Retconning a franchise in the middle of its run is a fairly standard, run of the mill practice these days, especially whenever a studio wants
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Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes (2024) – Review
Ever since Disney absorbed Twentieth Century Fox into its amorphous being, there’s been a noticable revival of a number of their franchises – Star Wars
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) – Review
Despite making more vampire movies than you can shake a rubber bat at, Hammer Studio could never be accused of resting on their laurels. Be
The Birds (1963) – Review
“The Birds Is Coming!” screamed early ads for Alfred Hitchcock’s horror/thriller, simultaneously giving grammar nazis an utter conniption and alerting 60s cinema goers that something
Knuckles – Season 1, Episode 6: What Happens In Reno, Stays In Reno (2024) – Review
While Knuckles has been something of an enjoyable goofy blast that’s contained some genuine surprises (the entirely batshit episode 4 may actually be a bizarre
Deathstalker IV: Match Of Titans (1991) – Review
Surely the greatest victory that Deathstalker achieved wasn’t the smiting of yet another asshole sorcerer or once again scoring a horizontal conquest with the latest
McBain (1991) – Review
Definitely to be filled under “Why the hell am I only seeing this now?”, James Glickenhaus’ noisy and immensely cheesy ode to American’s being awesome,
Tarzan And The Valley Of Gold (1966) – Review
With the endless obsession and speculation about who has played James Bond or Batman, movie fans would do well to realise that this sort of
Knuckles – Season 1, Episode 5: Reno, Baby (2024) – Review
After a fourth episode that brought the crazy like a crazy delivery boy bringing crazy to a crazy party that wasn’t crazy enough, you have
Cannonball Run II (1984) – Review
If you look at it a certain way, Cannonball Run II makes perfect sense. After all, wasn’t the first Cannonball Run only an exaggerated progression
The Shape Of Things To Come (1979) – Review
While George Lucas shouldn’t really be blamed for every cut price, dollar store, sci-fi rip-off he inflicted on history after birthing Star Wars onto a
Knuckles – Season 1, Episode 4: The Flames Of Despair (2024) – Review
Whenever a show splashes out on such expensive garnish such as an all-CGI character, there’s inevitably at least one episode where money is frantically saved
Love Lies Bleeding (2024) – Review
I don’t know about you, but I feel that Rose Glass’ searing Saint Maud came along at exactly the right time. A devastating glimpse into
Fallout – Season 1, Episode 8: The Beginning (2024) – Review
If there’s one thing that bothers me about this new era of prestige TV that has it’s six to eight episode run try its hardest
The New York Ripper (1982) – Review
Even though I’m probably going to catch hell (or even a knife in the privates) for this, I have to admit I never really cared
The Fall Guy (2024) – Review
Even since he co-directed John Wick with Chad Stahelski, David Leitch has become the go-to guy for sumptuous, star-studded action epics that – along with
Tarot (2024) – Review
When it comes to horror, tone is absolute. From the stripped back, minimalist, slow burn social commentary of your average A24 flick, to the more
Chucky – Season 3, Episode 8: Final Destination (2024) – Review
While Chucky’s season finales are often quite messy affairs – both literally and figuratively – one thing you have to give them is credit for
Boy Kills World (2023) – Review
In what seems to be a year of unlikely action heroes, we’ve already seen the likes of Jake Gyllenhaal and Dev Pattel get unconscionably ripped
Point Blank (1967) – Review
The American crime movie has always been cool as it usually features really bad people doing really bad things in a way that’s perversely endearing;
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