While Paul Verhoven has made some of the most distinctive sci-fi movies of the 80s, 90s and 2000s, the random string of sequels and remakes
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Non-Stop (2014) – Review
While Taken certainly has the bragging rights for making Liam Neeson a late-career action star, you really can’t under-sell the efforts of director Jaume Collet-Serra
Premium Rush (2012) – Review
Bike messengers. Not exactly the most beloved members of our city streets, are they? Whizzing in and out of traffic, mounting pavements and generally being
Mother! (2017) – Review
Ever since he got started in film, Darren Aronofsky has been excelling in providing cinematic experiences that each prove to be more traumatic than the
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War (2026) – Review
There’s always something of a price to pay when making a shift from episodic television to feature length and it’s mainly to do with focus.
Single White Female (1992) – Review
Whenever something comes along to stir up the public consciousness, you can always expect a simpler knock-off to follow in its wake to provide similar
Falling Down (1993) – Review
Ah yes, the 90s. A time where you could still have a wide release, blockbuster movie with big stars and an established director that wasn’t
Body Of Lies (2008) – Review
A common remark aimed at the career of Ridley Scott is that no matter what the diverse subject of the movie is, the veteran director
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) – Review
Back in 2012, despite delivering solid thrills, Tom Cruise’s first stint as Lee Child’s Jack Reacher offered up a compelling argument for why size really
Only The Brave (2017) – Review
You ever feel like sometimes knowing too much about a movie messes up your experience of watching it? I’m not talking about plot leaks, spoilers
Black Mass (2015) – Review
Due to our fascination at people becoming a law unto themselves, gangster movies have always come along at a steady trickle. Mafia, Yakuza, London Gangsters,
The Godfather Part III (1990) – Review
Yeah sure, Return Of The Jedi may have set the precedent about threequels being the worst installment of a trilogy, but not all the teddy
The French Connection (1971) – Review
As the sixties gave way to a whole new decade, crime thrillers seemed desperate to further pick at the unsightly scabs that had formed in
Apex (2026) – Review
For the latest Netflix premiere to grace our screens, we find ourselves thrust into the Australian outback for a survival thriller that amasses a veritable
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) – Review
Undoubtedly one of the thorniest subjects a filmmaker could tackle in the modern age, the spectre of 9/11 is something that has to be treated
Ocean’s Thirteen (2007) – Review
The common consensus of Ocean’s Twelve was that not only had Danny Ocean and his lovable band of rogues bitten off more than they could
Ransom (1996) – Review
Once again it’s time to delve into a film from yesteryear that, thanks to the passage of time, carries a little extra baggage with it
Jack Reacher (2012) – Review
When adapting a character from book to film, how important is it that the physical embodiment of a beloved protagonist matches that of his literary
A Simple Favour (2018) – Review
Where does one go after the disastrously received, all-female reboot of Ghostbusters? While I’ll freely admit that, while noticably inferior, Paul Feig’s colourful and fun
Thrash (2026) – Review
Could it be that the new home for ridiculous, camp shark movies is Netflix? Obviously as the tidal wave of streaming content surges on, killer
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