“The world has changed, I feel it in the water.”With these prophetic words spoken in Cate Blanchett’s Elven baritone, the face of cinema was virtually
Category: Review
Ms. Marvel – Season 1, Episode 5: Time And Again
The continuing (and frankly unnecessary) debate about diversity in popular culture has always been a strange subject to rail against. Not only is it invaluable
Elysium (2013) – Review
Sometimes it’s tough to capitalize on a debut movie no matter how many innovative ideas a young filmmaker has whizzing around on the inside of
Pieces (1982) – Review
Advertised in some corners of the world with the brazenly unsubtle tagline “You don’t have to go to Texas for a chainsaw massacre”, Pieces is
Lockout
Cinema as we know it is well over a hundred years old at this point so the recycling of existing ideas is all but accepted
Thor: Love And Thunder (2022) – Review
While it’s Loki who’s normally known for his miraculous resurrections, surely the most impressive comeback the Odinson clan have ever pulled off was Thor’s comedy
Angel Heart (1987) – Review
Film noir has had some radical variations over the years; from Ridley Scott’s moody, future shock, extravaganza, Blade Runner, to Rian Johnson’s Raymond Chandler inspired
Shocking Dark (1989) – Review
We’ve stumbled across the works of Bruno Mattei – aka. Vincent Dawn – a couple of times on this site before (arguably too much) but
Ms. Marvel – Season 1, Episode 4: Seeing Red
Like any good superpowered teen adventurer, it’s always good to keep your feet on the ground (metaphorically speaking, that is) by keeping in contact with
The Beyond (1981) – Review
To a layman of 80’s Italian horror, it would painfully easy to cast a disparaging eye over the frenzied output of Lucio Fulci and dismiss
Platoon (1986) – Review
I can’t speak for anybody else, but in my mind, common wisdom decrees that there is an unholy trinity of quintessential Vietnam movies that’s made
She (1965) – Review
There’s a delightful string of wonky fantasy/adventure movies from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s that still carry buckets of charm even though these days some
Interceptor (2022) – Review
The continuing battle for equality in the world of cinema has managed to negotiate many hurdles with equal pay and the treatment of women in
Under Seige 2: Dark Territory (1995) – Review
After the success of Under Seige – the Die Hard on a battleship action extravaganza that saw Steven Seagal bitch-slap his way through a healthy
A Better Tomorrow II (1987) – Review
Those who have seen the original A Better Tomorrow would surely concur that that although it contained many of John Woo’s signature themes, it hadn’t
Crimes Of The Future
The last time David Cronenberg fiddled around with the new flesh in a sci-fi/horror context, he was delivering a typically warped commentary on our relationship
Deepstar Six (1989) – Review
To say that 1989 was flooded with aquatic horror/sci-fi thrillers would be an understatement tantamount to saying that the North Pole is “a bit nippy”,
The Black Phone (2022) – Review
One of the secrets behind Stephen King’s success (aside from him being a really good writer) was that the early adaptations of his work had
Graveyard Shift (1990) – Review
Possibly one of the most frustrating things about a duff Stephen King adaptation is the choice of certain filmmakers to allow the deeper meanings of
Mad God (2022) – Review
Time was, if you ever needed some sort of rampaging beast to tromp through your fantasy/sci-fi epic, there was a one in ten chance you’d
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