The Magnificent Seven, in many ways, is the perfect American western insofar that it takes its mythical (and borrowed) premise and infuses it with enough
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Open Water (2003) – Review
Back in 1999, a film was released that took not just the horror genre, but how such films were made and marketed altogether, and turned
Hypnotic (2023) – Review
Remember 90’s Robert Rodriguez? The guy who banged out unfeasibly entertaining genre fare on his own terms thanks to his indefatigable indie spirit and the
The Mother (2023) – Review
“You don’t know how bad this gets!” prophetically states Jennifer Lopez near the start of The Mother, the latest thriller hurled into the streaming ether
Crank: High Voltage (2009) – Review
Hollywood has a long history of directors reworking their earlier works with more money and more experience in order to realise their cult debuts. Sam
The Equalizer 2 (2018) – Review
There was something perversely fascinating about watching a man of Denzel Washington’s infinite talents stab, punch, batter and shoot his way through The Equalizer, Antoine
Dreamscape (1984) – Review
Despite my voracious appetite for movies back in my 80’s based childhood, there’s always was going to be the odd title that slipped through the
Scanners III: The Takeover (1991) – Review
With the amount of super powered franchises literally zipping across the skies these days, its genuinely dumbfounding that no one has managed to repurpose David
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) – Review
When you think of 1950’s sci-fi, the usual tropes tend to drift in from the upper atmosphere and touch down to the warbling sound of
Fast X (2023) – Review
When looking up the definition of “momentum”, the description given is something along the lines of – “strength or force gained by motion or by
Children Of The Corn: Runaway (2018) – Review
Much like the closing moments of a horror film, we thought it was all over… only to be proved horribly wrong when the terror started
The Warriors (1979) – Review
Here’s a message for all you boppers out there… Walter Hill was a filmmaker that enjoyed toying with stories that concerned themselves with unabashed alpha
Last Shift (2014) – Review
If there ever was a problem with the bygone world of direct to DVD horror flicks and the current universe of streaming, it’s that the
Sisu (2022) – Review
Ever since Quentin Tarantino made the Second World War “fun” again with Inglorious Basterds, I’ve been waiting for someone to come along to deliver a
Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995) – Review
Never let it be said that Albert Pyun – undisputed lord and master of the dusty bottom shelf at all 90’s video rental stores –
The Exorcist (1973) – Review
Of all the horror movies that’s ever existed, surely William Friedkin’s legendary possession session, The Exorcist must be the most infamous motion picture of them
The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961) – Review
Can you believe that in all the years that Hammer paraded out all manner of bloodsucking beasties and reanimated rampages, they only made one werewolf
The Crow: City Of Angels (1996) – Review
Sequelizing the goth-tastic, 1994, comic book movie The Crow was never going to an easy task, especially since the movie achieved mythic status after the
Guns Of The Magnificent Seven (1969) – Review
I don’t think that I’m out of line suggesting that the previous, 1966 incarnation of The Magnificent Seven was anything but; however Return Of The
The Equalizer (2014) – Review
Of all the actors to tackle their advancing years by going the Liam Neeson/Taken route and portraying a dude who can make mincemeat of men
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