There is so much to enjoy about Skull Island, Netflix’s annimated continuation of Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise, and yet despite fun dialogue, perky banter and some
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Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 10: Never Ever Expose Them To Bright Light (2023) – Review
Resuscitating a dormant franchise from its hibernation can often be a double-edged blade with more rules and pitfalls than opening one of the titular Mogwai
The Walking Dead: Dead City – Season 1, Episode 2: Who’s There? (2023) – Review
Aside from the original series and around four seasons of Fear The Walking Dead, I kind of fell out of favour with the other spin-offs
Skull Island – Season 1, Episode 3: What’s Up, Croc (2023) – Review
Due to a suprisingly high rate of TV reviews I had decidedly to inflict upon myself (what can I say, I’m a hard taskmaster), I
True Grit (2010) – Review
The Coen Brothers are probably two most reliable filmmakers working today, but their output during the ’00 was uncharacteristically shakey. Starting the decade off with
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 9: Never Give Up (2023) – Review
This was the episode I was waiting for…All throughout Max’s superlative prequel series to Joe Dante’s Gremlins, there was certain expectations that couldn’t be helped:
Skull Island – Season 1, Episode 2: The Last Blank Space On The Map (2023) – Review
After a solid opening that brought us back to Skull Island with a bump, Neflix’s King spinoff already set up some reassuring credentials. Neither slavishly
The Goonies (1985) – Review
During that impossibly fertile period in the 80’s where Amblin Entertainment would make whatever idea Steven Spielberg, virtually breathed on, a small cadre of directors
Skull Island – Season 1, Episode 1: Maritime Pilot (2023) – Review
Conventional wisdom suggests that there are certain rules to establishing and sustaining a cinematic universe. If we were to read from the individual playbooks of
The Fifth Element (1997) – Review
The nineties were a weird, vibrant time for blockbusters as CGI came of age and the only thing that could stop you from realising your
Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 1: Resurrection (2023) – Review
Despite being something of a god figure of the MCU, there hasn’t been many entries in the exponentially expanding cinematic universe that’s actually been about
Dog Soldiers (2002) – Review
You know, nothing gets my heart pumping more than a good, full blooded, horror debut and in 2002 we got an utter banger in the
The Walking Dead: Dead City – Season 1, Episode 1: Old Acquaintances (2023) – Review
Regardless of your feelings about the places the show eventually went, you can’t say that The Walking Dead hasn’t earned the label of phenomenon.Kickstarted by
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 8: Never Hug A Mogwai (2023) – Review
Well, it seems like despite the fact that Secrets Of The Mogwai is been consistently knocking my socks off for seven straight episodes, I guess
Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018) – Review
Surely the whole point of a cheap jack, cash in, direct to video sequel is to capitalize on the success of the first, theatrical movie
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 7: Never Squeeze A Fox (2023) – Review
As we start to approach the final straight and the end starts to peek its face over the horizon, it comes that time in every
Scanner Cop (1994) – Review
What do you do when your sci-fi/thriller franchise stubbonly refuses to get any traction after three movies? Well, if you’re Pierre David, frequent David Cronenberg
Children Of The Corn (2020) – Review
If any horror franchise was begging to be taken round to the back of the nearest barn and be put out of our misery like
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai – Season 1, Episode 6: Always Buy A God A Drink First (2023) – Review
The most delicate part of any attempt to prequel a beloved classic is surely the balancing act required to expand a world that’s already established
Extraction 2 (2023) – Review
In many ways, Sam Hargrave’s knuckle breaking firecracker of an action flick was the perfect example of the virtues of streaming. Standing out amid a
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