Up until now, James Gunn has been keeping a steady hand on the tiller of his fucked up ship, leading it confidently into ever more
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Squirm (1976) – Review
While describing the 70’s output of nature going crazy movies as a heyday may strain your personal definition of what a heyday should be, there’s
Midway (1976) – Review
When filmmakers opt to make a film that covers a large aspect of a war, they invariably find themselves faced with something of a Sophie’s
Creepshow – Season 1, Episode 3: All Hallows Eve/The Man In The Suitcase (2019) – Review
One of the inevitable side effects of having a horror anthology show is that with every episode bringing you something completely new, the chances for
Halo – Season 1, Episode 3: Emergence (2022) – Review
You can’t fault the people behind the Halo series for shooting for the moon – after all, we now live in a time where other
Von Ryan’s Express (1965) – Review
During its heyday, the World War II set mission movie enjoyed many an all star cast as the war was won seemingly on every conceivable
Peacemaker – Season 1, Episode 3: Better Goff Dead (2022) – Review
If The Suicide Squad taught us anything, it’s that all the time he spent with Marvel hadn’t dulled James Gunn’s more outrageous sensibilities one bit.
Poltergeist (1982) – Review
Most ghost movies usually rely on subtlety to give an audience a taste of what lurks on the other side – take Robert Wise’s work
The Eagle Has Landed (1976) – Review
World War II men on a mission movies: we all know them and we all love them (the good ones, anyway) but sometimes, aside from
The Magnificent Seven (1960) – Review
Expertly panel beating the plot of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai into a shape that could comfortably sustain cowpokes instead of sword swingers, The Magnificent Seven
Creepshow – Season 1, Episode 2: Bad Wolf Down/The Finger (2019) – Review
As I’ve no doubt mentioned before, one of the advantages of an anthology show is that if a duff episode manages to slip out, things
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) – Review
When you think about the origins of Hammer Films, your naturally brain naturally drifts to images of Peter Cushing’s Frankenstein staring intently from around a
Halo – Season 1, Episode 2: Unbound (2022) – Review
One of the main issues with video game adaptations is that, at some point, you’re going to have to pump the breaks on the type
Peacemaker – Season 1, Episode 2: Best Friends, For Never (2022) – Review
After a cracking first episode that detailed the rehiring of the unfeasibly toxic alpha-male anti-hero, Peacemaker (aka. Christopher Smith), the second episode follows it up
Escape To Athena (1979) – Review
When you take a good, long, hard look at that much-loved sub-genre of the war film – the men on a mission movie – there’s
Creepshow – Season 1, Episode 1: Gray Matter/The House Of The Head (2019) – Review
In a horror comeback worthy of a Jason or a Michael, 2019 saw the return of a horror legend the likes of which I genuinely
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) – Review
The only thing that was surprising about insanely influential screenwriter Shane Black making the long overdue jump to directing was that it took so bloody
Lust For A Vampire (1971) – Review
It’s not exactly ground breaking to declare that, compared to most other horror movies made at the time, Hammer Films’ output was noticeably hornier than
Peacemaker – Season 1, Episode 1: A Whole New Whirl (2022) – Review
During the compromised, stormy reign of the DCEU, one of the few movies to actually hit screen that didn’t feel second-guessed to death by flummoxed
Dungeons & Dragons (2000) – Review
When news broke that a movie finally based on the legendary role playing game, Dungeons & Dragons was finally being made, there was debate between
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