reviews – homo film bro

HomoFilmBro’s 2026 Oscar Best Picture ranking

25/02/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

To quote the late, great Catherine O’Hara, it’s my favourite season – awards. For the past 3 years I have...

IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU review: No offence but that child is surely possessed by the Devil

20/02/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

Ah, children. You love ‘em. You hate ‘em. Sometimes they make you laugh, sometimes they make you scream. Do I...

THE SECRET AGENT review: Don’t be fooled by the title of this Best Picture nominee (or do, I’m not your mum)

18/02/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

Yes, the title of this Brazilian Best Picture hopeful is a misnomer; The Secret Agent is not a fast-paced thriller...

“WUTHERING HEIGHTS” review: Heathcliff, it’s me, I’m Cathy, I’ve come (full stop)

16/02/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS (for a 200 year old novel). Look, if you’re going to turn Wuthering Heights, a gothic...

WHISTLE review: Death is a scream in this fun, familiar horror

11/02/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS NO MAJOR SPOILERS. I was lucky enough this week to attend an early screening of the...

SEND HELP review: Sam Raimi crafts a bloody good time that feels like a throwback thriller

07/02/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Oh, Sam Raimi, how I love thee. The Evil Dead series (particularly Evil Dead II) is...

THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS review: Dancing zombies, claymation stunt doubles & built-in karaoke… What more could you want?

04/02/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. It’s hard out there for those of us with wide-reaching tastes in film. I mean, I...

IRON LUNG review: As a Markiplier fan, I want to defend this imperfect but promising horror

03/02/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. There’s a war on. A bitter war – between Markiplier’s die-hard fans, and the very concept...

NO OTHER CHOICE review: Don’t watch this film if you are unemployed (I am starting to get Bad Ideas)

30/01/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. It feels like a disservice to Park Chan-wook’s singularity that so many people (bar the Academy,...

CHATROOM review: Baby Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the ultimate male manipulator in this diabolically bad 2010 thriller

28/01/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

This review contains spoilers. CW: Suicide The name Hideo Nakata might not be immediately recognisable to everyone, but...

28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE review: The zombie’s third leg is basically its own character at this point

23/01/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Let’s get it out the way: I loved 28 Years Later. It was number 4...

HAMNET review: To cry or not to cry? There is no question…

16/01/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

Let’s just establish, for the purposes of this review, that William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is like… the greatest work of literature...

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH review: As the Sully family retread familiar ground, Quaritch counters his blue balls with a hot piece of ash

09/01/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. I find myself in a difficult position with the Avatar franchise. I enjoyed the first:...

MARTY SUPREME review: Timmy T is on tip-top form in this ping-pong nightmare of epic proportions

06/01/2026 | by Jay Hiro Brown

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. If you don’t know Marty Mauser, I suggest you head to the cinema and get...

Homo Film Bro’s Tops of 2025

22/12/2025 | by Jay Hiro Brown

So we have come to the end of another year of cinema. Whilst America feasts on Oscar hopefuls in November...

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2 review: Jim Henson is the best ghost haunting this plotless sequel that proves Scott Cawthon is NOT a screenwriter

18/12/2025 | by Jay Hiro Brown

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. I have a confession to make. I… am a Five Nights at Freddy’s fan. Not...