On a long enough timeline, most long running horror franchises succumb to the same fate. Starting with a high concept, scary original they follow them
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Skyscraper (2018) – Review
Hollywood lore once told a story: once upon a time, in the coke fuelled era known as the 80’s, a bunch of movie executives were
Prometheus (2012) – Review
Prometheus should’ve been a triumphant return… It marked the return of Ridley Scott to science fiction, a genre he hadn’t tackled since 1982 with the
Maximum Overdrive (1986) – Review
“I’m gonna scare the Hell outta you, and that’s a promise!” threatens Stephen King himself as he leers at you from the trailer for his
Con Air (1997) – Review
Is there a more quintessential 90’s action movie than Con Air? I don’t mean the best, although it’s definitely top tier. Oh sure, Speed is
Jaws 2 (1978) – Review
Just how an impressively ordinary a movie Jaws 2 is, is quite the thing to behold. Following up one of the greatest blockbusters of all
Warcraft (2016) – Review
Man, I really wanted to like this one. Not because I’m big on the video game or anything but because I was really hoping that
Child’s Play (1988) – Review
Joining an established club with entrenched members is never easy, especially when membership means being embraced by the public in general and this goes doubly
Spider-Man (2002) – Review
There are conflicting opinions as to where to pin point the exact moment when the modern comic book movie finally caught on. Some believe Blade,
Rampage (2018) – Review
Could it be we finally have an easy, 3-step recipe for avoiding the videogame movie adaptation curse? 1) Take 80’s videogame that has no plot
Atomic Blonde (2017) – Review
Charlize Theron climbed the action mountain with her superlative role in the sublime Mad Max: Fury road and now she’s returned to the genre with
Predators (2010) – Review
Try as they might, filmmakers just a can’t seem to give the Predator that flawless second outing he so richly deserves. The original is a
Don’t Breathe (2016) – Review
In what’s turning out to be quite a kick ass year for modern horror, this reunion of the Evil Dead remake’s main players (heavily abused
Bad Times At The El Royale (2018) – Review
Tricksy, labyrinthine plots are somewhat a double edged sword. Go too simple and the audience pulls way out in front, able to second guess every
X-Men: First Class (2011) – Review
After 20th Century Fox had double dipped failure with the uninspiring threequel Last Stand AND the messy prequel X-Men: Origins, they found their franchise in
Total Recall (1990) – Review
Snuggled neatly in the centre of Paul Verhoven’s magnificent unofficial Sci-fi trilogy, sits Total Recall (we don’t count Hollow Man, Kevin Bacon’s invisible penis thriller,
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Review
By the time it was time to make a sequel to the biggest film in the world, George Lucas backed out. The sheer stress of
Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2019) – Review
As we finally get to the end of Toho Animation and Polygram’s attempt to bring the King Of The Monsters to the anime, an audible
Deep Blue Sea (1999) – Review
I have to admit, every time Hollywood hurls serious cash at an animal run amok movie, my pulse quickens. Since Jaws tore chunks out of
The Girl In The Spider’s Web (2018) – Review
The first attempt at the fourth book containing the fourth appearance of a character in her fifth film being played by a third actress is
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