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Who’s ready for some sleuthing as we bring you the chance to win a Queens of Mystery series 2 DVD in our new giveaway here on Blazing Minds. MURDER MYSTERY royalty is back in Queens of Mystery, as the second series of the witty and whimsical Emmy® nominated crime caper receives its long-awaited DVD and digital release on 6 April, courtesy of Acorn Media International, following its release on U&Drama. Created for television by writer Julian Unthank (Doc Martin, New Tricks), the bold and colourful series features a stellar female-led British cast with Julie Graham (This City Is Ours, Shetland)…
Russian director Kirill Sokolov made a name for himself with his 2018 debut Why Don’t You Just Die! — a scrappy, blood-soaked debut that had no business being as entertaining as it was. There was something genuinely demented about it, a filmmaker clearly making exactly the film he wanted to make. They Will Kill You is a different kind of test. Bigger budget, Hollywood infrastructure, a proper star. Some of that original spark survives. A lot of it doesn’t. What Is They Will Kill You About? They Will Kill You (2026) © New Line Cinema / Warner Bros. Pictures. Via…
Everything about how this film was received in 1982 looks wrong in hindsight. Ridley Scott‘s neo-noir science fiction cost $28 million and made $33 million in US theatres. Critics called it cold and confusing. The studio added a voiceover to explain things they didn’t trust audiences to understand, and attached a happy ending that actively undermined the film’s point. The original theatrical cut — the one most people first encountered — was a compromised version of Scott’s vision, and even that managed to influence every cyberpunk aesthetic that followed it. The subsequent director’s cut removed the damage. The reputation, by…
Fantastic news for one of my favourite films of 2025 as Sinners rises to Number 1, climbing four places to reclaim the top spot, continuing its remarkable run following multiple Oscar wins. The dark, character-driven drama follows twin brothers returning to their Mississippi hometown in search of a fresh start, only to discover an even greater evil waiting to welcome them back — a gripping exploration of guilt, redemption and the past that refuses to stay buried. Last week’s chart-topper, Wicked – For Good, slips to Number 2, after previously securing four non-consecutive weeks at Number 1. The spectacular musical…
It’s action, suspense and high-stakes drama all the way as LEGEND presents eleven star-studded Channel premieres in April, spearheaded by Brian De Palma’s brutal crime classic CARLITO’S WAY, starring Al Pacino, high octane action comedy MR. AND MRS. SMITH, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed heist thriller INSIDE MAN, and Timur Bekmambetov’s all guns-blazing WANTED, starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Terence Stamp. Then there is the cold war spy thriller BULLET TO BEIJING, starring Michael Caine as a retired Harry Palmer, buddy-cop film MONEY TRAIN, starring Wesley Snipes and Jennifer Lopez, and two murderous action…
Some thriller movies are easy to admire. Smart plot. Sharp twist. Clean payoff. Then there are the ones that leave a bruise. The ones that feel a little off from the start, like the movie already knows something you do not. Dark thriller movies work that way. They are less interested in excitement than pressure. Less interested in answers than damage. A glance lasts too long. A lie sits there and starts to rot. One decision ruins everything. That is why the best of them stay with you. Not because they are loud, but because they get under your skin…
There’s a very specific moment when a horror sequel gives itself away. It isn’t the first kill. It isn’t the first big reveal. It’s the moment the film starts explaining itself. Ready or Not 2 does exactly that. And that is where the trouble begins. The first Ready or Not worked because it was viciously simple. A bride. A rich, diseased family. One night. One rule: survive. It didn’t need much mythology. It didn’t need an expanded system. It didn’t need lore. It worked because it was lean, cruel, funny, and fast. The sequel seems to misunderstand that entirely. Instead…