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The best doll horror movies are the ones that we like to laugh about when we’re with friends but secretly would never watch alone. The sheer idea of evil lurking inside an innocent child’s plaything is enough to make us shudder at even the idea of glassy-eyed doll watching us …

Warning: this article contains major spoilers regarding Stranger Things 3 (opens in new tab), including the fate of a main character, the nature and motives of the season’s villains, and the contents of the finale.  Please don’t read any further if you haven’t watched Stranger Things 3 and want to …

Like many of you, we’ve been bingeing Stranger Things season 3 (opens in new tab) since it came out in the early hours of 4 July. Spending summertime in Hawkins, Indiana, instead of visiting in the darker autumn months, marks a nice change in tone for the series. Stranger Things …

As a film-loving teenager, my weekly highlight wasn’t Friday night at the cinema, but Sunday night in front of the telly. Why? Because of Alex Cox’s Moviedrome.  The cult movie strand was where I first saw Brazil (opens in new tab) and The Terminator (opens in new tab), but it …

The Demogorgons are hungry, the Mind Flayer’s almost back to full strength, and Mike Wheeler’s motley crew of misfits are preparing to celebrate July 4. That can only mean one thing: terror is coming to Hawkins town with Stranger Things season 3 (opens in new tab).  The second season of …

Black Mirror season 5 is nearly upon us and, after the surprise Christmas gift of Bandersnatch, it’s fair to say that there’s a lot of excitement, even as Charlie Brooker’s latest anthology of technophobic stories only adds a mere three episodes to Netflix’s growing collection. As one of the best …

The myth of Terrence Malick is not what it once was. After bagging the Palme d’Or in 2011 with his hype-justifying magnum opus The Tree of Life (opens in new tab), a subsequent trilogy of frustrating fractured narrative dramas (To The Wonder, Knight of Cups and Song To Song) left …

On the day that the news is bleak with terrorist acts in New Zealand, Total Film (opens in new tab) hooks up with Olivia Wilde in LA where the NY resident is wrapping up editing promotional material for her first feature-length film in the director’s chair, Booksmart (opens in new …

With eight new Marvel movies, three Avatars and the usual live-action takes on animated classics, Disney’s newly published release schedule is…  kinda busy. But even bigger news than what’s on the slate – like a new Indiana Jones adventure in July 2021 – is what isn’t. Because there won’t be …

Set aside your weekend plans, because the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer (opens in new tab) just dropped at Star Wars Celebration 2019 (opens in new tab), and it’s time to pore over every last frame and hypothesize what it all means for the grand finale of this …