Sometimes, when you’re famous for indulging in a particular genre, people tend to overlook just how good you really are at telling a story –
Tag: 1986
Top Gun
Anyone familiar with the comedy stylings of stoney faced, stand-up Rich Hall must be familiar with his bit about how Tom Cruise movies are all
The Fly
Its fitting that David Cronenberg’s fantastically goopy remake of 50’s creature feature contains a central, gradual metamorphosis of a misunderstood genius – after all, The
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
There’s a rule of thumb concerning the earlier, pre-JJ Abrams Star Trek movies that you probably have heard of – it’s the one that states
House
Not to be confused with the adventures of Hugh Lauries’ massive wanker of a doctor, or the utterly indescribable 1977 Japanese horror fantasy fever dream,
Critters
In the wake of Joe Dante’s magnificently subversive Gremlins, Hollywood predictably had a two-for-one sale on any script that featured assaults from gangs of diminutive
No Retreat, No Surrender
America obviously doesn’t have the same history with the medium of martial arts as the places that birthed them; but when has that ever stopped
The Golden Child
To a certain generation, Eddie Murphy is known as the beloved star of of such family extravaganzas such as Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek The Third
TerrorVision
Satire is tough to pull off, especially if A) you’re in the sci-fi and/or horror genre and B) you aren’t Paul Verhoven, but that doesn’t
Rawhead Rex
If you ever wondered what galvanized author Clive Barker into rolling up his sleeves and personally directing adaptations of his writings himself then you have
Raw Deal
Sandwiched between Commando and Predator in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s epic flex of an 80’s resumè lies the mostly forgotten Raw Deal, an action thriller that painfully
Manhunter
Long before the TV series loaded with sumptuous food-porn, long before the ever increasing melodrama of the film series and even long before the oscar
Big Trouble In Little China
Blame ol’ Jack Burton.While it’s true that the lukewarm reception to the chilling wonders of The Thing initially soured the notoriously independent John Carpenter to
Psycho III
Back in 1983, filmmakers took a horrible gamble when they rolled the dice on making a sequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s immortal thriller, Psycho. The idea
Demons 2
Once scratched by the ridiculously large talons of a demon, your imminent change into one of the drooling, snarling monsters is pretty fast – that
Class Of Nuke ‘Em High
Back in 1984, indie distributor Troma Films finally put their money where their foul mouth was and switched from producing sex comedies to forging their
Labyrinth
If I’m being totally honest, I’ve always been more of a Dark Crystal kind of guy myself… not to put the boot into Labyrinth –
Trick Or Treat
Whenever I cast an eye over the expansive sub-genres that horror movies have managed to cover since the dawn of film, one question always rises
Cobra
Made when we were coasting through that period of Stallone’s career where he was convinced he could clear up the Cold War by either punching
King Kong Lives
After the expensive yet empty-headed attempt to remake King Kong in 1976, a sensible gambler would have comfortably staked money against cinema’s greatest ape making
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