The much-anticipated sequel to Todd Phillip’s groundbreakingly, grounded comic book movie is finally upon us. Now, when your first iteration is celebrated for breaking away from the pack and being brilliantly self-contained, a sequel will always come with (perhaps, unachievably) high expectations. And sadly, come the end credits of Joker: Folie à Deux you can’t help but hear the Bee Gees Started to Cry Lyrics “Oh, if I’d only seen, that the joke was on me” as you walk in slow-motion towards the cinema car park.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ (2024)
What seems like a lifetime ago, we open up on Logan (Hugh Jackman) where we left him last… Dead. Seven years after the events that transpired in Logan (2017), The Merc with the Mouth (Ryan Reynolds) is digging up the grave of our favourite X-Men member in a bid to ignite the adventure of Shawn Levy’s (Free Guy, The Adam Project) Deadpool & Wolverine.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Longlegs’ (2024)
We open on an Oregon farm in the dead of winter through the POV of what looks like a ‘70s home video. A young child has a run-in with a rather unsavoury individual – who is even too tall to fit into the frame. The stranger addresses this by stating “It seems I wore my long legs today” before squatting to reveal their haunting face. And with that, the antagonist of Oz Perkins’ (son of infamous horror legend, Anthony Perkins) tale is introduced in the form of Nicholas Cage’s (like you’ve never seen him before) Longlegs.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Saltburn’ (2023)
Academy Award-winning, Emerald Fennell brings us her much-anticipated follow-up to Promising Young Woman. The darkly comedic, stylistic, satirical thriller, surrounding class and depravity (quite the understatement), Saltburn.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘The Defender’ (2023)
Gary J Hewitt’s The Defender pretty much delivers what it promises on the tin. This is a story we’ve seen time and time again. If someone described a movie about a vigilante with a troubled past, taking the law into their own hands, already your mind is swarming with titles.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘The Pact’ (2023)
Paul Sutton’s The Pact sees three women coming to the realisation that they’re in bad marriages – each one differently toxic in its own way – and realise something has to be done.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Red Fox’ (2023)
Red Fox tells a powerful tale of blurred “justice” and despair, as a bunch of deluded folk of faith hunt a homeless man for sport out in the country.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Sid’ (2023)
A tale that was just waiting to be told, Shahzaib Yaqoob’s short brings us a dark re-imagining, showing the aftermath of Toy Story (1) and the knock-on effect it had on the movie’s antagonist, Sid (Tom Moore).
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Orchid Moon’ (2023)
Orchid Moon follows the life of Harry (Jake Waring), a troubled individual with a burden he must suppress by any means necessary, taking us on a voyage through his troubled mindset.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ (2023)
Okay, let’s get down to it, boppers. As you settle into your IMAX cinema seat – all nice and cosy – the film starts to begin, and then, without warning your eardrums burst at the sound of wrapped fists hitting a bloodied board. This isn’t our first rodeo, we know there’s only one man that can throw a punch like that and his name… is John Wick (Keanu Reeves).
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Christopher.’ (2023)
We begin following the aftermath of multiple murders committed by the sociopathic salesman, Christopher. Then, through a mix of police interview footage and flashbacks, we’re able to journey into Christopher’s sinister acts of brutality.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Natura’ (2023)
From the opening shot, you’re immediately captured by an open woodland which truly readies you for being emersed in nature (or Natura in this case) for the next hour.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Melanie’s Grave’ (2023)
A robber on the run chooses to lay low, away from prying eyes and the law. Unfortunately for him, the chosen hideout may not be the best – as the house is occupied by Mel (Rachel Meredith), an individual with autism and quite severe OCD.
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Jacked In Recommends ‘Barbarian’ (2022)
Tess (Georgina Campbell) is visiting from out of town for the interview of a lifetime. Unfortunately, after a bit of a mix-up with Airbnb, it seems she may have a roommate… but not everything is as it seems.
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Jacked In Reviews ‘Hellraiser’ (2022)
After a 4 year hiatus, a new Hellraiser dawns on the big (well, depending on the size of your television) screen and we brace ourselves, ready to be immersed in the sadomasochistic world of Clive Barker once again…
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