Bliss (2021)
Feb 20, 2021We Are All Living in a Virtual Reality Illusion
Quite an entertaining film based on the conspiracy theory that we are all living in The Matrix where Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek become wound up in virtual simulation
Big Indie Pictures
Encounter (2021)
Apr 1, 2022Alien Invasion/Possible Mad Person’s Delusion
A standout work that starts as Riz Ahmed snatches his two boys, fearful of alien body snatchers, before leaving us wondering if this is not all in Ahmed’s mind
Goodnight Mommy (2022)
Oct 7, 2022Boys Believe Their Mother Has Been Replaced
The Austrian Goodnight Mommy was one of the most effective horror films of recent years. This is the toned-down English-language remake starring Naomi Watts as the mother
Candy Cane Lane (2023)
Dec 16, 2023Christmas Film
Eddie Murphy – one of the funniest talents of the 1980s – has been largely absent for much of the 2010s. He returns here with a Christmas comedy in which he is the recipient of a curse given to him by an evil Santa elf
Red One (2024)
Dec 27, 2024Christmas Action Film
Essentially Christmas the Action Film featuring Dwayne Johnson as Santa’s bodyguard going into action accompanied by Chris Evans as a nerdy hacker when Santa is abducted
Jackpot! (2024)
May 23, 2025Legalised Death Lottery Comedy
This comes out like a comedy version of The Purge almost, where a future California lottery awards the winner millions if they can avoid every other person trying to kill them
Mercy (2026)
Feb 27, 2026Future A.I. Judicial System
Timur Bekmambetov makes a film in the Screenlife process where the screen becomes a computer screen. Set in a near future L.A. where the judicial system has been replaced by an A.I