
We organise our reviews a bit differently. We sort them by genre, franchise and director and then list them by release date.
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Cape Fear (1991) – Review
What possesses a director at the height of their powers to suddenly decide to tackle a remake? Is it ego? Is it the urge to…
Puppet Master 5 (1994) – Review
Possibly my most favorite thing about so-called “final chapters” is that they very seldom actually are. Jason Vorhees famously got 2, the X-Men’s Last Stand…
Pig (2021) – Review
They say revenge is a dish best served cold, that doesn’t necessarily mean is has to be cooked in the heat if rage. Proof of…
The Ice Road (2021) – Review
Back in the late seventies/early eighties, the loveable, opportunistic movie studio known as Cannon would apparently just have a stack of scripts for creaky thrillers…
Tiger On The Beat (1988) – Review
When you think of the 80s, Hong Kong cinema, chances are you whip up thoughts of one of Jackie Chan’s frenetic action comedies or John…
Ghoulies IV (1994) – Review
When any kind of long running horror franchise tries to make some sort of claim that it’s going back to its roots, then it’s usually…
Maximum Risk (1996) – Review
Say what you will about the high-kicking antics of the muscles from Brussels, but despite his rep for being a second tier action star (under…
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) – Review
Just how many reboots does a film need?Obviously, if you’re taking into account how many versions of Frankenstein, Dracula and Little Women there’s been, then…
Great White Waters (2025) – Review
If there’s one thing I find fascinating about genres, is that not only do their popularity switch and vary over time, but the genres, and…
Gangs Of New York (2002) – Review
No one does sprawling crime epics quite like Martin Scorsese. Throughout the length and breath of his illustrious career, he’s cast his cinematic eye over…
Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 (2025) – Review
The problem with any kind of long running IP is when you get to a certain point in your universe, there’s always that danger that…
Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997) – Review
Space. It may be considered the final frontier, but for a surprising amount of horror icons, it’s also been something of a last resort. Such…
Jarhead (2005) – Review
War is Hell. After a succession of movies that sprang out of the savagery of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan…
Sniper: Assassin’s End (2020) – Review
As we continue our path through the baffling entity known as the Sniper Franchise, we reach the section of the series that really baffled me.…
American Made (2017) – Review
Stories of spectacular rags to hideous riches are as American as apple pie – after all, what signifies the American dream more than someone making…
Prisoners (2013) – Review
Horror filmmakers can try to put as many unspeakable terrors on the screen as they can, but all the boogeymen, monsters and apparitions in the…
Spiral (1998) – Review
Sequels tend to be fairly straightforward affairs, right? Follow up an earlier film with a continuing storyline that delivers all the things you liked about…
Troll 2 (2025) – Review
In the midst of Japan rebooting their Godzilla franchise to stunning effect with Godzilla Minus One and America delivering the Monsterverse on multiple fronts, it’s…
Filth (2013) – Review
Just because Danny Boyle found the cheat code on how to adapt Irvine Welsh with Trainspotting (see also David Fincher cracking Chuck Palahniuk with Fight…
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) – Review
Since he first wordlessly threw off members of the Thromby clan by simply hitting a single key on a piano, famed, verbose detective Benoit Blanc…
Zootopia 2 (2025) – Review
When it comes to choosing crimes for Judy Hops and Nick Wilde to investigate, maybe a good place to start is figuring out why it…
The Missing (2003) – Review
There’s no denying that legendary director Ron Howard is pretty versatile, especially when you take into account how diverse his back catalogue really is -…
Revolver (2005) – Review
It’s not easy to break out of a box you’ve put yourself in, but after Guy Ritchie’s third film – Madonna/Ritchie vanity project Swept Away…
The Ruins (2008) – Review
If left untreated, killer plant movies can spring up like weeds. There’s the Triffids of course and we certainly can’t forget the voracious appetite of…
Half Past Dead (2002) – Review
It may be tough to picture, but once upon a time, the ponytail/tassled jacket combo of Steven Seagal was actually a serious contender when ranking…
