If The Suicide Squad taught us anything, it’s that all the time he spent with Marvel hadn’t dulled James Gunn’s more outrageous sensibilities one bit.
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Creepshow – Season 1, Episode 2: Bad Wolf Down/The Finger (2019) – Review
As I’ve no doubt mentioned before, one of the advantages of an anthology show is that if a duff episode manages to slip out, things
Peacemaker – Season 1, Episode 2: Best Friends, For Never (2022) – Review
After a cracking first episode that detailed the rehiring of the unfeasibly toxic alpha-male anti-hero, Peacemaker (aka. Christopher Smith), the second episode follows it up
Escape To Athena (1979) – Review
When you take a good, long, hard look at that much-loved sub-genre of the war film – the men on a mission movie – there’s
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) – Review
The only thing that was surprising about insanely influential screenwriter Shane Black making the long overdue jump to directing was that it took so bloody
Peacemaker – Season 1, Episode 1: A Whole New Whirl (2022) – Review
During the compromised, stormy reign of the DCEU, one of the few movies to actually hit screen that didn’t feel second-guessed to death by flummoxed
Dark Star (1974) – Review
Everybody has to start somewhere and in the case of deliriously influential film director, John Carpenter, the start was a forty minute student film made
The Lair (2022) – Review
When news broke that Neil Marshall was making a long awaited return to monster movie territory, I was understandably stoked. After all, the director kicked
The Last Stand (2013) – Review
After Arnold Schwarzenegger’s term as the Governator of California was at an end, it was only a matter of time before he found himself back
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) – Review
In a decade known for absurdly swole action heroes recklessly turning nameless bad guys into human doughnuts with enough firepower to overthrow Cuba, Beverly Hills
Super (2010) – Review
Consider the rather remarkable career trajectory of one James Gunn.Getting his start in the industry toiling in the filmmaking slums of Troma by penning such
Violent Night (2022) – Review
God, I love a brutal Christmas movie. You know the ones, the films that still manage to give you a warm glow with yule tide
The Menu
For some of us, food isn’t just something you just shovel into your pie hole in order to fuel us as we gradually transform it
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) – Review
Emerging from the seemingly never ending critical chaos after the release of The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson recovered with style by turning around and casually
The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special
While Wakanda Forever was the big, emotional finish of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 4, its seems that we’re not quite done yet as there’s
Chucky – Season 2, Episode 8: Chucky, Actually (2022) – Review
So as we reach the finale of Chucky’s second season there’s a a question of what more story is left to cover. After all, the
Eight Legged Freaks (2002) – Review
Thanks to streaming, direct-to-DVD entries and entities like the Syfy Channel once seemingly churning out similar themed movies at a frightening rate, the onslaught of
Shaolin Soccer (2001) – Review
In 2004, director Stephen Chow rocked the world with his cartoonish fusion of Kung-Fu movie and Tex Avery foolishness that birthed the stupendous Kung Fu
True Lies (1994) – Review
Never let it be said that James Cameron isn’t a man who doesn’t test his limitations – and I’m not just talking about him bankrolling
Chucky – Season 2, Episode 7: Goin’ To The Chapel (2022) – Review
Even though I’ve gone on about it until I’m blue in the face (from repetition, not because I’m getting choked out by a killer doll),
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