Day: 23 April 2026

Mouse: P.I. for Hire stuffs chaotic action into a charming, noir-centric story

If you were drawn to Mouse: P.I. for Hire purely for its unique, rubber-hose art style like I was, I don’t blame you. Games like Cuphead and even Bendy and the Ink Machine have certainly popularised this art style over the past few years, but Mouse: P.I. for Hire felt different. Was it the subject matter?…

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Interview: Writer/director James Litchfield on the unhinged romance of Alphabet Lane

There’s a fine line between connection and performance – and Alphabet Lane walks it with a quietly unnerving confidence. What begins as a joke between two isolated lovers spirals into something far stranger, as invented friends start to feel more real than the relationship they were meant to save. Darkly funny, subtly unsettling, and unexpectedly…

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Film Review: Beast; Daniel MacPherson anchors effective MMA drama

Beast doesn’t pretend to break new ground. It moves along a well-worn path – fall from grace, one last shot, the hope of redemption – but what sets it apart is how seriously it treats that journey. Directed by Tyler Atkins, working off Russell Crowe and David Frigerio‘s script, the film is less interested in…

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Interview: Tyler Atkins on directing Beast, violence as communication, and creative transformations

Beast hits with more than just brute force. Beneath the bone-crunching action is a story about restraint, identity, and the internal battles that don’t end when the fight does. Academy Award winner Russell Crowe steps into the role of a seasoned trainer, guiding Daniel MacPherson’s Patton James – a fighter pulled back into a world…

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