One of the many tropes that feels familiar from many a Bond film is the moment a villian settles back in a large armchair whilst
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Shaft (2000) – Review
Back in 1971, Shaft was one of leading lights of Blaxploitation cinema, but you kinda feel that the continuing adventures of the black private dick
House IV: The Repossession (1992) – Review
Surely a prime contender for the lesser known “Why Was This Even Made Award” at the Oscars, you have to wonder what the reasoning was
Stardust (2007) – Review
Once upon a time, Matthew Vaughan was chiefly known as Guy Ritchie’s producer, but one day he plopped himself into the director’s chair with the
Howling: New Moon Rising (1995) – Review
“Do you know what sort of wolf killed this man?”. “A big one?”.This is the sort of dialogue that greets us as we take an
The Final Destination (2009) – Review
Whether by design or by fate, Final Destination arguably had one of the neatest horror concepts of the noughties. Essentially a slasher movie where the
Sudden Impact (1983) – Review
Reviewing the sequels that followed in the wake of Don Siegel’s Dirty Harry is somewhat of a thankless task these days. Oh, don’t get me
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) – Review
If I’m being honest, when choosing to settle down with a good old western, I usually choose to pick the more stylised, epic works of
Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy (1955) – Review
“How stupid can you get?” Demands the long suffering Bud Abbott to his even longer suffering partner Lou Costello at one point during this last
Super 8 (2011) – Review
Ever since he made the leap from small screen hot shot to big screen blockbuster magnet, it’s safe to say that the movie career of
The Three Musketeers (2011) – Review
It’s easy to picture the people who keep financing Paul W.S. Anderson’s forgettable movies as a smug cabal of European money men desperate to crack
Curse Of The Fly (1965) – Review
Compared to it’s infinitely classier predecessor, 1958’s Return Of The Fly was strange, erratic sequel that took the original concept and transformed it into a
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) – Review
Much like a James Bond actor continuing on way past his sell by date is up or Woody Allen writing scripts which saw him with
The Omen (2006) – Review
If you’re going to take the time to retool a stone cold classic of 70’s, dread inducing horror, you’d better have a damn good reason
Critters Attack! (2019) – Review
Of all the late-in-the-day franchise resurrections that spring up all over the place lately, I don’t think anyone was expecting the alien flesh-eating furballs Critters
Shaft In Africa (1973) – Review
Sequels, like the slick private dick that gets all the chicks himself, always have that pressure to perform when the heat is on. No matter
Howling VI: The Freaks (1991) – Review
While the Howling series could be accused of many things, resting on its laurels certainly isn’t one of them. The long running werewolf saga that
Malignant (2021) – Review
Ever since Leigh Whannell woke up in a half-filled tub in an abandoned bathroom at the beginning of Saw back in 2004, modern murder maestro
Copshop (2021) – Review
During his career, Joe Carnham has cornered the market in gritty, sarcastic throwbacks that alternate between harrowing drama (Narc, The Grey) and darkly humorous romps
The Mummy’s Curse (1944) – Review
Fifth time round on the raggedy, dusty carousel that is the classic Universal Monsters Mummy series and we find a movie that’s very appropriately titled
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