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2 days ago | filmhounds.co.uk | Gavin Spoors

Back in 2022, director Dan Trachtenberg and writer Patrick Aison breathed new life into the Predator franchise with Prey. Dropping the terrifying alien hunter into a different time period was a stroke of genius that opened up new possibilities for what the nearly forty-year-old series could be. A blood-thirsty Predator battling Vikings, samurai and other warriors throughout time? Predator: Killer of Killers says yes to all of the above in one fell swoop.

3 days ago | filmhounds.co.uk | Matt Goddard

Doctor Who is a unique series in many ways, not least because it can feel saddled by its past while simultaneously brushing it off. That's been felt more acutely since the show became a BBC and Disney+ co-production. While it's meant larger budgets for the 62-year-old show, the partnership has set some of the more old-school fandom quivering.

1 week ago | filmhounds.co.uk | Matt Goddard

The Ritual is a good old-fashioned slow-burner. It lets its characters do the talking, and when its subject matter is the ritual of exorcism, you'd reasonably expect the talking to fall on two sides of the equation of good and evil. But anyone with shares in pea soup or Italian mopeds shouldn't get too excited. The Ritual is a purposefully domestic take on the subgenre, and it takes pains to tell us that it's based on real events.

1 week ago | filmhounds.co.uk | Awais Irfan

Karate Kid: Legends is the first theatrical entry in the franchise in 15 years, since the 2010 reboot starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. Sure, Karate Kid has thrived in the streaming corner with legacy-sequel-series Cobra Kai, but Legends relishes in the spectacle of the big screen – a peppy reminder of the popcorn fun this series has brought for over three decades.

1 week ago | filmhounds.co.uk | Katie Hogan

The Nice Guys is a throwback to the cop dramas and mismatched buddy movies of the 70s, 80s and 90s. Even though the comedic elements are front and centre, the story and characters still manage to tread into mystery/thriller territory, making it feel very much like a much less serious version of Chinatown. Yet it still covers serious subject, hidden by unexpected comedic chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe plus the frequent porn connections to the case they're working on.