One thing that became fairly noticeable during the glut of horror remakes that peppered the landscape back in the noughties, is that sometimes they lacked
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The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent (2022) – Review
Regardless of your person feelings for Hollywood’s greatest living maverick, everyone has a favorite Nicolas Cage performance be it Oscar’s worthy, an apocalyptic screech-fest or
Stand By Me (1986) – Review
Sometimes, when you’re famous for indulging in a particular genre, people tend to overlook just how good you really are at telling a story –
Screamers (1995) – Review
The scribblings of Phillip K. Dick has given the world – and by extension, cinema – some of the most fertile concepts you could ask
Oz The Great And Powerful (2013) – Review
Despite the fact that I am a devoted and ardent fan of the works of Sam Raimi, I simply couldn’t bring myself to sit down
The Lost City (2022) – Review
If there’s one genre I used to despise during my youth, it was the kind of goofy rom-com that tended to be so horrifically predictable,
Rabid (1977) – Review
A couple of years after he almost singlehandedly shut down the Canadian film industry with Shivers (aka. They Came From Within), canuck king of venereal
The Northman (2022) – Review
In merely two films, director Robert Eggers has positioned himself to being the go-to guy for traumatizing yet rich experiences in a period setting. 2015’s
The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985) – Review
The late, great Wes Craven was responsible for some of the greatest horror movies over the span of over thirty years with his fertile imagination
Tron: Legacy (2010) – Review
As I’ve mentioned countless times before, legacy Sequels seem to be Hollywood’s current favoured method of increasing the lifespan of movie franchises while still maintaining
The Sum Of All Fears (2002) – Review
Hollywood’s current obsession with reboots, origin stories, or reboots featuring origin stories isn’t exactly new, in fact it’s proven to be the quickest (if not
The Last Boy Scout (1991) – Review
After the glorious excesses of the 80’s, certain genres (let’s say the more far fetched ones) had to find a way to change with the
Top Gun (1986) – Review
Anyone familiar with the comedy stylings of stoney faced, stand-up Rich Hall must be familiar with his bit about how Tom Cruise movies are all
The Protector (1985) – Review
After his previous attempt to crack America with Battle Creek Brawl didn’t exactly set the world on fire, Jackie Chan took another swing at the
Top 5 Ways The MCU’s Fantastic Four Can Avoid Being Clobbered
Be it under the watchful eye of Tim Story, Josh Trank or whomever the poor sap was who made the unreleased, low budget Roger Corman
The Hills Have Eyes (1977) – Review
After making the cinema going public of 1972 collectively want to scrub themselves with bleach after the release of The Last House On The Left,
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Romcoms are a something of a trial for me, so when something comes along to subvert (or even pervert) the usual tropes and cliches I
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022) – Review
After the release of Sonic The Hedgehog back in 2019, something almost happened on this website that has never happened before. No, we didn’t actually
Morbius (2022) – Review
Those confused by the continuing random randomness of Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man business plan aren’t likely to get a clearer view after a viewing of Morbius,
Tron (1982) – Review
Much like The Black Hole or Dragonslayer, Tron was another tonally strange attempt from Disney to bring their live action movies up to date in
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