Mathew Buck

New Projector Short! After the success of their last #film A Guilty Conscience, Dayo Wong and director Jack Ng reteam for Night King, a bawdy, star-studded Chinese New Year comedy set in the last hostess nightclub standing. At 130 mins, this night feels never-ending. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PjMV1nV7CvI

New Projector Review! Ain't no rule in the book that says a goat can't play basketball! No, it's not an Air Bud scenario, but the Stephen Curry-backed animation GOAT sees a "small" enter the game of roarball. But it might be focused on the wrong GOAT. #film http://youtube.com/watch?v=SklB2eXCHtk

New Projector Review! I've been a bit ill lately, so excuse my lateness for my take on 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, as this franchise gets stranger and thematically richer, with Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell playing the best and worst of humanity. #film http://youtube.com/watch?v=HIXWe3SbAeU

New Projector Short! It was the falling out that divided Ireland: Éanna Hardwicke's Roy Keane and Steve Coogan's Mick McCarthy's epic clash in Saipan before the 2002 World Cup is now a #film that, while taking some dramatic liberties, scored for this non-football fan. https://youtube.com/shorts/UHUvmc6ntsg

After her father Brendan Gleeson dies, Claire Foy trains a goshawk in her grief in an awards-friendly adaptation of Helen Macdonald's memoir H is for Hawk, where Foy delivers a fantastic performance, but the movie holds the audience at a strange distance emotionally. #film https://youtube.com/shorts/hxJW6a8pxLU

New Projector Short! Terracotta warriors of the Qin dynasty go up against time travellers from the future with machine guns and motorbikes and hoverboards in their pockets in Hong Kong sci-fi actioner Back to the Past, a belated sequel to a TV show I've never seen. #film https://youtube.com/shorts/hhvc8tmIpgI

New Projector Short! Kristen Stewart throws you into the deep end of trauma and memory in The Chronology of Water, featuring a stellar performance from Imogen Poots, that is so uniquely edited and structured it borders on experimental. It's edgy, raw, and hard to watch. #film https://youtube.com/shorts/hsm7fSxaaPo

New Projector Short! Matt Damon and Ben Affleck stumble onto a stash house containing $20 million of dirty cash, but is someone going to try and steal The Rip? Joe Carnahan's thriller is dark and sweary, but given the incredible cast, it doesn't quite add up. #film https://youtube.com/shorts/cffJva9YA6M

New Projector Short! Primate is an old-fashioned animal attack movie, as a rabies-infected chimpanzee turns on his owners, and is a gorily fun time for horror fans. It's pretty suspenseful in a trashily enjoyable way, but don't expect a lot of substance under the frights. #film https://youtube.com/shorts/6BPxpFZA9sc

New Projector Short! South African actioner Lost Horizon sees a group of soldiers-for-hire get in trouble with a group of rebels working for a crime lord, but is so sloppily made and badly performed that it becomes unintentionally funny. For bad movie fans only. #film https://youtube.com/shorts/Xlpc4ilEAH4

I posted an update about all the stuff I got up to in December! #film https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxhloNvMxR0yGMkj9UjwlwCXsCi4rsItuu

New Projector Short! Harry Melling becomes a sub to Alexander Skarsgård's brooding biker in Pillion, a darkly comic ride on the edge of uncomfortability that's a sharply perceptive look at what people want out of love. And I regret reviewing it in a biker jacket. #film https://youtube.com/shorts/2MtRds65W6o

The Flubs from the TerrorVision crossover with Diamanda Hagan are now up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgkpWIiDuJI

New Projector Short! I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not tries to paint a slightly more empathetic portrait of the cantankerous comedian, who at one point was one of the biggest stars in the world, but makes no secret that he tarnished a lot of good will professionally. #film https://youtube.com/shorts/FBBB4xma8ZE

What a way to kick off the year! I team up with Diamanda Hagan for a look at the 80s comedy-horror Terror Vision, which she thinks is a subversive piece of satire, but I think struggles to stretch the premise out to 80 minutes. Tune in if you dare! #film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_xIMrq0OU

New Projector Short! How about one final review of the year? Ralph Fiennes leads The Choral in a Yorkshire town decimated by the First World War in this drama written by Alan Bennett, that's strongly acted but has too many voices in subplots competing to be heard. #film https://youtube.com/shorts/mK3knH7MhLg