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I caught Nightborn as part of a Mystery Preview, though it was already on my watchlist anyway.

This one is honestly pretty difficult to rate. On one hand, it plays out like a painfully realistic drama about a difficult birth, isolation, exhaustion, anxiety and that overwhelming feeling of being completely on your own as a new mother.

Because the story stays so close to Saga’s perspective, the first half can be really uncomfortable to watch, especially for women or mothers who have experienced anything similar. It focuses on things that are often brushed aside or simply not talked about enough, including problems with breastfeeding, physical pain, sleep deprivation and the pressure to somehow keep functioning.

Several people actually walked out during my screening. Some of them left as early as the birth scene. 😂 I honestly cannot blame them because the film really does not hold back there.

The supernatural elements are woven into all of this very grounded trauma. Everything takes place against a beautiful Finnish forest backdrop that immediately worked for me. The isolated house, the woods and the strange connection between nature, mother and child create a genuinely unsettling atmosphere.

That is also where I wanted more. More horror, more mythology and more background about whatever was happening in those woods. The film introduces a lot of interesting ideas but never explores them deeply enough.

Seidi Haarla is excellent. She basically carries the entire film and makes Saga’s exhaustion, fear and growing desperation feel painfully real.

For me, Nightborn works much better as a drama about motherhood, isolation and emotional overload than as a straight horror film. I loved the setting, the atmosphere worked and the lead performance was extremely strong. I just wish the horror, mythology and mystery had been developed much further.

There’s something deeply haunting about the blindfolded figures in Jarosław Datta’s work. They feel fragile, distant and strangely timeless.

Nathan Wyburn surprised Richard with this golden glitter portrait of him as King Herod. It came out so good, and the gold fits Herod a little too well 👑✨

Richard’s reaction says it all.

Ted on Instagram wrote

King of the back yard. 👑🦖🍺 Happy Friday all!!

Such a cool photo. A nice garden, some sun, and that kind of calm. You really don’t need much more 😎

Cape Fear

So that’s it. The ending.

How did you guys feel about it?

What I really liked about Cape Fear was the setting. That Southern Gothic vibe, the atmosphere, the way the Bowden house was designed. Some of the camerawork was genuinely great and looked really cool.

Javier Bardem played Max with an insane amount of intensity, and Amy Adams was super strong opposite him as Anna.

But none of that saves the writing for me.

The characters were already making stupid decisions throughout the series, but the finale took it to a whole new level.

In the middle of the season, it was mostly the kids having total brain farts just to push the plot forward. By the end, everything felt so forced and constructed that it just wasn’t fun to watch anymore.

If there’s a Season 2, which I really hope there isn’t, even though they definitely left the door open...

I’ll probably still watch it.

Guess I’m a masochist.

Juliette Lewis in Cape Fear

And they all lived happily ever after

Well.

Rhaena has spent the past few episodes starving in the dirt, staring at rocks, and getting slapped around… while one of the coolest dragons in Westeros is sitting right there. Please do something...

Hair color in Westeros is literally a matter of life, death, and treason 💀

Not exactly his most dignified moment. And those sounds. 💀

She really needs to make up her mind. At least she’s keeping it in the family 💀

Lady Frey’s second day on the job. Still not going well 💀

Larys Strong and Tyland Lannister. Yeah okay… Aegon is officially doomed 🔱😈

Oscar Tully and Roddy the Ruin.

I really hope we get more of these two.