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If I had a dog this photogenic and just downright adorbs I might also be tempted to make a feature length film which has him in every scene. The real meaning of the movie is pretty obvious from early on in and I get it, but I'm not really sure it works for a feature length film although the concept is rather brilliant. Apparently Indy is a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever which is an oddly specific name for a dog breed, and I'm sure people will be rushing out to get Indy puppies. Distinct lack of ducks, very little tolling, but if you're going to sit for 70 mins watching a film with a cute dog and can handle a little horror, this is a good candidate.

This is a drawn out hot mess. Mara is watchable as the astronaut who believes she may have brought something back from her space mission, but even Laurence Fishburne looks slightly puzzled about what he's doing in this movie and the ending is rushed and, frankly, ridiculous. This has been a dire year for sci-fi films and you'd be better rewatching an old episode or two of Black Mirror than this drivel.

This is one to put on the radar for horror fans. It's creepy as hell in parts with some stand-out moments in particular one in the tent towards the end. I imagine this is inspired by the Brady/Hindley murders (horrific enough without a supernatural element). If you've ever visited a moor in England it can be unnerving, easy to get lost and a sense of something old and ancient which is conveyed brilliantly in this film. There's a subtle element of paganism with strange carvings and statues, a part of British history that is still relatively unknown but often pops up in horror novels (Phil Rickman being one), and a faceless serial killer that ups the horror ante. It's slow-plodding in places and if had been a tad tighter it would have been stand-out. The cast are relatively unknown but the two female leads are ones to watch. All in all this was a great find.