The Lowdown (2025): Late to The Party mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/10/08/t..., #DaleDickey, #EthanHawke, #JeanneTripplehorn, #KaniehtiioHorn, #KeithDavid, #KyleMacLachlan, #RyanKieraArmstrong, #ScottSheperd, #SterlinHarjo, #TheLowdown, #TimBlakeNelson

The Lowdown (2025): Late to The Party Sterlin Harjo brings us the 2025 drama series The Lowdown, admittedly, I am late to the party here. Binging the previous episodes yesterday so I could catch up for episode 4. It was only after watching the series that I found it was created by Harjo; the guy…

Slow Horses (Season 5, Eps 3) Tall Tales: Penguins (Recap/Review) mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/10/08/s..., #CherrelleSkeete, #ChristopherChung, #GaryOldman, #JackLowden, #JamesCallis, #KristenScottThomas, #RuthBradley, #SaskiaReeves, #SlowHorses, #TomBrooke

Slow Horses (Season 5, Eps 3) Tall Tales: Penguins (Recap/Review) Season 5, episode 3 of Slow Horses: Tall Tales focusses somewhat on penguins and Roddy. It also allows Coe to take the lead. This segment is all about destabilisation, misdirection and political assassination. Episode 3 (Spoiler…

Thy Will Be Done (2025): Gripping Film mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/10/07/t... #CallieBussell, #CourtneyGains, #DavidHejmanowski, #DougBradley, #GregKraus, #HeatherGiglio, #JazzSecuro, #KeithMigra, #KurtAngle, #MichaelFerree, #RichardHuddleson, #ThyWillBeDone

Thy Will Be Done (2025): Gripping Film Jazz Securo stars and directs the 2025 Thriller Thy Will Be Done. A gripping film you'll be hard pressed to stop watching. Once those final credits have rolled there is a compulsion to watch it all over again. Everything works here. Great script, brilliant…

The Substance (2024): Irony in One Act The 2024 body horror film The Substance is irony in one act. Sure there is more than just one act in this tour de force of vanity and selfishness but the irony only appears in the one act. The final one. This last act looks at the world of glamour and body…

Fight or Flight (2024): A Page From Bullet Train mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/10/06/f... #BalázsLengyel, #BrooksMcLaren, #CharithraChandran, #DannyAshok, #DJCotrona, #FightOrFlight, #HughieODonnell, #JamesMadigan, #JoshHartnett, #JuJuChanSzeto, #JulianKostov, #KateeSackhoff, #LászlóKósa, #MattFlannery

Fight or Flight (2024): A Page From Bullet Train The 2024 Martial Arts/Action Comedy Fight or Flight takes a page from the 2022 film Bullet Train. While it doesn't have quite the "star" pedigree that "Train" does, it packs enough frantic action and comedy to make up for it. This one really feels…

Honey Don't! (2025) Basically Soft Porn mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/10/04/h... #AubreyPlaza, #CharlieDay, #ChrisEvans, #EthanCoen, #GabbyBeans, #HoneyDont!, #Jacnier, #JoshPafchek, #KristenConnolly, #LeraAbova, #MargaretQualley, #TaliaRyder, #TriciaCook

Honey Don’t! (2025) Basically Soft Porn The 2025 Dark Comedy/Mystery Thriller Honey Don't! is basically soft porn. It focuses less on the plot than it does sex laden, shock-worthy moments. A reverend, who claims to be a priest, schtupping his congregation. When he is not busy murdering them. A lot…

Play Dirty (2025): Mark Wahlberg's Parker mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/10/02/p... #AnthonyBagarozzi, #ChuckMondry, #ChukwudiIwuji, #DonaldEWestlake, #Keegan-MichaelKey, #LaKeithStanfield, #MarkWahlberg, #NatWolff, #PlayDirty, #RosaSalazar, #ShaneBlack, #ThomasJane, #TonyShalhoub

Takeout (2025): South African Treat mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/24/t... #DamienWantenaar, #DanielJanks, #DarronMeyer, #DeoudonéPretorius, #GiaCapouya, #Gonnagofar, #JemGarrard, #NkoneMametja, #RobynScott, #Takeout

Freaky Tales (2024): 1987, Mind Games and Revenge mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/05/09/f..., #AnnaBoden, #BenMendelsohn, #FreakyTales, #JacFitzgerald, #JackChampion, #JayEllis, #JiYoungYoo, #PedroPascal, #RobertKomatsu, #RyanFleck, #TooShort

Play Dirty (2025): Mark Wahlberg's Parker mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/10/02/p..., #ChuckMondry, #ChukwudiIwuji, #DonaldEWestlake, #Keegan-MichaelKey, #LaKeithStanfield, #MarkWahlberg, #NatWolff, #PlayDirty, #RosaSalazar, #ShaneBlack, #ThomasJane, #TonyShalhoub

Play Dirty (2025): Mark Wahlberg’s Parker The 2025 crime caper film Play Dirty is Mark Wahlberg's Parker. The strictly professional thief created by Donald E Westlake's other non-de-plume Richard Stark. There have been no less than 6 films made based upon the "Stark" character, Play Dirty is…

Yesterday is Almost Here (2024): With Friends Like These mikesfilmtalk.com/2024/12/11/y..., #JackieMoore, #JostonRamonTheney, #NicholasBrendon, #PhillipAndreBotello, #SinningWorks, #SoshanaWilder, #TheCharismaKIllers, #YesterdayIsAlmostHere

Freaky Tales (2024): 1987, Mind Games and Revenge mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/05/09/f... #AngusCloud, #AnnaBoden, #BenMendelsohn, #FreakyTales, #JacFitzgerald, #JackChampion, #JayEllis, #JiYoungYoo, #PedroPascal, #RobertKomatsu, #RyanFleck, #Too$hort

Slow Horses (Season 5) Incommunicado: Lockdown (Recap/Review) mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/10/01/s... #ChristopherChung, #ChristopherVilliers, #GaryOldman, #HibaBennani, #JackLowden, #JamesCallis, #KristinScottThomas, #RosalindEleazar, #RuthBradley, #SaskiaReeves, #SlowHorses, #TomBrooke

Slow Horses (Season 5) Incommunicado: Lockdown (Recap/Review) Slow Horses; Episode 2 of Season 5: Incommunicado ends in a lockdown. Lamb follows Roddy to investigate that "out of his league" date. While he is there someone tries to kill the most unpopular member of Slough House. *Although it is a…

Holes (2003): What We Have Here... mikesfilmtalk.com/2012/08/13/h... #CoolHandLuke, #Entertainment, #FilmReview, #Holes, #JonVoight, #LaBeoff, #LouisSachar, #PatriciaArquette, #PaulNewman, #SigourneyWeaver, #WardenWalker

Yesterday is Almost Here (2024): With Friends Like These mikesfilmtalk.com/2024/12/11/y..., #JackieMoore, #JostonRamonTheney, #NicholasBrendon, #PhillipAndreBotello, #SinningWorks, #SoshanaWilder, #TheCharismaKIllers, #YesterdayIsAlmostHere

The Naked Gun (2025) Plot Stealing Pap mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/30/t..., #DannyHuston, #KevinDurand, #LiamNeesen, #PamelaAnderson, #PaulWalterHauser, #TheNakedGun

The Naked Gun (2025) Plot Stealing Pap The 2025 re-imagining of the original The Naked Gun was a let down. It was a plot stealing bit of pap, lacking the off the wall humour of the first. I wanted to like this one. Any fan of Liam Neeson would love the chance to see him play Frank Drebin Jr.…

Anonymity (1989): Stumbling Blocks mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/30/a... #AndeFelix, #Anonymity, #ClarkeMSmith, #LeilaniMoats, #LloydCooke, #MToddMeador, #PeterBeam, #SherryMFelix, #ThomasFindlow

Anonymity (1989): Stumbling Blocks Clarke M Smith kindly provided us a short college film he did; back in the day. Anonymity features a few stumbling blocks. It has a run time of just over 14 and a half minutes. The film features subdued violence, one death and a double kidnapping. All in all a…

Ice Road: Vengeance (2025) Not Bad, But Not Good mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/29/i... #AmeliaBishop, #BernardCurry, #FanBingBing, #GeoffMorrell, #GraceOSullivan, #IceRoadVengeance #JonathanHensleigh, #LiamNeeson, #MaheshJadu, #MarcusThomas, #ParamjeetSingh, #SakshamSharma, #WarwickSadler

Ice Road: Vengeance (2025) Not Bad, But Not Good Writer/Director Jonathan Hensleigh gives us the 2025 film Ice Road: Vengeance. It's not bad, but it's also not good. There is literally one moment that stands out. More about that later. The film itself is full of Hollywood tropes and cliches.…

Uninhabited (2010): No Love for this Film mikesfilmtalk.com/2013/02/21/u..., #BillyMilionis, #BobBaines, #GeraldineHakewill, #HenryJames, #TashiaZalar, #TerrySiourounis, #Uninhabited

Professor T: OCD and Crime mikesfilmtalk.com/2024/05/01/p..., #BenMiller, #EmmaNaomi, #ITV, #PBS

MEGAN 2.0 (2025): A Major Let Down mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/27/m... #AkelaCooper, #AllisonWilliams, #AmieDonald, #AristotleAthari, #BrianJordanAlvarez, #GerardJohnstone, #IvannaSakhno, #JamesWan, #JemaineClement, #JenVanEpps, #JennaDavis, #MEGAN2.0, #TimmSharp, #VioletMcGraw

MEGAN 2.0 (2025): A Major Let Down After waiting ages for this sequel to stream I found 2025's MEGAN 2.0 to be a major let down. What happened? Co-writer/Director Gerard Johnstone happened. He took the character created by Akela Cooper and James Wan and lost his way. Johnstone directed the first…

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue Eps 1: Lost? mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/03/08/n... #AdamLong, #AngelLopezSilva, #AnthonyHorowitz, #ChrisRoe, #DavidAjala, #EricMcCormack, #JanLe, #LydiaWilson, #NineBodiesInAMexicanMorgue, #PeterGadiot, #SebastianCapitanViveros, #SiobhanMcSweeney

The Last Spark of Hope (2023) Polish Sci Fi mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/26/t... #JacekBeler, #MagdalenaWieczorek, #PiotrBiedron, #TheLastSparkOfHope

The Last Spark of Hope (2023) Polish Sci Fi Writer/Director Piotr Biedron gives us the 2023 film The Last Spark of Hope. This film is, in essence, a Polish Sci Fi tale dressed in English. Initially, it made me think of the 1975 film A Boy and His Dog. Only in the fact that there are two…

Princess Halle and the Jester (2024): AI Disney Without Walt mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/26/p..., #ChristopherLombardi, #DuncanNovak, #EmmaDuchesneau, #GeoffreyLyons, #JimmyLeFlouria, #PrincessHalleAndTheJester, #RachelStacy, #SejalMehta

Sunday at Il Posto Accanto (2025): Coming Out mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/26/s... #ArtyNelson, #BeatriceTostiDiValminuta, #CWSmith, #DannyHoch, #JudyMarte, #JulioPena, #SethZviRosenfeld, #SundayAtIlPostoAccanto, #TrudyPoux, #VictorRasuk

Sunday at Il Posto Accanto (2025): Coming Out At the risk of being rather twee, the 2025 film Sunday at Il Posto Accanto is about coming out. No that way, but coming out after the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. A local family run NYC restaurant; Il Posto Accanto, welcomes the neighbourhood to…

Ballerina (2025): Too Little, Too Long mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/25/b..., #AnjelicaHuston, #AvaJoyceMcCarthy, #Ballerina, #DerekKolstad, #GabrielByrne, #IanMcShane, #JungDooHong, #KeanuReeves, #LanceReddick, #LenWiseman, #NormanReedus, #SharonDuncanBrewster, #ShayHatten, #VictoriaComte

Ballerina (2025): Too Little, Too Long The 2025 action thriller Ballerina (From the World of John Wick.) is too little, too long. Director Len Wiseman takes the long way round the barn on this one. Following the Shay Hatten script, based on characters created by Derek Kolstad, Ballerina drags a…

Slow Horses (2025): Bad Dates - They're Ba-ack mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/24/s... #ChristopherChung, #GaryOldman, #JackLowden, #KristenScottThomas, #MickHerron, #RosalindEleazar, #RuthBradley, #SaskiaReeves, #SaulMetzstein, #SlowHorses, #TomBrooke, #WillSmith

Slow Horses (2025): Bad Dates – They’re Ba-ack It's 2025. Season 5 of Slow Horses is here. Episode 1; Bad Dates looks great. Like a little girl said, in front of a telly; "They're ba-ack." And about time too. We've missed "the rejects" of Slough House and their acerbic boss, Lamb. The ranks have…

Takeout (2025): South African Treat mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/24/t..., #DanielJanks, #DarronMeyer, #DeoudonéPretorius, #GiaCapouya, #Gonnagofar, #JemGarrard, #NkoneMametja, #RobynScott, #Takeout

Takeout (2025): South African Treat Writer/Director Jem Garrard gives us the 2025 South African treat Takeout. This darkly comic thriller manages to move quickly into a slasher fest where bodies start to stack up. Like cordwood. Takeout the Story Three fast food employees join forces to capture a…

Rosewood: Half-Life and Havana Nights - Crossover (Review/Recap) mikesfilmtalk.com/2016/12/02/r..., #Drama, #Entertainment, #Episode9, #Fox, #JainaLeeOrtiz, #MorrisChestnut, #Mystery, #Review, #SeasonTwo

Cobweb (2023): The Best Nightmare You've Never Had mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/23/c..., #ChrisThomasDevlin, #CleopatraColeman, #Cobweb, #LizzyCaplan, #LukeBusey, #SamuelBodin, #WoodyNorman

Cobweb (2023): The Best Nightmare You’ve Never Had The 2023 horror film Cobweb may just be the best nightmare you've never had. Sadly, the spectacular vision gives us a look at what really bad parents do. Directed by Samuel Bodin and written by Chris Thomas Devlin, Cobweb will make you sleep with…

Freaky Tales (2024): 1987, Mind Games and Revenge mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/05/09/f..., #AnnaBoden, #BenMendelsohn, #FreakyTales, #JacFitzgerald, #JackChampion, #JayEllis, #JiYoungYoo, #PedroPascal, #RobertKomatsu, #RyanFleck, #Too$hort

Whispering Corridors (1998) Korean Horror Trilogy Plus Three mikesfilmtalk.com/2025/09/23/w..., #ChoiKangHee, #JoAN, #KimGyuRi, #LeeMiYeon, #MomentoMori, #OhKiMin, #ParkHanByeol, #ParkJinHee, #SongJiHyo, #Voice, #WhisperingCorridors, #WhisperingCorridors:TheHumming, #WishingStairs, #YunJiHye

Whispering Corridors (1998) Korean Horror Trilogy Plus Three The 1998 Korean horror film set in an all girl high school; Whispering Corridors turned into a trilogy. Plus Three. All told, this wildly popular horror movie turned into a franchise with a total of 5 sequels. *Sadly, the further away…