Released: 22nd February 2018 (Australia)
Seen: 24th February 2018
Insidious: The Last Key
Released: 8th February 2018 (Australia)
Seen: 5th February 2018 (Advance Screening)
Directed by: Adam Robitel
Written by: Leigh Whannell
Produced by: Blumhouse Productions, Entertainment One, LStar Capital & Stage 6 Films
Starring: Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Kirk Acevedo
The Cloverfield Paradox
Released: 5th February 2018
Seen: 5th February 2018
Directed by: Julius Onah
Written by: Oren Uziel & Dong Jung
Produced by: Bad Robot & Paramount Pictures
Starring: Elizabeth Debicki, Daniel Brühl, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O’Dowd, Ziyi Zhang, David Oyelowo, John Ortizm, Aksel Henniem & Roger Davies
The Commuter
Released: 18th January 2018 (Australia)
Seen: 20th January 2018
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Written by: Byron Willinger, Philip de Blasi & Ryan Engle
Produced by: Ombra Films, StudioCanal & The Picture Company
Starring: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson & Jonathan Banks
All The Money In The World
Released: 4th January 2018
Seen: 5th January 2018
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Written by: David Scarpa
Produced by: Imperative Entertainment, RedRum Films, Scott Free Productions, TriStar Productions
Starring: Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg & Christopher Plummer
Ghost In The Shell
Released 30th March (Australia)
Seen 21st December
Directed by Rupert Sanders
Written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler & Ehren Kruger
Produced by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Shanghai Film Group, Huahua Media, Arad Productions, Steven Paul Production, Amblin Partners, Grosvenor Park Productions, Seaside Entertainment, Weying Galaxy Entertainment
Starring Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbaek & Juliette Binoche
Coco
Released 26th December (Australia)
Seen 3rd December (Advance Screening)
Directed by Lee Unkrich & Adrian Molina
Written by Adrian Molina & Matthew Aldrich
Produced by Disney Pixar
Starring Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt & Renee Victor
Murder On The Orient Express
Released 9th November
Seen 18th November
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Written by Michael Green
Produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Kinberg Genre, Mark Gordon Company, Scott Free Productions, Latina Pictures & The Estate of Agatha Christie
Starring Kenneth Branagh, Daisy Ridley, Josh Gad, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Tom Bateman, Olivia Colman, Lucy Boynton, Marwan Kenzari, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Sergei Polunin, Miranda Raison.
The modern murder mystery owes a great debt to Agatha Christie’s work Murder on the Orient Express. Easily one of the most popular novels of all time, it’s a work that continues to inspire artists over 80 years later since it’s publishing and has been adapted into radio plays, TV episodes, games and even Anime. It also had a celebrated adaptation in 1974 by Sydney Lumet and now it’s Kenneth Branagh’s turn… just such a pity for him that those 80 years have worn the edges off this tale.
Jigsaw
Released 2nd November (Australian release)
Seen 15th November
Directed by Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
Written by Pete Goldfinger & Josh Stolberg
Produced by Serendipity Productions, Twisted Pictures & A Bigger Boat
Starring Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, Callum Keith Rennie, Hannah Emily Anderson & Laura Vandervoort
In 2004 a couple of Aussies changed the world of horror cinema with nothing more than a handsaw, a bathroom and Westley from The Princess Bride. It went on to become one of the biggest horror series of all time raking in around half a billion dollars with its annual releases until the series came to an end with Saw 3D in 2010. The series was considered long dead until this year when Jigsaw revived the franchise and let the games begin again… sadly, much like when you play any game multiple times, you know all the moves by now and after a while, the game stops surprising you.
It Comes At Night
Released 6th July (Australia)
Seen 7th November
Written and Directed by Trey Edward Schults
Produced by Animal Kingdom & A24
Starring Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo, Chris Abbott and Riley Keough
Some horror films like to terrify you by submerging you in a world filled with violence and screams and a high body count, some prefer to put you into a world where everything’s gone to hell and no one’s going to be able to make it out no matter how hard they try… this film is the latter kind of horror film and I genuinely love it.
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