If there’s one thing the horror genre does particularly well, its screwing over the mythos of the healthy, all-American family unit into something decidedly more
If there’s one thing the horror genre does particularly well, its screwing over the mythos of the healthy, all-American family unit into something decidedly more
Surely one of the greatest conundrums of the twentieth century is this: if movies set in the fantasy genre usually live or die on the
Whether you enjoyed the meta revolution that came from the success of Scream, or just thought all the self referential jabs got in the way
Lucio Fulci could hardly be described as the most lucid filmmaker of Italian horror, but even by his defiantly illogical standards, The House By The
When Bruce Lee tragically passed, we didn’t just lose a martial arts superstar and a cinematic legend, but we also were cheated out of the
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: of all the distinguished actors who decided to hop aboard the aging action hero train, Denzel
According to Christopher Nolan’s underrated magician-at-war film, The Prestige, there are three aspects to every magic trick: The Pledge, The Turn and The Prestige. Fittingly,
There’s a trope that certain franchise hopefuls tend to use that always gets on my tits. You know the one: when a film/tv adaptation of
When Hollywood puts its iron will to it, there really isn’t anything it can’t sequelize; take the existence of The Rage: Carrie 2 for example.Anyone
As Twisted Metal races towards the finishing line of its first season, it’s definitely proven itself to be one of the growing list of video
Do you know, I don’t think I’m ever going to understand the SyFy Channel’s obsession with churning out endless, cheap, killer animal movies for as
Often, when a show needs that extra boost, writers will engage what I like to call the Joss Whedon Protocol – which essentially means someone’s
There’s been a long and storied history of young, visionary directors who chose to semi-remake their rough-looking, low budget debuts with more cash and experience
One of the most notorious tropes of cinema is that of the black character either dying first, or, at the very least, not making it
The special effects comedy is a notoriously tough beast to pull off. Essentially perfected by Ghostbusters back in 1984, filmmakers have been trying to sniff
For a show that’s basically about lunatics driving around a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Twisted Metal has taken some appropriately odd detours when it comes to its
Of all the shifty, manipulative and duplicitous aliens ever to take a punt at taking over the world during the heyday of 50s science fiction,
Over the period of seven episodes, I feel I’ve been incredibly positive about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comedy action show about CIA agents trying to balance their
Anyone in the know would tell you: don’t fuck with New French Extremity because it would most likely fuck you back.Linked to the New Extremity
In the wake of The Matrix, it was unsurprisingly fair game for any kind of action/sci-fi that clothed its anti-establishment leanings in long black coats