Sometimes a movie comes along with a premise so promising, it causes you to uncontrollably salivate like Giger’s Alien at the prospect of experiencing it.
Tag: Historical Epic
300 (2006) – Review
Throughout his very notable career, the indomitable Zack Snyder and his filmography has swung wildly between having me be genuinely impressed with his distinctive, muscular
Gladiator (2000) – Review
At one point in Gladiator, Ridley Scott’s epic exhuming and re-animating of the entire sword and sandal genre, Russell Crowe’s stoic general, Maximus Decimus Meridius,
Lone Wolf And Cub: Sword Of Vengeance (1972) – Review
Chances are, even if you’ve never even heard of the Lone Wolf & Cub series, you’ve still most likely come across it in some form.
The Last Of The Mohicans (1992) – Review
Michael Mann is known as one of greatest directors of cops and robbers movies that’s ever set foot on a film set, and rightfully so
The 13th Warrior (1999) – Review
Before Robert Eggers’ The Northman and six seasons of Michael Hirst’s insanely popular Vikings, movies featuring those notoriuos, shaggy Nordic marauders (let alone good ones)
Pompeii (2014) – Review
I guess we can’t blame Paul W.S. Anderson for wanting to multitask; after all this is a man who once thought it was a good
The Woman King (2022) – Review
Ever since Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther decisively threw open the doors for blockbuster movies that feature predominantly black casts, filmmakers and themes, I’ve been patiently
The Northman (2022) – Review
In merely two films, director Robert Eggers has positioned himself to being the go-to guy for traumatizing yet rich experiences in a period setting. 2015’s
The Vikings (1958) – Review
Watching the epics from cinema’s past is often a surreal experience as it’s kinda weird to see what trends were obsessing audiences during Hollywood’s many
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