Category: Fantasy

Aquaman (2019) – Review

Sea-Thor, Sea-Thor, on the sea floor?After one of the most disappointing payoffs in cinema history scuppered all that good will provided by Wonder Woman, you

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The Last Witch Hunter (2015) – Review

Over the last couple of decades, through a sheer force of will that belays his mortal existence, Vin Diesel seems to be collecting franchises the

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) – Review

By the 1990’s, Joe Dante’s output wasn’t what it should have been… starting his career with suprisingly his intelligent schlock monster opuses Piranha and The

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Cats (2019) – Review

Director Tom Hooper has a lot to answer for…The man who gave us The Danish Girl, The King’s Speech and the 2012 version of Les

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Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019) – Review

2019 seems to be the year that epic sagas reach the end of the road. Marvel spectacularly rounded up 11 years of storytelling with their

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Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) – Review

The “first” Jumanji (or would that technically be second?) was somewhat of a very welcome surprise. Taking the formula of the 90’s orginal and bringing

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Gremlins (1984) – Review

Some people would have you believe that there is no such thing as the perfect movie and that’s true – after all it’s statistically impossible

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Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2017) – Review

I, like most people, inwardly and outwardly groaned at the prospect of a Jumanji remake. I mean, I’ve never been the type to turn my

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Conan The Barbarian (1982) – Review

Join me now as I steer you through the days of high adventure and teach you what is best in life as we journey through

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The Dark Crystal (1982) – Review

Back in 1982, gangly visionary genius – and full time felt frog proctologist – Jim Henson unleashed a vision onto the silver screen the likes

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Willow (1988) – Review

Consider the fate of Willow, the fantasy collaboration between George Lucas and Ron Howard. Essentially the high concept fusing of Star Wars and Tolken-esque, Lord

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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.

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Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) – Review

Coming off the back of the most widely publicized production problems in cinema history since Alien 3, not to mention being released a mere 5

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Ready Player One (2018) – Review

Based on a hugely entertaining novel and directed by THE Steven Spielberg, Ready Player One has a pretty good chance of being the Who Framed

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The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Review

By the time it was time to make a sequel to the biggest film in the world, George Lucas backed out. The sheer stress of

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Star Wars (1977) – Review

It all starts with a fanfare, a blast of trumpets that’s almost a literal slap in the face. “PAY ATTENTION” it sceams, “Your world is

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All Monsters Attack (1969) – Review

By the tenth movie in Godzilla’s cinematic odyssey, some bright spark at Toho realised that the greatest resource in keeping the King Of The Monsters

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Return Of The Jedi (1983) – Review

Once upon a time, if you can believe it, the third entry into the original Star Wars trilogy was considered something of a minor let

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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (2005) – Review

Now this is more like it…After two relatively hit and miss affairs in a galaxy far, far away, Lucas and co. finally doubles down and

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Hellboy (2019) – Review

Despite what you may have heard, this latest iteration of Mike Mignola’s hard drinkin’, skull crackin’ agent of the BPRD isn’t actually THAT horrendously awful,

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