A grieving 12-year-old comes to believe that his dead father has returned in Daddy’s Head. Issac (Rupert Turnbull) is led by his stepmother Laura (Julia Brown) into a hospital to say goodbye to his father James (Charles Aitken), who was gravely injured in an automobile accident and is about to be taken off life support….
More complex emotions are introduced as Riley hits puberty in Inside Out 2. Inside the mind of Riley (Kensington Tallman), the emotions of Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Tony Hale) and Disgust (Liza Lapira) have perfected their balance, with Joy using Riley’s best memories to create her sense of self….
The children of a deeply religious family begin to doubt the teachings of their parents in The Family. Caleb (Benjamin Charles Watson), Abigail (Jenna Warren), and Evelyn (Yasmin MacKay) are members of a rural family unit run under the script religious guidance of their Father (Nigel Bennett) and Mother (Toni Ellwand). Things begin to change…
A group of friends Zoom conversation is disrupted by a demonic entity in Host. Haley (Haley), Jemma (Jemma Moore), Emma (Emma Louise Webb), Radina (Radina Drandova), Caroline (Caroline Ward), and Teddy (Edward Linard) are six friends under lockdown, who have gathered for their weekly Zoom conversation. On this particular Zoom meeting, the friends have decided…
A family tries to take shelter from sound sensitive creatures in A Quiet Place. The world has been ravaged by creatures, who hunt by sound. Lee Abbott (John Krasinski) and his wife Evelyn (Emily Blunt) struggle to survive in silence with their children Regan (Millicent Simmonds), Marcus (Noah Jupe), and Beau (Cade Woodward). However, a combination of…
A teenage girl is tormented by spirits in Anguish. Tess (Ryan Simpkins) has been suffering from psychological disorders for much of her life, which really concerns her mother Jessica (Annika Marks). While the doctors have diagnosed her with dissociative identity disorder, in actuality Tess is tormented by spirits that surround her. In particular, Tess is…
Pixar brings us inside the head of a pre-pubescent girl in Inside Out. The emotions of Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), and Disgust (Mindy Kaling) control the personality of 11 year old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) from the master control inside of her head. When Riley and her parents…
A mysterious pop-up book results in terror for a single mother and her child in the Australian horror film The Babadook. Amelia (Essie Davis) is a single mother, who struggles to care for her six year old son Samuel (Noah Wiseman). Suffering from apparent behavioural problems, Samuel is obsessed with finding and killing monsters, which…
Director M Night Shyamalan returns for the first time since 2010’s The Last Airbender with the new sci-fi epic After Earth. The film is a star vehicle for the father/son duo of Will and Jaden Smith, with Will Smith also getting credit for the film’s story and a producer credit, along with his wife Jada…
Over the course of the last decade or so, horror films from the 1970s and 1980s have been remade at increasing frequency. Since this period is often considered one of the high points for the genre, there is constant frustration about Hollywood constantly mining established franchises, instead of creating original properties. The latest of this…
