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Review: Army of the Dead (2021)

 The cinemas might be gearing up for a huge summer blow-out, with a cavalcade of blockbusters ready to hit the big screen over the next few months, but that doesn’t mean the streaming services haven’t got something up their sleeves too. In fact, this weekend Netflix brings out the big guns, with the action-horror movie,…

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What is the order of the Hannah Swensen books?

 In 2001, American author Joanne Fluke published the novel, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. The book told the story of Hannah Swenson – the owner of the Cookie Jar shop, who finds herself caught up in an intriguing murder mystery. Upon release, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder proved popular with readers and was quickly followed by another…

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Review: Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)

 Cinemas have re-opened this week in the UK (hurrah!), and amongst the new releases hitting the big screen right now is the action-thriller, Those Who Wish Me Dead. The movie – directed by Taylor Sheridan – tells the story of a wildland firefighter, who must protect a young boy from being hunted by assassins. Based…

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Why has Target stopped selling Pokémon cards?

 If you live in the US, you love collecting trading cards, and you regularly frequent Target, then you may have noticed something pretty significant over the past few days: Target is no longer selling Pokémon cards. If you go into a Target store, you can search the aisles as much as you like, but you…

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Review: The Djinn (2021)

 New out in the US this week, via video-on-demand (as well as through select cinemas), and coming to the rest of the world shortly, is the supernatural horror movie, The Djinn. Written and directed by David Charbonier and Justin Powell, the movie tells the story of a young, mute boy who finds himself in a…

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Will there be a 10th Jesse Stone movie?

 Between 2005 and 2015, CBS (and later Hallmark) produced nine Jesse Stone movies. The films, based around the Jesse Stone book series, began with Stone Cold and ran through to Lost in Paradise. Each entry in the series centred around Stone, as played by actor Tom Selleck, and each proved very popular with audiences. So,…

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Review: The Woman in the Window (2021)

 Arriving on Netflix today is the new psychological thriller from director Joe Wright. The movie – The Woman in the Window – stars Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Julianne Moore and Wyatt Russell – and tells the story of a psychologist, who believes she has witnessed one of her neighbours being assaulted, in a…

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Review: Psycho Goreman

 If you’re a horror movie fan, and you love ‘80s-inspired films, then there is a very good chance you have already heard some buzz about Psycho Goreman (aka PG: Psycho Goreman). The movie – a sci-fi horror-comedy from writer/director Steven Kostanski – has started to gauge a lot of interest since playing at a couple…

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Review: Oxygen (2021)

 New to Netflix this week is the French sci-fi thriller, Oxygen (aka Oxygène). The movie – directed by Alexandre Aja – follows a confused young woman who finds herself trapped inside a medical cryo-chamber. The woman has no recollection of entering the chamber – she merely has brief memories of being surrounded by doctors, which…

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