Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) – Review

Pardon my age, but I actually remember when I first heard the news that Arnold Schwarzenegger was playing a GOOD Terminator in James Cameron’s whip-smart

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Point Break (2015) – Review

The relevance of Hollywood’s insistence on unnecessary remakes is not an issue I’m going to pursue here. Other (and better) writers have beaten this dead

Robin Hood (2019) – Review

*Long exasperated sigh* Yes… it’s another Robin Hood movie. Another attempt to “reinvigorate the legend” or “refresh the brand” or whatever dime-store hype phrase the

Grizzly (1976) – Review

So influential was Jaws on release that it’s first imitator appeared on the scene barely (pun intended) a year later.Switching out a rampaging Carcharodon carcharias

Baby Driver (2017) – Review

In this writers humble opinion, Edgar Wright has never made a bad movie (I don’t count his debut, A Fistful Of Fingers mainly because I

Jaws (1975) – Review

You ever had (or asked) that fateful question? You know the one, the question that makes most people sweat or shrug because they either can’t

Basket Case (1982) – Review

Born from the grindhouse flea pits on 42nd Street of 70’s New York, Frank Henenlotter’s gloriously grim and grimy debut feature, Basket Case is a

Army Of Darkness (1993) – Review

I truly believe in my heart of hearts that Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy is one of the greatest gifts cinema has ever given us.

Curse Of Chucky (2013) – Review

After 2004’s chaotic (and not in a particularly good way) Seed Of Chucky, it was widely believed that if another epic featuring everyone’s favourite Good

The Shining (1980) – Review

Deeply iconic, gut gnawingly creepy and referenced from everything from Seed Of Chucky to Ready Player One, The Shining is, simply put, one of the

Men In Black: International (2019) – Review

Quick question: did anyone out there actually ask for this? I mean, did someone out in the world watch MIB 2 & 3 back to

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) – Review

Despite Tobe Hooper’s deranged, gonzo attempt to sequelize his stone cold classic back in the mid-80’s, Leatherface was a horror character that never seemed to

Ex Machina (2014) – Review

Screenwriter Alex Garland has been dipping his wick into challenging, sci-fi genre work for a while now (Never Let Me Go, the magnificent Dredd) so

Gamera 3: The Revenge Of Iris (1999) – Review

For the final part of his lauded Gamera trilogy, director Shusuke Kaneko went for something a little different from the usual plotline of an evil

The Fog (1980) – Review

How the Hell do you follow a beast like Halloween? John Carpenter’s suburban based horror groundbreaker had landed hard and was well on it’s way

Gamera: Guardian Of The Universe (1995) – Review

After a much needed hiatus (I won’t say hibernation because Gamera isn’t a Blue Peter tortoise) Japan’s favourite giant, sabretoothed turtle was brought back, like

Return Of Swamp Thing (1989) – Review

No one was really expecting, or particularly wanted, a sequel to the 1982 Sawmp Thing movie in which the mossy maestro was potrayed by a

Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965) – Review

In 1965, in order to capitalize on the impressive success of Toho Studio’s Godzilla, Daiei Studios produced a rival to the titanic, atomic lizard in

Colossal (2016) – Review

As big a Kaiji fan as I am, I have to admit, it’s somewhat of a relief that someone’s made a movie that actually done

It Follows (2014) – Review

As a massive fan of the horror genre I have to admit that over the last couple of decades the old girl ain’t what she

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