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Finding redemption for the worst thing one has ever done is not what we were expecting from this Japanese epic Kaiju film written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki.

After the success of Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens was inspired to write a novel about Christmas. Everybody laughed “why in the world would anyone want to read THAT!”. None the less he wrote it in published it himself and Christmas was changed forever.

Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) are a couple trying to survive Christmas with their eccentric and divorced parents.

Married couple Caroline (Judy Davis) and Lloyd (Kevin Spacey) have been arguing for years and an unfortunate cat burglar (Denis Leary) has no idea what he has walked into. Hilarious!

Behind all the gore and violence, this is a very heartwarming Christmas film. David Harbour is a kick ass

A great choice to begin the holiday season. Four British sisters get together in Yorkshire for a very complicated and funny Christmas.

Set in the ‘70s, this coming of age film, candidly explores the travails of puberty with insightfulness and a great deal of humour.

A cut above your average Romcom. With an all star cast (Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone and more). Love how all the little subplots come together at the end. This film is very funny and sweet without being cheesy.

“The Last House on the Left” (2009) - A horror mystery thriller that definitely pushes the boundaries. A family vacation becomes a nightmare. “Renfield” (2023) - Renfield (Nicholas Holt) becomes aware that he is in a toxic relationship with his boss Dracula (Nicholas Cage). This leads him to an Al-Annon group to work out and deal with his issues. This comedy horror is very funny but also quite bloody.

An elderly Alice Hargreaves sails from England to New York to receive an honorary degree from Columbia University on the centennial anniversary of the birth of Reverend Charles Dodgson, better known to us as Lewis Carroll, creator of “Alice in Wonderland”.

Vampires vs The Bronx" (2020) - A charismatic group of kids are going to save the neighbourhood in this entertaining and clever horror comedy. "Night of The Comet" (1984) - A comet passes over earth living two valley girl type sisters, a truck driver and a whole bunch of Zombies. Not a masterpiece but a very entertaining 80"s B-movie.

Enter John Carpenter’s Twilight Zone-ish world if you will as insurance investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) investigates a claim on missing horror writer Sutter Cane.

An Indie Sci Fi action film created by Robbie and Stephen Amiell about a very different kind of super power world.

(Comedy / Horror). I was totally surprised by how funny this film was. Tourists, park rangers, nice families, children; no-one scapes this Apex Predator high on cocaine.

M. Knight Shyamalan apocalyptic thriller. A family must make an unthinkable choice to prevent the end of the world.

This is Ari Aster’s new Horror Comedy. Joaquin Phoenix as Beau, gives a brilliant and very strong performance as the over the top middle aged man who lives in terror of everything and embarks upon an Odyssey to return home to see his mother.

Regular Barbie (Margo Robbie), the most popular Barbie in Barbieland is having an existential crisis. She and Ken must travel to the human world to find their real purpose. Hilarious!

Bill Nighy gives a compelling performance in this beautifully told story of a very ordinary man that turns his life around at the eleventh hour.

In this Norwegian black comedy Lars (Aksel Hennie) and Linda (Noomi Rapace) are having some marital problems so they plan a vacation to a remote family cabin under the guise of reconnecting but actually their intentions are much more sinister.

Wow! Chris Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” is a monster of a movie. Stunning, gripping, provocative. A must see.

This Academy Award winner that highlights the separateness and isolation of the Los Angeles based communities that only in collisions do they interact with each other.

Defying the will of nature has consequences. As this strange Icelandic Horror Folk tale reminds us. Sheep farmers Maria (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) are grieving parents who are shocked when one of their ewes give birth to a hybrid.

Defying the will of nature has consequences. As this strange Icelandic Horror Folk tale reminds us. Sheep farmers Maria (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) are grieving parents who are shocked when one of their ewes give birth to a hybrid.

Suddenly there is an explosion on an aging ocean liner on its last voyage. The passengers and crew fight to escape the sinking ship. The realistic portrayal is impressive as a woman is trapped under the wreckage and her frantic husband tries to free her.

Cabby Jay Trotter (Richard Dreyfuss) is having a good day or what? A very average guy with a huge gambling problem is killing it at the track.