Blade II (2002) – Review

The face breaking, vamp steaking, take-no-shit Daywalker has returned.That’s right, Blade, otherwise known as Wesley Snipes’ calmer and more mild mannered alter ego, is back

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Willow (1988) – Review

Consider the fate of Willow, the fantasy collaboration between George Lucas and Ron Howard. Essentially the high concept fusing of Star Wars and Tolken-esque, Lord

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) – Review

It starts with an explosion. It’s literally the first thing you see and hear. The first of many – as you’d expect from a film

First Blood (1982) – Review

Before the cartoon patriotism and exploding arrow heads consumed the franchise as it crept deeper into the 80’s there was First Blood; quite possibly the

Fast And Furious Presents: Hobbs And Shaw (2019) – Review

Before we get into the bulge and muscle of the Fast & Furious franchise’s first, honest-to-gosh, spinoff; a quick side bar…In an interview with the

Cars 3 (2017) – Review

What the hell is it with Pixar’s stubborn obsession with pushing Cars sequels down our collective throats?Surely it they can’t need the money as Pixar’s

Fantastic Four (2005) – Review

There’s a prevailing theory that all you have to do to make a great comic book movie is keep it as close to the source

Batman: The Movie (1966) – Review

Holy crackpot! There’s a theory I’ve had for a while now that determines how mature you are based on your understanding and enjoyment of the

Ghost Rider (2007) – Review

Not unlike an attractive, yet dull, twentysomething sporting a stylish haircut and a good body, Johnny Blaze’s flaming skulled alter ego seems to have mostly

Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers (1989) – Review

To be brutally honest, Halloween 5 should have been a slam dunk.After all the pleasantly enjoyable Halloween 4 did all the heavy lifting (bringing Michael

Stuber (2019) – Review

Believe it or not, when putting together an action buddy comedy movie there are more important things to worry about than car chases and explosions;

The Lego Batman Movie (2017) – Review

It’s remarkably telling that the best Batman movie in nine years has come, not from the DC’s own cinematic universe, but from those Lego guys.

Piranha (1978) – Review

Super-producer Roger Corman was never one to let an easy buck pass him by so when Jaws scored huge at the box office he was

Spider-Man: The Dragon’s Challenge (1981) – Review

As the third and final Spider-Man 70’s movie swung around, I guess the producers figured a change of scenery was in order. So off we

Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978) – Review

Nicolas Hammond and his breathtaking, voluminous hair returns in the second movie amalgamation of the 70’s TV series, (reconfigured to feature length in order to

Spider-Man (1977) – Review

Watching the repeated attempts of Marvel to desperately realise the pantheon of their much-loved characters during the procession of squirm inducing TV movies during the

Dr. Strange (1978) – Review

It’s easy to look at the comic book movies that came out between 1998 and 2008 that didn’t quite make the grade and mock their

Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers (1988) – Review

Six years after the Myers-less Halloween 3 failed to turn the franchice into a annual event featuring a new story every October and seven years

Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991) – Review

The main difference between a beloved summer blockbuster movie released in the 80’s compared to one released in the 90’s seems to be quality.No disrespect

The Last Shark (1981) – Review

Anyone familiar with the genre cinema of Italy during the 70’s and 80’s know that the filmmakers of that time and place wouldn’t let pesky

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