Since 30 Coins began, there has been a dark power steadily rising in the town of Pedraza that has been fermenting and curdling like bad
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Deep Fear (2023) – Review
In the dark, blue depths of the killer shark movie, there is a dorsal thin line between a movie about sharks eating people and movie
30 Coins – Season 1, Episode 6: Holy War (2021) – Review
While I’ve been singing the praises of many aspects of 30 Coins, Alex de la Iglesia’s viciously blasphemous horror show, one aspect I haven’t gone
Action Jackson (1988) – Review
Despite the presence of a chuckling Axel Foley smart-talking his way through Beverly Hills or Lethal Weapon’s grizzled Roger Murtaugh, 80s action movies rarely sported
30 Coins – Season 1, Episode 5: The Double (2020) – Review
There’s a sneaking suspicion that up until now I’ve been way too harsh on Alex de la Iglesia’s stonking HBO horror show, 30 Coins as
Argylle (2024) – Review
Just what is it with Matthew Vaughn and spy movies? I mean in a career that started off very firmly in the British gangster movie
30 Coins – Season 1, Episode 4: Memories (2020) – Review
With the previous episode giving us an insight into what those ominous bits of loose change actually are and what risk they pose, I guess
The Descent (2005) – Review
After firmly installing himself on everyone’s radar with his massively fun debut, the horror comedy Dog Soliders, everyone huddled round waiting to see what British
30 Coins – Season 1, Episode 3: The Mirror (2020) – Review
After an impressively strong opening two episodes, Alex de la Iglesia’s frenzied horror show has settled nicely into the usual pattern for a series that
Layer Cake (2004) – Review
Once upon a time, long before irreverent Neil Gaiman adaptations, psychotic twelve year-old vigilantes and groovy X-Men movies set in the swinging sixties, Matthew Vaughn
30 Coins – Season 1, Episode 2: Ouija (2020) – Review
After a stonking first episode that hurled everything but the kitchen sink at an unprepared audience, it’s time for 30 Coins to settle into something
Kick-Ass (2010) – Review
The deconstruction of the superhero genre is hardly a new thing as comics have been taking it apart and putting it back together again as
30 Coins – Season 1, Episode 1: Cobwebs (2020) – Review
If I’m being honest, I lost track of following the career of Spanish genre hopping director, Álex de la Iglesia, pretty much after he released
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) – Review
After a first instalment that raised some pertinent questions about the law and justice (albeit in a very exploitative way) and a third instalment that
Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts (1969) – Review
If you think follow-ups, spin-offs and sequels come at us at a fearsome rate now, you should have seen how fast things moved in the
Baghead (2023) – Review
I guess sometimes it’s nice to have an idea first, but if somebody else manages to do a better job, then not even the powers
Forbidden Planet (1956) – Review
When casting a glowing, green scanning ray upon the fertile realms of 50s science fiction, it doesn’t take the clicks and whirs of a super
The Beekeeper (2024) – Review
During his directorial career of angst ridden action thrillers, David Ayer has explored the self-loathing brotherhood of war (Fury), the self-loathing brotherhood of super villainy
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989) – Review
While I don’t want to sound like something of an action snob, the news that many American Ninja fans utterly despise the third installment came
28 Days Later (2002) – Review
Despite the presence of slavering, gurgling ghouls presiding over an apocalyptic landscape, there’s been something of a debate over the years about whether 28 Days
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