Weeks before I was due to delve into this latest jaunt through the seedy underbelly of Gotham City, I had to admit, I wasn’t exactly
Category: Thriller
Orca: The Killer Whale (1977) – Review
I’ve mentioned the effect Steven Spielberg’s Jaws had on cinema more times than there are fish in the sea, but while the many also-rans and
Patriot Games (1992) – Review
It’s actually pretty easy to forget that Harrison Ford has played played a returning character other than Indiana Jones, Han Solo and Deckard from Blade
Minority Report (2002) – Review
Steven Spielberg, for a good chunk of his career, was the blockbuster king. If a genre busting, box office exploding, cinematic phenomenon appeared during the
The Dead Zone (1983) – Review
During the whirlwind of Stephen King adaptations that followed in the wake of Brian DePalma’s sublime Carrie, it seemed like everyone was wrestling to grab
Death Proof (Grindhouse) (2007) – Review
Quentin Tarantino has always prided himself on keeping his audience off balance with the plots of his movies – or as he eloquently words it:
Death On The Nile (2022) – Review
When is being old fashioned considered old hat? Take Kenneth Branagh’s previous take on Agatha Christie’s legendary Belgian detective, Murder On The Orient Express, that
‘Windfall’ – Official Trailer
Netflix have released the trailer for their new thriller ‘Windfall’ for writer Andrew Kevin Walker (‘Seven’). This Hitchcockian thriller follows a young couple (Lily Collins,
Tremors (1990) – Review
Sometimes there’s nothing more reassuring than settling down and watching a good old homage. Call it nostalgia, or possibly my rapidly advancing age, but watching
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) – Review
Technically, Quentin Tarantino has never done a sequel – except that he has. When the bosses at Miramax mistakenly decreed that a general audience wouldn’t
Volcano (1997) – Review
During that mad rush in the 90’s where filmmakers rushed to take advantage of state of the art digital technology to realise every cinematic wet
Nightmare Alley (2021) – Review
There’s always a slight sense of trepidation whenever a director chiefly linked with genre work gets a sniff of respectability and moves away from the
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) – Review
Roland Emmerich is infamous for making his name levelling whole cities in the cause of some good, clean, blockbuster fun that still manages to casually
Reservoir Dogs (1992) – Review
While, for a moment there, it seemed that Quentin Tarantino’s incendiary debut was destined to be forever claimed by the legions of film school students
Assault On Precinct 13 (2005) – Review
When casting an eye across the slew of remakes spawned from the movies of the gaggle of iconic directors who honed their genre craft in
The 355
When wondering which sub-genre of movie has had a sudden surge in entries, the “female led spy movie” suddenly seems to be everywhere. Joining such
Haywire (2011) – Review
Long before her most challenging opponent became Disney’s HR department, Gina Carano was kicking some serious ass in the world of MMA while prominent filmmaker
She-Wolf Of London (1946) – Review
If you scroll through the various titles that make up the collection of movies known as the Universal Monsters collection, you can’t help but notice
The Relic (1997) – Review
Sometimes, nothing warms my cockles more than a good, old fashioned monster movie, and in the dying years of the 20th century I guess a
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) – Review
Inexplicable things happen in movies all the time – and I’m not talking about stuff like obtaining superpowers from a genetically modified spider or giant
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