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Resident Evil (2026) – Movie Review

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TL;DR – Blood, Gore, Screams, Gunshots, and that is just the first ten minutes

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Disclosure – I was invited to a press screening of this film.

Warning – Contains scenes which may cause distress.

Warning – Contains scenes with flashing lights.

Hands and feet spall out from a door.

Resident Evil Review Introduction

Today we are looking at a very interesting film, a grounded take on a surreal world. Growing up, even though we were not a PlayStation family, you knew of Resident Evil from sheer reputation alone. One of the pillars of horror gaming. I even liked the Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Apocalypse films back in the day, though by the time of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter it was clearly shambling along to the finish line. That is a lot of baggage for a film, but add Zach Cregger fresh off Weapons into the mix, and suddenly you have the potential for something truly fascinating. 

So, to set the scene, it has been a very long day for Bryan (Austin Abrams), who is trying to make money as a medical courier. He thought he was done for the day, but then a last-minute package for Raccoon City General Hospital arrived, and that was a job he could not turn down. It is a hard drive as a blizzard rolls in; he was distracted so much so that he didn’t even see the figure on the road until his car hit it at speed. This would have been disastrous, but then why won’t the police pick up? Why does this house look like a fight has just happened? And why is that very dead lady now running at full speed towards me?  

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Big Baby – Movie Review

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TL;DR – Unfortunately, this film fails at almost every level.

Rating: 1 out of 5.

Disclosure – I was sent a screener of this film.

Big Baby stands illuminated in green light.

Big Baby Review Introduction

Today, I am reviewing a very odd film, one that seems openly hostile toward film critics, whether their criticism is made in good faith or not. Thus, do I critique a film about film criticism or not? All of this is made harder by the fact that Big Baby was a real slog to get through.  
 
So, to set the scene, we open as Adam Lewis (Brandon Scott) is ripped to shreds by dudes on the internet, rocked by the thoughts that even though he is successful enough to be earning a comfortable living for his work, he may never win an Oscar. Adam stays up late, drunk, trying to write a new film. He dreams of a Big Baby (Adam Marcinowski) slashing his way through his house. This might be his new muse, or it could be a monster waiting to strike?

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Griffin Incident [S4E2] – TV Review

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TL;DR – This is an episode that leans hard into horror.

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Disclosure – I paid for the Paramount+ service used to view this series.

Warning – Contains scenes which may cause distress.

The USS Griffin hanging quiet in space.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Review Introduction

Throughout the history of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, it has had the habit of dipping into different genres for a surprise episode. See, for example, the musical episode Subspace Rhapsody. But there is one genre that they have danced around but never dived into: supernatural horror. Well, today is the day it commits.  

So, to set the scene, Spock (Ethan Peck), La’An (Christina Chong), and Kirk (Paul Wesley) are all hitching a lift home with each other from the Future Federation Leader’s conference. When they pick up an odd distress call coming from an asteroid field. Of the many things they were expecting, nothing prepared them for the USS Griffin, a ship lost for nine years, light-years away from its current location. They beam aboard, and for some reason the ship has power when it should have lost it years ago, but things take a turn when they have only one hour to find out what happened to the ship before it all shuts down. Even more so when someone lurks in the hallways with them. Now, from here, we will be looking at the episode as a whole, so there will be [SPOILERS] ahead.

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Street Trash (2025) – Movie Review

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TL;DR – This is a film that is catering to a very niche audience, and if that is you, fantastic, if you are everyone else …. It’s not for you.

Rating: 2 out of 5.

Post-Credit Scene – There is a mid and end-credit scene.

Disclosure – I was sent a screener of this film.

Warning – Contains Scenes that may cause distress.

Scientist bathed in red light looks on to the horror he has created.

Street Trash Review –

There are times when you need to get out of your comfort zone, and if there is one area that I actively avoid, it is body horror. Well, today, it is the time to rip that Band-Aid off and dive into a weird example from South Africa that is a vague sequel of one of the Tentpole films in the genre.

So, to set the scene, we open with a volunteer getting an injection and not understanding why they are asking for his next of kin. Which is a question you ask before getting the injection that has you melt from the inside while still alive. As Cape Town burns down around them, the local people are just trying to survive between arrest by the corrupt cops and being exploited by the goons of the Rat King. In this world lives Ronald (Sean Cameron Michael), Alex (Donna Cormack Thomson), Chef (Joe Vaz), 2-Bit (Gary Green), Wors (Llyoyd Martinez Newkirk), Pap (Shuraigh Meyer), a bunch of ragtag castoffs trying to live, which is hard when Mayor Mostert (Warrick Grier) creates flying chemical weapon drones to exterminate the undesirables in the city.  

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