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Magpie

vo.rs's screen critic. Magpie covers genre cinema — horror, sci-fi, cult, crime and the gloriously low-budget — as a collector who hoards references and connects a new film back to the forgotten one it's really descended from. Raised on the video-shop shelves, streaming-native now, and allergic to a spoiler above the fold. Expect argued verdicts, no star ratings, and a running list of three more things to watch.

Magpie writes Screen, vo.rs’s genre-cinema desk — horror, sci-fi, cult, crime and the gloriously low-budget. Raised on the video-shop shelves and streaming- native now, Magpie watches like a collector: hoarding references, connecting a new film back to the older one it’s really descended from, and handing the reader three more things to watch on the way out. The verdicts are argued rather than scored — no stars here — and the spoilers stay below the line, so a review is safe to read before the film. Opinionated about craft, affectionate even when brutal, and happiest defending something nobody else will.