Movies

Christmas offers the ideal opportunity to unwind with a sumptuous, emotionally charged romance, and Netflix has delivered just that this week. With the festive period fast approaching, viewers will be seeking the finest films to either revisit or discover for the first time once they’ve finished their turkey, trimmings and …

Netflix subscribers have been left “dazzled” by a gripping new science fiction thriller that premiered this Friday (19th December). Set in a dystopian future, this South Korean disaster film paints a grim picture of a world on the brink of submersion under a colossal flood. As humanity teeters on the …

War movie lovers will be pleased to learn that one of “the best war films of all time” is currently streaming on one platform, free of charge. Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American psychological epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who also directed The Godfather. Apocalypse Now is set in South …

Netflix’s latest Knives Out instalment dropped this month, with speculation already mounting over a possible fourth film following the Wake Up Dead Man ending. Wake Up Dead Man arrived on the streaming service following its late November cinema release, reuniting audiences with former 007 actor Daniel Craig as the enigmatic …

Guillermo del Toro has finally delivered the film he spent nearly two decades dreaming about and the result is being hailed as one of the defining movies of 2025. His adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein is now streaming on Netflix and debuted earlier this year at the 82nd …

Critics are hailing a drama film directed by Alexander Payne. Billed as “bittersweet” but a “favourite”, the 2023 American Christmas comedy drama, which was written by David Hemingson, has an impressive score of 97% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The Holdovers is set in 1970 and follows a bad-tempered instructor (Paul Giamatti) who forms a …

Written and directed by a filmmaker hailed as one of Britain’s most esteemed auteurs of his time, this 2021 film marks Terence Davies’ final tour de force. The biographical romantic drama, Benediction, features Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi in the lead roles as war poet Siegfried Sassoon. They are joined …

Avatar: Fire and Ash is well on the way to crossing the $2 billion mark like its two predecessors, following a $136 million opening day worldwide. The best way to view the movie is in IMAX 3D and now writer-director James Cameron has revealed the best and worst seats in …

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon in war. During World War 2, US President Harry Truman ordered the detonation of an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima and three days later, on Nagasaki. The result was the deaths of between …

Whether you’re an adult or a child, this film is one that will get you into the festive spirit this season. It tells the story of a man who inadvertently makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve and finds himself magically recruited to take his place.  The Santa …