Matt Rogerson

Matt Rogerson

Favorite films

  • Don't Torture a Duckling
  • Mulholland Drive
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  • The Demon

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  • Companion

    ★★★★

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★½

  • Presence

    ★★★½

  • Don't Move

    ★★★½

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  • Companion

    Companion

    ★★★★

    There's been no shortage of thought-provoking, social commentary horror over the last 12 months that reflects our times. Times when white cishet men are intent on punishing women and any other minority group that has sought emancipation.

    Companion is no different.

    It can be summed up by the hateful, murderous misogynistic antagonist uttering, with genuine self-belief, the words "I'm a good guy".

    It is also held together with some great performances, notably from Sophie Thatcher, every bit as wonderful here as she is in Yellowjackets. Quaid does Quaid (he plays snivelling pricks really well), Lucas Gage is excellent as Patrick.

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★½

    Wasn't bad. Wasn't good. Was a thing that happened and my eyes saw it.

    I have Marvel burnout, I think.

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  • Vivarium

    Vivarium

    ★★★★★

    Bloody. Hell.

    You know when a film comes out of nowhere and just blindsides you? That oh so rare movie that taps into your most strongly held beliefs, your utmost desires, or your deepest, darkest fears?

    In 2020, Vivarium is that film for me. It might also be for others, given what most of the free world is living through at the moment.

    It is an absurd, kafkaesque, surreal nightmare. It deals with the rigours of mundanity, the horror of…

  • Longlegs

    Longlegs

    Ever get the feeling you watched a completely different film to everyone else?

    Seems Os Perkins' latest has its fans, with others suggesting it sets the bar for 2024 horror. For me, it not so much set the bar as dropped the bar in a cowpat.

    First, the good:

    There are approximately 4 minutes of absolutely genre film DYNAMITE in here, and that's Nic Cage's screen time. His absolutely unhinged performance is incredible, both hysterical and visceral, rousing and unsettling,…