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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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