There’s nothing more annoying than a movie that looks to be destined for greatness only for it to fall down at the last hurdle thanks
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WALL•E (2008) – Review
In barely over a decade, Pixar had established itself as the premier animation house, but despite its innovations in storytelling and its commitment to getting
Strike Commando (1987) – Review
Many, many years ago, back in the age of the reassuring clunkiness of the VCR, I owned an ex-rental copy of Michele Soavi’s poetically camp,
Return Of The Living Dead: Necropolis (2005) – Review
Say what you will about the noticably disjointed Return Of The Living Dead franchise, at least it kind of caters to differing tastes. If the
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) – Review
If I were to ask you to name a movie that’s not only a remake of a black and white classic, but is also a
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) – Review
“I have to say, I wasnt expecting to be invited back.” Confesses a slightly more humbled version of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, the fighter pilot blessed/cursed
The Delta Force (1986) – Review
Say what you will about First Blood Part II’s bombastic attempts at catharsis in the wake of the Vietnam war, at least it never contained
Return Of The Living Dead Part II (1988) – Review
When pitching your 80’s, horror comedy into to an insanely competitive genre that includes such gruesomely chucklesome classics as An American Werewolf In London, Evil
The Kindred (1987) – Review
In the wake of David Cronenberg’s historically goopy, 1986 reworking of The Fly, the horror genre seemed to stock up on brain bursting bouts example
Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) – Review
While the landscape has certainly changed since Tremors first surfaced back in 1990, the jocular killer worm franchise has managed to get a lot of
Crimson Rivers II: Angels Of The Apocalypse (2004) – Review
In 2000, Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel teamed up with La Haine director Mathieu Kassovitz to deliver The Crimson Rivers, a fidgety psycho thriller that
Firestarter (2022) – Review
To make your remake be worthy of the original, meaningful or even just worth an audience’s time, you need a spark to light the fires
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) – Review
Every now and then a movie comes along that’s utterly unlike anything you’ve seen before, is both mind blowingly original and devastatingly intimate and on
Return Of The Living Dead 3 (1993) – Review
Dan O’Bannon’s original Return Of The Living Dead has one of the most interesting tones of any horror films of the 80’s. Mixing dark wit
War Of The Worlds (1953) – Review
Published in 1898 and telling of the relentless invasion of overzealous Martians upon the people of earth, H.G. Wells’ War Of The Worlds is quintessential
The Crow (1994) – Review
In a tragic parallel to the movie itself, the accidental death of Brandon Lee on the set of 1994’s comic book adaptation of James O’
The Crimson Rivers (2000) – Review
After Thomas Harris’ Silence Of The Lambs erupted onto the scene and changed the face of serial killer thrillers forever (sorry, Manhunter), Hollywood has been
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) – Review
When compared to that other long running franchise of inbred mutants indulging in their vulgar pastimes with stranded holiday makers, The Hills Have Eyes runs
1408 (2007) – Review
Anyone planning to to adapt a Stephen King story has quite the weight of expectation to match up to, but anyone willing to tackle a
Open Range (2003) – Review
There was a time there when Kevin Costner’s stabs at long, drawn-out epics were simply not doing it for the cinema going public. After he
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