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Tom Davies
Tom is a collector. That's his excuse for owning six copies of The Hobbit. When the amount of physical media in his house becomes too much, he moves house.
If you have a question about comics, films or music, he can probably answer it.
He accepts that magnetic tape is a trash medium but won't throw out all his VHS movies and audio cassettes.
Showtime’s hyper-tense tragedy starring Bryan Cranston and Michael Stuhlbarg comes to Sky and NowTV, over-promising at the outset and then struggling valiantly to deliver.
A full year after its release to the rest of the world, the labyrinthine crime drama washes up on our shores with 5 tons of cocaine and a score to settle.
2020 has been a tough old year for cinema, and while that's led to a scarcity of blockbuster spectacle, we certainly haven't been deprived of quality filmmaking.
Viggo Mortensen’s move behind the camera to write, direct, produce (and score!) is a semi-autobiographical story of a son caring for his elderly father and brings back Lance Henriksen in a career defining performance.
If Showtime's dramatisation of the life of a religious abolitionist and his ill-fated plan to lead a bloody capture of the US arsenal doesn't sound like it might be a laugh a minute, I think I might be able to change your mind!
Jeb 'Die Hard' Stuart's new project for Netflix is the story of one of the Second World War's most diverse units and its harrowing and brutal 500 day trek from Sicily to Dachau. But does its live action/animation blend work?
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are back with a supernatural comedy. Don't compare it to Shaun of the Dead. Just enjoy it!
Stop it! You're doing it right now!
Netflix's Rebecca: A film about being haunted by the memory of someone with your title who is far more beloved than you and whose standards you can never live up to. Yikes. Meta.
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Movies & TV Review
Blumhouse's Nocturne (Amazon) Movie Review
by Tom Davies
Blumhouse saves the best for last as its mostly underwhelming quartet, ‘Welcome to the Blumhouse,’ draws to a close for 2020.
The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix) TV Show Review
by Tom Davies
Mike Flanagan steps back to produce the second season of his successful 'The Haunting of...' anthology. But between a poorly observed script and terminal lack of scares, it's unlikely to match the popularity of its predecessor.
The first in the Amazon Prime Video Halloween quartet, Welcome to the Blumhouse, sees a father with amnesia struggle with his identity. Is it worth your time? Why, have you got much on at the moment?
Showtime’s two-part drama based on James Comey’s memoir, ‘A Higher Loyalty’ comes to UK screens. And we have the best screens in the UK. The best. Really. No one has better screens than me.
Antonio Campos dives once again into the causes and repercussions of trauma with his adaptation of Donald Ray Pollock's deconstruction of small-town America's reliance on Christianity.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Netflix) Movie Review
by Tom Davies
Charlie Kaufman returns with an adaptation of Iain Reid's mind and genre-bending novel and it's his most assured directorial effort yet. A film about wanting to break up with someone...Sort of...Not really.
Amazon's adaptation of Garth Ennis's iconoclastic comic series returns this week with a triple bill of its hilarious, disgusting and hilariously disgusting superhero pastiche.
From creators Misha Green and Jordan Peele comes the most inventive, fun and devastatingly realistic depiction of cosmic horror and civil rights ever seen on TV... you know, compared to the slew of other race conscious, slimy monster shows.
It's the film that's pulling everyone back to the cinema! The film everyone's been waiting for! The most anticipated movie of the year!...What? Is something else out at the moment?
Finally, The Not-So-New Mutants. A time capsule for teen stars of yesteryear.
Blumhouse rolls the dice with another first time writer/director in one of its more daring indie offerings, but doesn't quite roll a six. It rolls a 7. Out of 10. It's a D10.
Based on Tom Wheeler and Frank Miller's gorgeously illustrated Young Adult fantasy novel, Cursed brings Arthurian fantasy to Netflix in a wholly unsatisfying way. At least it's better than Merlin, I guess.
HBO's adaptation of Philip Roth's alternative history novel comes to Sky Atlantic. Although not as personal a subject to UK viewers, this is another deeply incisive drama from The Wire's David Simon and Ed Burns.
A Century of Cinema on Amazon and BFI Player (1970-2020)
by Tom Davies
Welcome back to this trawl through some of the essentials of cinema history available through BFI Player and Amazon Prime. You can't wait to tell me what I've missed this time!
Not fat and good at martial arts Charlize Theron stars in The Old Guard, Netflix's newest try at producing a slice of comic-booky, sequel-generating genre fun. Director Gina Prince-Bythewood might have had some higher aspirations than that...
Netflix's Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga Movie Review
by Tom Davies
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams attempt to fill the hole left by the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest this year, and do a pretty decent job of it...eventually.
Pete Davidson and Judd Apatow team up to make an uneven but insightful comedy about dealing with life on the bottom rung with a mental health condition.
Disney cuts its losses on its first film as Artemis Fowl leaves cinema schedules and heads to Disney+. Was it the right decision? Will my review bring this issue up again? Will I ever get to see a good film? Read on!
Netflix's The Last Days of American Crime Movie Review
by Tom Davies
Olivier Megaton slaps a lukewarm rat down in front of us and expects us to eat it up during lockdown in Netflix's latest action movie based on a shrug some guy once had.
Shudder is available on a 30-day free trial. So, now that you’ve exhausted our Starz recommendations from last month, it would seem to be the perfect time to switch your trial add-on.