Film Review - Five Nights at Freddys 2 (2025)

Five Nights at Freddys 2 is the sequel to the 2023 movie Five Nights at Freddys and like this movie was based on the video game series, this movie sees Mike (Josh Hutcherson) try to move on with his life after the events of the first film but his little sister Abby (Piper Rubio) misses her friends at the old Freddys Pizzeria and wants them fixed so she tries to do so unaware it will only bring up ghosts from the past.

Five Nights at Freddys 2 is fine but also very very forgettable and after watching this movie I did find myself wishing these movies were better because the elements are here for a solid horror franchise: A mystery/backstory/characters and a clear villain and all of them in both movies have been wasted somewhat, the mystery and backstory feel at times overly complicated and uninteresting to watch while the cast are kinda there.

Hutcherson is good as he was in the first film but part of me did think “Peeta’s in trouble once again, can’t take some people anywhere can ya” while Elizabeth Lail is okay but shines best when she has scenes with Hutcherson as the two have good chemistry together, Piper Rubio is a good little actress but ends up becoming the standard kid that gets ignored in a Horror movie while Mackenna Grace (a newcomer to this series) has too little screen time.

What is great across both of these movies are the animatronic effects, they are superbly done here and whenever they come on screen there is a real weight and texture to them that is rarely seen with digital characters which can often look like something out of a computer game but here the practical creatures look great and if they were in better movies could’ve become very memorable horror characters like Freddy Krueger.

And so that was Five Nights at Freddys 2 and honestly if you liked the first film you’ll probably like this one otherwise I wouldn’t bother, its dull to sit through and forgettable after you leave the cinema, 2 out of 5.

Film Review - Nuremberg (2025)

Nuremberg is a new historical drama that stars Rami Malek as Dr Douglas Kelley, a shrink who is brought in by the US Army to assess the mental health of Herman Goring (Russell Crowe) after he is captured trying to flee Germany after WW2, this would later lead to the famous Nuremberg trials.

Nuremberg is a movie that really affected me and is one of my absolute favourite films of the year, firstly it is a riveting drama that does run a little long at 148 minutes I didn’t really care all that much, the events on screen had me hooked as it told a great historical drama that has a lot of resonance in the times we currently live in.

Secondly there is a lot of great performances, Rami Malek is very good as Dr Kelley even if he goes a little too over the top at times, John Slattery is solid as the head of the Nuremberg prison camp while Michael Shannon and Richard E Grant are very good as the main prosecutors in the Nuremberg trails.

As for Russell Crowe as Goring he is good but at times his German accent sounds a little cartoonish which bothered me a little.

And so that was Nuremberg and this is definitely going to be in my favourite films list of the year, a great drama with a historical truth, great performances and a timely message at its core, I hope this movie finds its way into School Curriculums someday, 4 and a half out of 5.