilkins, an Australian filmmaker, deserves credit for this. Her thriller film captures the audience’s attention and is fast-paced, yet […]
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WATCH NOW Although he is quite well regarded for his skills in character improvisation, Takuji Kameoka (Yasuda) spends most of his leisure time partially drunk. Because of this, it is no surprise that his agent can assume Kameoka’s inebriated state during phone calls. This has an impact on Kameoka’s career, and considering the life he
WATCH NOW The Winter Lake begins by arguing, which immediately reveals Tom and Elaine’s history and sets a negative tone. Since the family had to rearrange their entire lives because of something Tom did, Elaine exclaims in anger, showing how irritated she is. There is no mention of the family’s history at this point, and
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WATCH NOW From the sinister grating of a shovel to a terrified scream, the Canadian thriller THE CHILD REMAINS is bizarre and complex, featuring so many ideas, elements, and longueurs that one can easily forget how one got from opening scratch to closing shriek. While it is possible to suggest that writer and director Michael
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WATCH NOW We start with a reclusive middle-aged writer, sipping whiskey, fighting through his stint of writer’s block, and noticing harsh reviews of his work. Oh yes, his jaw is stitched shut, skin is covered with disinfectant, but now looking normal thanks to the billionaire-grade plastic surgeon he opted for. And if you think there
WATCH NOW As a Prelude to Fear is one of the two new horrors from Steph Du Melo and MeloMediaFilms, and when I new horrors I mean new BRITISH horrors. Yes people, we have a newcomer to the UK horror scene- something that we carefully track here at Nerdly (that is why we sponsor both
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WATCH NOW In the previous month, horror films have slumped significantly with the release of embarrassing stinkers such as The Grudge, Underwater, and The Turning, which together produced inadequate levels of fright that one would expect from a trailer of a Peter Rabbit sequel. Because of this, one would expect Gretel & Hansel to be
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WATCH NOW The surge in the popularity of superhero movies has led to even smaller-budget filmmakers attempting to tackle the genre. Some have worked, others have not, but writers have had to come up with interesting solutions to fit their budgets. Originally, Transference Dark Mutants feels largely like a sci-fi film that borders on the
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WATCH NOW Salt is an epic thriller, one that does everything that I cannot stand in bad movies yet does it in this good movie instead. It incites rebellion from all action movie directors that have been banging pots and pans in our skulls. It winds your clock tightly and the alarm doesn’t go off
Even a script written by algorithm would make more sense than “Force of Nature,” an excruciating dud of a movie that makes use of the worst of coincidences as well as the most tired of premises (in both senses of the word). The premise is the storm however, so we can refer to it as
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