The Surfer starring Nicolas Cage
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“The Surfer” (2024) – Nicolas Cage and the Beach Cult of Australian Masculinity

Australian cinema has long flirted with ferality, sun-bleached nihilism, men unraveling, and landscapes too vast to contain their collapse. Lorcan Finnegan’s The Surfer doesn’t just participate in that tradition; it detonates it from within. With Nicolas Cage at its trembling, half-mad center, this film is not merely a slow-burn thriller. It’s a sunstroke hallucination about…

Monster Island - Photo Credit: Shudder
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Monsters, Men, and Murky Morality: Monster Island Reviewed

Monster Island (2024) is a WWII survival horror film steeped in Malay folklore, where a Japanese soldier and British POW battle inner demons and an ancient monster. Directed by Mike Wiluan and streaming via Shudder, the film is a slow-burn descent into character-driven chaos, soaked in myth and moral ambiguity.

温泉シャーク Hot Spring Shark Attack Review
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Welcome to the Onsenocalypse: A Review of Hot Spring Shark Attack

Hot Spring Shark Attack (2025) is a Japanese horror-comedy that blends absurdist shark attacks, spa tourism satire, and surprisingly competent filmmaking into a cult-worthy splash. Directed by Morihito Inoue and streaming via Utopia, the film flexes rubber sharks, weird science, and oiled-up heroes with comic finesse.

The Rule of Jenny Pen Film Review
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The Rule of Jenny Pen (2024) Review – The Puppet Master in the Nursing Home

“The Rule of Jenny Pen” is an unsettling psychological horror featuring Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow. In a New Zealand nursing home, a former judge must stop a twisted resident who uses a puppet to terrorize patients. Based on Owen Marshall’s short story, the film explores aging, justice, and institutional neglect with grimy cinematography and dread.

Freak Off Movie Review 2025
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Freak Off (2025): A Swing and a Miss at Timely Commentary

I’ll give Breaking Glass Pictures credit where it’s due; they struck while the iron was hot with that title. “Freak Off” captures the zeitgeist of current headlines surrounding certain hip-hop moguls, and honestly, kudos for getting there first with the provocative branding. The casting department also deserves recognition for finding look-alikes that genuinely hold merit;…

In Vitro - Mother of Movies review courtesy of Saban Films
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In Vitro: When Biotechnology Meets Betrayal in the Australian Outback

In Vitro (2024) review: This Australian sci-fi thriller explores biotechnology gone wrong in the outback. With only three cast members, directors Will Howarth and Tom McKeith create a claustrophobic psychological horror about livestock cloning that turns personal. Featuring excellent cinematography by Shelley Farthing-Dawe and distributed by Saban Films, this indie gem delivers genuine tension. A minimalist and intimate horror film.