Michael Smiley – MRQE

In the Spider’s Web (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When a team of backpackers sets out to explore the Indian jungles, one of them is bitten by a poisonous spider and killed.

Bookworm

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Eleven-year-old Mildreds life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the ultimate test of family bonding a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.

Madame

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Anne and Bob, a well-to-do American couple, have just moved to a beautiful manor house in romantic Paris. To impress their sophisticated friends, they decide to host a lavish dinner party, but must disguise their maid as a noblewoman to even out the number of guests. When the maid runs off with a wealthy guest, Anne must chase her around Paris to thwart the joyous and unexpected love affair.

“Luther”

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.

The Devil Went Down to Islington

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An underachieving music teacher and his dodgy colleague end a big night out by unwittingly selling their souls to the devil for three days’ good fortune. Soon realising their grave mistake they find themselves in a race against the clock to break the deal and save their futures. But do the useless pair, aided by an unhinged priest, stand any real chance? As obstacles, and bodies, start piling up, the hour of reckoning grows near…

“Ragdoll”

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Detectives look to untangle the case of the Ragdoll Killer, who has killed six people and sewn their bodies into the shape of one grotesque body nicknamed the Ragdoll.

Censor

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled movies she pores over. Her sense of duty to protect is amplified by guilt over her inability to recall details of the long-ago disappearance of her sister. When Enid is assigned to review a disturbing film from the archive that echoes her hazy childhood memories, she begins to unravel how this eerie work might be tied to her past.

Outpost

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a seedy bar in a town ravaged by war, scientist and businessman Hunt hires mercenary and former Royal Marine D.C. to assemble a crack team of ex-soldiers to protect him on a dangerous journey into no-man’s land. Their mission is to scope out an old military bunker in Eastern Europe. It should be easy 48 hours at the most. Lots of cash for little risk. Or so he says…

Come to Daddy

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dads oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only hed known the dark truth about his old man beforehand.

Birthmarked

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.