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My Father, The BTK Killer (2025) Dir: Skye Borgman

Directed by Skye Borgman, this Netflix original documentary explored the intensely complicated and emotional fallout and journey for one of the children of the infamous serial killer; 'BTK' ; Dennis Rader. Immediately upon seeing this documentary was coming out, I had mixed feelings. I was interested to hear a very seldom heard perspective - that of the family of the perpetrator - but I was unsure on how respectful to the direct victims of the case it would be. The film tried

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Ridley Coote

Oct 182 min read

Thunderbolts* (2025) Dir: Jake Schreier

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DP33ILGApEV/?igsh=MXc5c29xb2RrMGZrdg== I have made no secret of my apathy towards the modern MCU - I am not the only one to suffer from that movie-based affliction known as 'Marvel fatigue' . But the problems have run deeper than being tired of the superhero genre. The writing has been abysmal, even for the more popular Marvel films like 'Guardians Of The Galaxy: Volume 3' , which I really did not like. This 2025 film, from direct

Ridley Coote

Oct 163 min read

Antlers (2021) Dir: Scott Cooper

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DP1EXT8jF8W/?igsh=YmF1MTN5b3B4Znd2 This film has been sat on my watchlist, waiting for a rainy day, or, in this case, a very low energy evening. The film was directed by Scott Cooper, who also made the more recent 'The Pale Blue Eye' , which I thought was fairly good. My expectations were moderate to low, in regards to how good or bad the film would be, mainly because of the very middling critical and audience reception that the fil

Ridley Coote

Oct 152 min read

Wolf Man (2025) Dir: Leigh Whannell

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPywxQBDGva/?igsh=cTNocmt3ZjJqeDF6 In 2024, I watched the 1941 black and white horror classic; 'The Wolf Man' , and, seemingly immediately afterwards, I found out that there was to be a remake coming out in 2025. This was that remake; a modernised version, directed by Leigh Whannell, which seemed to take mere inspiration from the original, rather than being a shot-for-shot remake. Since its release, reviews have been extremely medio

Ridley Coote

Oct 142 min read

The Mummy (1959) Dir: Terence Fisher

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPwISjhjHpX/?igsh=Yzh6MnNxc21ocHR2 My first positive experience with Hammer horrors, that of 'Dracula' , led me to explore more of their filmography, beginning with this 1959 creature feature, which was once more directed by Terence Fisher, who had also helmed the aforementioned vampire film. This version of the story isn't quite as highly rated as some of Fisher's other works, but it still intrigued me greatly. I love classic horro

Ridley Coote

Oct 132 min read