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The Last Temptation of Becky: No Room at the Inn for the Fourth Reich
Becky joins the CIA, checks into Hitler's old bunker, and finds Neil Patrick Harris planning the Fourth Reich. The guest book is about…
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October 2026
NewsHorror
The Exorcist: Martyrs: Scarlett Johansson, an executed serial killer and the Exorcist sequel you forgot (news).
Mike Flanagan's Exorcist film finally has a title, The Exorcist: Martyrs, with Scarlett Johansson as a New York detective, a serial killer called…
September 2026
NewsHorror
Gremlins 3 teaser: Gizmo returns, but someone has moved the release date
Gizmo has reappeared in a tiny Gremlins 3 teaser. Warner Bros has also moved the film to October 2028, giving us plenty of…
NewsScifi
Ray Gunn: Brad Bird gives film noir a jetpack, aliens and a thoroughly suspicious Scarlett Johansson
Brad Bird's long-gestating Ray Gunn finally has a trailer: a retro-futuristic film noir starring Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits, in cinemas…
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Practical Magic 2: Mark Kermode stirs the cauldron, the critics stir the drink (film news).
If the embed above has been hexed, cursed or quietly set to private, you can watch Mark Kermode’s review here: Mark Kermode reviews…
August 2026
NewsScifi
The Dog Stars: Mark Kermode’s scifi film review (video).
If you have watched Mark Kermode’s video review above, you will already know that The Dog Stars did not exactly cause him to…
NewsFantasy
Tim Curry dies aged 80: Darkness loses its best voice (obituary).
Tim Curry, the English actor who could turn a raised eyebrow into an instrument of mass seduction and somehow make Satan, Pennywise the…
July 2026
NewsFilms
Spider-Man Brand New Day: Mark Kermode’s superhero film review (video).
Mark Kermode slips in to the film reviewer seat once more (see his video above) to muse that by the time a cinematic…
NewsFantasy
The Odyssey: Mark Kermode’s fantasy film review (video).
The video review above belongs to Mark Kermode and Ben Bailey Smith, who stepped into Simon Mayo’s chair and discovered that Christopher Nolan…
NewsFilms
Minions & Monsters: Mark Kermode’s movie review (video).
Just above this article, you will find Mark Kermode giving his thoughts on Minions & Monsters, and quite possibly doing so with the…
NewsFilms
Supergirl: Mark Kermode’s superhero film review (video).
Here’s Mark Kermode’s take on the flick, followed by our trip to the cinema to see the new Supergirl film. Supergirl arrives as…
June 2026
NewsHorror
Encounter (a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper).
‘Encounter’ begins by hinting that it is going to be a Science Fiction film about an alien invasion. The opening scenes suggest that…