With a sick daughter, and unable to find work, Ben Richards (Glen Powell) volunteers to be a contestant on the most dangerous show on television. If he survives for 30 days on the run, he will win $1 billion. But the network doesn’t exactly play fair. Hot on his trail are a team of hunters, and a population baying for blood. All of whom believe it’s in their best interests to hunt Richards down. If you've ever watched  Hunted , you've got a pretty good idea of what you're in for with The Running Man . Edgar Wright's striking adaptation of Stephen King's Richard Bachman novel has much the same feel as the Channel 4  show. Although the ex-cops and former soldiers who hunt down random celebrities and members of the public aren't allowed to actually kill them like the Hunters in The Running Man  - all of whom are a curious combo of military gear and gimp attire . Which certainly gives Wright and his movie an edge. As does Colman Domingo as the wonderfully flamboyant...

Vietnam, 1968. A recon team known as 'Vulture Squad' is sent into a remote valley in search of a missing Green Beret platoon. There they discover dinosaurs, as well as a few other things. And what begins as a rescue mission, quickly takes on a more world-ending significance. In a year when the first of a new batch of Jurassic World  movies hits cinemas, you don't expect to see it sharing the limelight with another dinosaur movie. Well I don't, anyway. But that is exactly what happened in 2025. Despite being well received, Jurassic World: Rebirth  fell victim to its own legacy, somewhat. Whereas a plucky, upstart indie movie about soldiers in Vietnam encountering dinosaurs, took the world by storm. Undoubtedly, because it did something a little bit different. Based on the book of the same name by Ethan Pettus, Primitive War  combines two genres that before now seemed pretty incompatible, and does it very well. Cue every Creedence song you can think of, as Hueys filled wi...

Acting on an anonymous tip, a Tactical Narcotics Team from the Miami Police Department carry out a raid on a house. There they discover roughly $20 million dollars hidden in a wall. Regulations require that the money be counted on site, before moving it to a secure location. But given that the house is in the middle of cartel territory, tensions begin to rise. And things go from bad to worse when it becomes clear that the intentions of certain team members may not be totally admirable. What do you do, as a cop, when your beloved colleague is murdered, and you're both in the frame for it, and unable to investigate yourself? You and your team go raid a potential stash house. That's what this particular band of veteran narcotics cops do, anyway. Joe Carnahan's latest cop drama is based (loosely) on the life of his friend Chris Casiano, a Miami cop. Casiano did apparently find $20 million stashed in a house during a raid, but that's about as close as the movie gets to reali...

After her father is murdered by a mysterious group of assassins, Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) is accepted into the Ruska Roma crime syndicate. There she is trained as both an assassin and a bodyguard, to become a 'Kikimora'. But when she encounters a man bearing the same mark as those who killed her father, Eve is forced to go against her clan in order to unravel the secrets of her past. The world of John Wick  gets a little bigger with this introduction to another highly trained killer. Having already established her herself as an action star in No Time To Die , Ana de Armas looks to be unstoppable as Eve. Something could certainly be said of her focus, and sheer will. She is driven, but emotional. Her pain feels genuine, and de Armas has clearly tried to do her own thing with the character. It's also interesting to see this world from the perspective of someone who is up and coming, rather than those who have survived in it for many years. But did it really need to be anoth...

Inspired by the arrival of  Family Guy 's take on the infamous  Hallmark  Christmas movie, I thought I'd do what everybody else has already done; rank all of the show's Christmas episodes. Back in the day I was quite an avid viewer of this crazy cartoon. Somewhere around that last  Star Wars  episode  ( It's a Trap! ), however,  something changed. That comedic edge was somehow lost. Maybe the show had simply peaked. Who knows? But from that point on, Family Guy  no longer seemed as clever, or funny.  That said, on the odd occasion the Griffins have been known to bring a little festive cheer to their mad world. So, in the spirit of the holiday, I decided to watch all the Christmas episodes to see which ones are the most festive.   It's December. Every day is dark and cold! What else was I going to do? ︌ 13 The Return of the King (of Queens) We begin with an episode that isn't particularly festive. In fact, this could easily have not ...