MoviesWithSeb

Honest takes on cult, horror, world and arthouse film.

I cover cult, horror, world and arthouse film. Honest reviews, interviews with the people who actually make them, and a podcast that goes deep on the ones worth arguing about.

Reviews

Lee Cronin's The Mummy 2026

18 May 2026

The balls on Cronin, Wan and Blum to make this mess of a movie 134 minutes long needs to be studied. It's not all bad though, there's some somewhat funny moments and plenty of gross bits with great sfx. I also enjoyed following the detective around Cairo, that part was neat. Unfortunately my dudes, the story the dialogue the pacing and the runtime didn't keep me engaged enough to care much about what the movie was making a big deal of ie: the family. Our main characters are as interesting as a couple of dry biscuits, as dumb as a bag of rocks and pulled me out of the movie no matter how hard I tried to suspend my disbelief. The movie could have either been a fun egyptian spinoff of Evil Dead Rise (that stays in Egypt!!) or a deeper more serious detective thriller and it tried to do both and fumbles hard. As much as I respect Wan's vision and work I can't help but feel like his involvement here led to a mirror copy of a Conjuring movie. Including all the tropes and structures which I'm getting really fatigued with. Watch When Evil Lurks for a better version of this. Looking forward to Evil Dead Burn! A Cronin, Raimi and Vanicek collab is exciting.

When Evil Lurks 2023

Rewatched04 May 2026

I love a horror movie that has set rules and gives you breadcrumbs throughout the scenes for you to find and figure out. When Evil Lurks managed to do exactly that and it's one of the great strengths of this movie but also it's biggest problem. When you have this much sauce you can get lost in it and when a character is introduced halfway through the movie to explain everything it feels like a bit of a studio note because the movie so far is a little too confusing. Nevertheless the setup and first half is so strong that I'll forgive the weaker second half and ending. The mix of practical effects with CGI is great throughout with some truly gory moments. But the one thing that really got me turned out to be the sound of polystyrene being scraped by a spoon... nightmarish stuff. Well worth your time.

Ghost in the Shell 1995

Rewatched04 May 2026

At times weird and hard to folloy but undeniably a masterclass of animation and world building. There is a scene in the middle of this film which is simply The Major looking around this massive city to an incredible score and it feels a little strange at first when you consider the action heavy front loading of the movie but it's a moment of peace to sit back and take in this incredible city but also the concepts of what make us unique and human. In a way we're all just copies of each other but it's our memories that make us who we are. So what happens when you can upload, download and store those memories in massive data centers? In our current AI lead world, this movie is more relevant than ever. The Scar Jo remake is a travesty.

Resurrection 2025

02 May 2026

Sorry for ever thinking about picking up a camera, damn 😅 That was quite a lovely ode to cinema, l especially enjoyed the last story. The movie is beautiful, poetic and rejuvenated my love for the people who keep pushing the boundaries of what it means to make films. In terms of negatives I think they could have cut one of the sequences and tightened that runtime. Looking forward to his next film!!