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Project Hail Mary: The Friendship That Saved Two Worlds
There are films that ask big questions about the universe. And then there's Project Hail Mary, which asks the biggest question a story can possibly ask; what does it mean to find a friend? All while set in the middle of deep space, answering it with a puppet, and somehow making you cry in public about it all....

Ben Sorensen
Mar 135 min read


The Laundromat: A Comedy. Sort Of. Not Really.
There's a particular kind of darkness that only comedy can access. Not the jump-scare darkness, not the grinding bleakness of an arthouse drama about suffering. The darkness that arrives wearing a good suit, cracking a joke, and then quietly hands you a document that proves the whole system is rigged — and has been for decades....

Ben Sorensen
Mar 103 min read


Anemone: The Sound of a Man Quietly Coming Apart
There are films that take their time. And then there’s Anenome, which takes its time the way a man who has never once talked about his feelings takes his time; slowly, quietly, occasionally with long silences that deafeningly speak volumes. You’ve been warned. Anemone is that film deeply uninterested in your comfort. The first extraordinary thing about it is something that exists entirely outside the frame: this screenplay was written by Daniel Day-Lewis, eight years into his

Ben Sorensen
Mar 85 min read


Hamnet: The Grief That Wrote the Globe
This is not a film that will grab you by the collar. It won't chase you down with a hook or dazzle you into submission in the first five minutes. What it will do — if you let it — is pull up a chair, sit across from you, and wait. Patiently. With the particular stillness of someone who has been through something and no longer feels the need to fill the silence. Whether you find that deeply affecting or mildly maddening will tell you a lot about where you're at right now, and

Ben Sorensen
Mar 53 min read


Wuthering Heights: A Wild Ride Through Gothic Romance!
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who think Wuthering Heights is the greatest gothic romance ever written, and those who think it’s a 19th-century instruction manual for emotionally avoidant chaos. Emerald Fennell’s new film politely refuses to referee that argument by tossing you onto the moors, handing you a candle, and wishing you “good luck” with your feelings and triggers....

Ben Sorensen
Feb 134 min read


EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Baz Luhrmann has made a career out of turning biography into fireworks. However in EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, he does something sneakier: he builds a cathedral out of sound and then lets Elvis Presley walk in and casually remind you he was never just “a legend”, but a working musician with lethal timing, charisma for days, and a surprisingly sharp wit.....

Ben Sorensen
Feb 92 min read


28 Years Later The BoneTemple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple feels less like “a movie that ends” and more like “a movie that strategically parks itself in your brain…

Ben Sorensen
Jan 152 min read


Slithering Straight Into Self-Parody: Anaconda 2025
This is not a remake but a piss take and its great..... For a film named after a prehistoric tube of muscle that hugs boats for fun, Anaconda (2025) is surprisingly self-aware. This isn’t “the serious new prestige reboot that validates a brand”. It’s the opposite: a knowingly daft, action-comedy that treats the very idea of remaking Anaconda as the punchline and then keeps finding new ways to twist that knife until it’s basically a party trick. The setup is gloriously, approp

Ben Sorensen
Dec 24, 20253 min read


The History of Sound, The Art of Listening
The History of Sound is being sold as a World War I drama, but honestly, the war is mostly the studio’s way of tricking straight men into buying tickets to a queer folk-music romance. The trenches are off-screen; what we get instead is something much more interesting: a film about how we record each other – on wax, on paper, in memory – and how those recordings lie, distort and occasionally save us.

Ben Sorensen
Dec 2, 20254 min read


Wicked: For Good - A Spellbinding Sequel
The Emerald City may still run on lies, but this sequel at least tells the truth about what they cost.....

Ben Sorensen
Nov 19, 20255 min read


Jurassic World: Rebirth. The Clever Girl Strikes Again
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the paddock, Jurassic World: Rebirth stomps into cinemas with all the cinematic subtlety of a charging T. rex and, somehow, manages to make it feel like the chaos was entirely worth it.....

Ben Sorensen
Jul 2, 20252 min read


M3GAN 2.0 - Silicone Soul with a Snark Upgrade
Just when you thought it was safe to turn your smart speaker back on, M3GAN 2.0 boots up—and this time, she’s sassier, smarter, and a little less murdery… but only just.

Ben Sorensen
Jun 26, 20252 min read


F1: The Movie - Full Throttle Feels and Fast Cars
Let’s be honest: when you hear “F1 movie,” your brain might instinctively reach for earplugs and brace for two hours of high-octane engine sounds and blokes in branded overalls talking about tyre pressure.....

Ben Sorensen
Jun 26, 20252 min read


The Penguin Lessons. A tuxedoed parable with real bite.
There are films that waddle into your heart unexpectedly — The Penguin Lessons is one of them....

Ben Sorensen
Apr 10, 20252 min read


A Minecraft Movie: Blockbuster Energy Meets Pixelated Joy
A Minecraft Movie is a gloriously silly, lovingly made romp that doesn’t pretend to be anything other than what it is....

Ben Sorensen
Apr 3, 20253 min read


Laughing Through the Struggle: One of Them Days Is the Comedy That Hits Where It Hurts (and Heals)
One of Them Days" is a cinematic cocktail that blends the effervescence of a buddy comedy with the biting undertones of social commentary...

Ben Sorensen
Mar 27, 20252 min read


A Working Man (2025) – A Blue-Collar Brawler with a Conscience
In the realm of action thrillers, where explosions often overshadow exposition, A Working Man carves out its niche with a sledgehammer...

Ben Sorensen
Mar 27, 20252 min read


The Dog-father of Bone-Crunching Chaos – and It’s Got Bite!!
Rarely does a film aimed at primary-schoolers manage to transform a cinema into a zen garden, but DogMan pulls it off with tail-wagging...

Ben Sorensen
Mar 24, 20252 min read


“Spit” Takes: A Mullet, Mayhem, and Mateship Revival.
"Spit" is a film that doesn't take itself too seriously, much like its titular character....

Ben Sorensen
Mar 4, 20252 min read


The Seed of the Sacred Fig – A Cinematic Rebellion Wrapped in Introspection
The latest work from Mohammad Rasoulof is less a film and more an act of cinematic defiance, a bold and urgent reflection on oppression....

Ben Sorensen
Feb 20, 20253 min read
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