Michael Bay, Hollywood’s unrepentant purveyor of blowing shit up real good, had pretty much detonated a fair chunk of Miami in his debut, Bad Boys,
Category: Science Fiction
The Thing (1982) – Review
John Carpenter very well may be one of the beloved genre filmmakers walking this earth and after a quick glance at his filmography (especially during
The Black Hole (1979) – Review
In a time where both Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 and George Lucas’ Star Wars had not only both changed the face of Science Fiction cinema but
Riddick (2013) – Review
Thirteen years after the debut of Riddick, the silvery eyed space criminal made relatively famous by chrome-domed franchise junkie Vin Diesel, David Twohy was enlisted
Bloodshot (2020) – Review
Whether you are a member of the MCU faithful, a DCEU fanatic or even if you’ve laid you hat at the door of the Monsterverse,
Pitch Black (2000) – Review
Vin Diesel – arguably in the top three for action’s premier muscular slap-head – boasts quite a few characters in his resume but I’ve always
The Invisible Man (2020) – Review
After Tom Cruise’s 2017 brush with The Mummy failed to jump start Universal’s Dark Universe – an MCU style franchise of connected films that was
Jason X (2001) – Review
Not to be confused as a deeply confusing sequel to Malcolm X, it’s always amusing to compare a new entry to a long running franchise
Hardware (1990) – Review
Back in 1990 Richard Stanley was poised to a bold new voice in genre filmmaking as he launched his low budget, nihilistic, trippy, sci-fi horror
From Beyond (1986) – Review
In the annals of H.P. Lovecraft adaptations, there surely isn’t a movie more fucked up than From Beyond. Oh sure, Re-Animator is fucked up –
Hollow Man (2000) – Review
Before we dig into Paul Verhoven’s tale of transparent tension I’m going to do something a little different – I’m going to tell you a
Men In Black II (2002) – Review
Men In Black sequels have always seemed to be a nightmare to put together. What with trying to get everyone’s schedule in order (Will Smith
Flash Gordon (1980) – Review
Kicking off with quite possibly the single greatest theme song in cinema history (fight me!) we are hurled kicking and screaming into the swirly, garish
Doom (2005) – Review
When such seasoned directors as Brian De Palma and John Carpenter can’t make movies set on Mars particularly interesting what fucking chance does the director
Underwater (2020) – Review
Ok… stop me if you’ve heard this one before…A disperate group of people have to survive an assault of monsters when… oh, wow. That was
The Abyss (1989) – Review
Has there ever been a movie that failed to stick the landing as spectacularly that James Cameron’s underwater epic, The Abyss? Don’t get me wrong,
Dredd (2012) – Review
After Sylvester Stallone’s disastrous time under the helmet (or lack thereof) in 1995’s Judge Dredd, you’d think that any more attempts to realise the varied,
Ad Astra (2019) – Review
Every couple of years the science fiction movie manages to launch a serious and thought provoking entry that attempts to snare a blockbuster crowd while
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
The Predator (2018) – Review
So after lengthy reshoots and an awkward scandal or two, we finally get to set our sights on Shane Black’s reboot of The Predator (not
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