Paul Chapinal

Americana There is something engaging about a young boy Cal (Gavin Maddox Bergman) who has clearly watched too many old westerns and sees himself as the incarnation of Sitting Bull.

My review of Americana. Available now on digital platforms. #Review #Americana
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My London FrightFest 2025 reviews are all here. @frightfest.bsky.social #FrightFest
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@masterchefaus.bsky.social Just watching one of the programmes in New Zealand on TVNZ2 and the accompanying music is incessant and drowning out the commentary. It's ruining the programme.

The short film showcases are one of the highlights of FrightFest and the great news is that there are four this year. @frightfest.bsky.social #FrightFest #FF25

Savages (Sauvages) There are two interpretations of the term savages early on though it doesn’t take long to work out which one applies to whom.

My review of Savages. In UK cinemas on 1 August 2025. #Review #Savages #Sauvages
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Zero This is a slightly amended version of the review for Zero’s presentation at the Glasgow Film Festival 2025.

My review of Zero. Out now in UK cinemas. #Review #Zero
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Rusalka at the Sydney Opera House this evening.

YouTube video by Netflix Stranger Things 5 | Official Teaser | Netflix

Trailer for Stranger Things 5, due out on Netflix 27 November 2025. #StrangerThings
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FrightFest London 2025 announces line-up They have such wonders to show you, to paraphrase Clive Barker through Pinhead. For twenty six years FrightFest London has been a showcase for horror and fantasy in all its diverse glory.

My overview of London FrightFest 2025. #FrightFest @frightfest.bsky.social
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Night Terror The scary bedtime folktale of The Sandman is a flexible myth. The entity being good and bad as the bringer of dreams or nightmares. It has been interpreted many times in many forms. The best known th...

My review of Night Terror. Available now on digital platforms. #Review #NightTerror
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Good times in bad: preview of the August FrightFest 2025  - Projected Figures Good times in bad: preview of the FrightFest 2025, to take place 21st to 25th August in London's Leicester Square

Weekend passes for this August's @frightfest.bsky.social available from noon today #FF25 Good luck, everyone! projectedfigures.com/2025/07/10/g...

Thoughts on Superman. Christopher Reeves' tenure will endure forever. With this film I reckon David Corenswet, will probably bury the Cavill years. The core is familiar but in essence it's a full on reboot & quite a weird one at times. If you want it to be, it's also highly political. Recommended

The Other Way Around (Volveréis) The conversation between Alex (Vito Sanz) and Ale (Itsaso Arana) while in bed one night is probably not that unusual. Their relationship is stagnant after fifteen years and they are considering splitt...

My review of The Other Way Around. In UK cinemas on 11 July 2025. #Review #TheOtherWayAround
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#NowWatching.
One of the great westerns. Cold in every sense of the word.

Hot Milk Based on a 2016 novel of the same name (which I haven’t read) by Deborah Levy, Hot Milk was adapted by writer and director Rebecca Lenkiewicz for her feature film debut.

My review of Hot Milk. In UK cinemas on 4 July 2025. #Review #HotMilk #Mubi
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a man with purple hair is covering his face with his hands ALT: a man with purple hair is covering his face with his hands

I've only watched the first episode of the 2nd part of season 2 but I'm already feeling one would have been fine. #NowWatching #SquidGame

Chicken Town A narrator with a clear East Anglian accent introduces the viewer to Lee Matthew Jr (Ramy Ben Fredj) who on a high, pinches a car, joyrides, crashes, runs off and then, through connections gets the bl...

My review of Chicken Town. In UK cinemas on 27 June 2025. #Review #ChickenTown
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Lollipop Molly (Posy Sterling) having ended her four-month jail sentence is keen to be reunited with her children Ava (Tegan-Mia Stanley Rhoads) and Leo (Luke Howitt).

My review of Lollipop. In UK cinemas on 13 June 2025. #Review #Lollipop @bbcfilm.bsky.social
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Protein It’s not a unique idea to try to place a serial killer into a social context. Films as diverse and American Psycho and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer come at these issues albeit from polar opposit...

My review of Protein. In UK cinemas on 13 June 2025. #Review #Protein
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Cielo The first thing that strikes as Cielo begins is the beauty of the colours and the cinematography. The rugged landscapes of the Bolivian altiplano are stunning contrasting with the vivid colours of San...

My review of Cielo, which had its UK premiere at SXSW London on 6 June. There's another screening on 7 June. #Review #Cielo
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Atop the unwatched pile for too long. #NowWatching for the first time. #Ganja&Hess

I highly recommend Cielo which has its UK premiere at SXSW London on 6 June with another screening on the 7th. #Cielo #SXSWLondon

Darling Still effervescent and relevant at 60 Darling has been given a 4K restoration for its release into cinemas and later on DVD/Blu-ray.

My review of Darling. In cinemas again on 30 May and on 4K UHD and bluray on 16 June 2025. #Review #Darling @studiocanal.com
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Bogancloch Bogancloch is the follow up to Ben Rivers 2011 film Two Years at Sea the featured Jake Williams. Which I haven’t seen.

My review of Bogancloch. In UK cinemas on 30 May 2025. #Review #Bogancloch
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The Surrender With her daughter Megan (Colby Minifie), Barbara (Kate Burton) is caring after her terminally ill husband Robert (Vaughn Armstrong) at the family home.

My review of The Surrender. Available on Shudder from 23 May 2025. #Review #TheSurrender @shudder.com
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The Ugly Stepsister (Den stygge stesøsteren) Fairy tales are notoriously easy to bend one way or another either wholesome and nice or violent and nasty. The former is usually the route that Disney has preferred to with their adaptations, while o...

My review of The Ugly Stepsister. Currently streaming on Shudder. #Review @shudder.com #TheUglyStepsister
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So far Lithuania and Greece. #eurovision

#eurovision for the first time watching with no commentary. My TV has dual language so turned off the Spanish pair. so only the Swiss presenters and artists audible.

Tonight's noir is The Las Vegas Story (1952). I found a cheap dvd set of Mature's noir films. The transfers are poor. The films are ok. Interesting to see Mature away from the sword & sandal epics he's better known for. #filmnoir @filmnoiruk.bsky.social @noirfoundation.bsky.social

Final Destination :Bloodlines Of all the major horror franchises that have appeared over the past 30 years or so, Final Destination is a step or two apart from the likes of Scream, Saw, Conjuring and various others.

My review of Final Destination :Bloodlines. In UK and Irish cinemas now. #Review #FinalDestination #bloodlines @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social
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