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Soul (2020) – Review

December 27, 2020 greigzilla

As the twelve month social write-off that historians will distainfully refer to as 2020 limped to the end of it’s run, one thing that managed

Hawk The Slayer (1980) – Review

December 23, 2020 greigzilla

Most fantasy movies of the 80’s usually have the odd moment or two where the budget simply won’t stretch to cover the visuals and sometimes

Krull (1983) – Review

December 21, 2020 greigzilla

Sometimes a film pierces your subconscious at exactly the right age, in exactly the right way, so that you absolutely cannot be objective about it

Clash Of The Titans (1981) – Review

December 19, 2020 greigzilla

A last ditch effort to revive fantasy films such as The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad and Jason Argonauts for a modern (read 80’s) audience, Clash

The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot (2018) – Review

November 16, 2020 greigzilla

Genre mashing is one of the greatest things there is about genre cinema – a cinematic practice of squishing different types of movie together to

Labyrinth (1986) – Review

November 5, 2020 greigzilla

If I’m being totally honest, I’ve always been more of a Dark Crystal kind of guy myself… not to put the boot into Labyrinth –

King Kong Lives (1986) – Review

October 21, 2020 greigzilla

After the expensive yet empty-headed attempt to remake King Kong in 1976, a sensible gambler would have comfortably staked money against cinema’s greatest ape making

King Kong (1976) – Review

October 17, 2020 greigzilla

Remakes are a mixed bag. You either enhance the original concept with an updated viewpoint and enhanced technology or you bury it deeper than a

Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984) – Review

September 16, 2020 greigzilla

Thanks the rebel crushing and son maiming efforts of The Empire Strikes Back, it’s always been accepted that the follow up should always endeavour to

Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) – Review

September 8, 2020 greigzilla

By as early as 1981, Steven Spielberg had pretty much already set his legacy in concrete with the releases of the genre defining Jaws and

Meet The Feebles (1989) – Review

August 21, 2020 greigzilla

To most, Peter Robert Jackson is the keeper of Middle-Earth, a man second only to J.R.R. Tolkien himself when it comes to realising THE greatest

Wrath Of The Titans (2012) – Review

July 14, 2020 greigzilla

If we’re being brutally honest, the world wasn’t exactly clamouring for a sequel to the 2010 Clash Of The Titans any more than they were

Conan The Barbarian (2011) – Review

May 25, 2020 greigzilla

It was 2011 and after the fantasy genre had long been resurrected by the twin forces of a group of Hobbits and a bespectacled wizard

Clash Of The Titans (2010) – Review

May 2, 2020 greigzilla

It would seem that Louis Leterrier was indeed the best choice in order to remake the 1981 fantasy epic that so famously featured Ray Harryhousen’s

The Beastmaster (1982) – Review

April 30, 2020 greigzilla

Cinemas in 1982 were positively groaning under the sheer weight of fantasy movies that included such titles like Conan The Barbarian, The Dark Crystal, Dragonslayer