The genre of the hard boiled cop pushed too far by the system pretty much hit it’s zenith in the 70s thanks to the sight
The genre of the hard boiled cop pushed too far by the system pretty much hit it’s zenith in the 70s thanks to the sight
When it comes to intelligently co-opting pre-existing iconic visuals and story tropes into its collective, possibly only Quentin Tarantino has managed to take so many
A little while ago, I attempted the rather delicate task of trying to review the 2001 horror film Jeeper Creepers as fairly as I could
Of all the brazen influences that Stranger Things wears on its sleeve, one of the less apparent ones is the effect the works of David
When the correct filmmaker attaches themselves to an existing franchise, the fireworks that usually result tend to hit with the force of a Predator’s exploding
When you cast your mind back, the arrival of Stranger Things managed to change the game in quite a few ways. Not least of all
It’s truly facinating how echoes of film concepts can drift through the ether and pop up again in a completely different form that still carry
“Mr. Crowley”, sung Ozzy Oborne once “What went on in your head?”. Well, when it comes to the mindset of director Adam Green, is seems
Once upon a time, The Walking Dead was known for some of the most shocking, out-of-left-field twists on TV. Character deaths, major status quo shifts,
The killer shark movie has been swimming in circles for quite a while now as endless movies (usually straight to streaming) from all around the
I wonder if the writers of the old Tarzan films ever panicked when asked to pen yet another adventure featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs’ rippling muscled
Cinema has always been stuffed full of ironies, but one of my favorite is that Sniper, a movie about the stealthiest of military professions, somehow
Some movie cement their place in immortality by crafting a sublime experience that takes you to another world so completely that for a while at
Over the last few months, my journey through the Karate Kid franchise has taken to some far stranger places than Encino or Bejing. I am
Out of all the long running, low end action franchises out there, surely The Marine series was one of the most directionless. Starting out as
After three episodes and it finally seems like the second season of Dead City is finally getting to something approaching a point. What first seemed
Anyone else feel like the exorcism movie could use an exorcism of its own? I only say this because I’m long past the point now
Let me relay to you my idea of a concept of absolute Hell. Imagine this: you’re sat at a PC, trying to write a screenplay
For those utterly unfamiliar with the games, The Last Of Us has been a rollercoaster ride that’s merged truly heartfelt storytelling with semi-regular gut punches
Shifts in subgenre midway through a franchise aren’t as rare (or as desperate) as they might initially sound, it’s just how you handle it that