There’s no doubting the success of Avatar, James Cameron’s all-conquering sci-fi that saw the self proclaimed king of the world defy skeptics once again and
Tag: 2000s
Eight Legged Freaks
Thanks to streaming, direct-to-DVD entries and entities like the Syfy Channel once seemingly churning out similar themed movies at a frightening rate, the onslaught of
Shaolin Soccer
In 2004, director Stephen Chow rocked the world with his cartoonish fusion of Kung-Fu movie and Tex Avery foolishness that birthed the stupendous Kung Fu
Red Eye
After a career boost he enjoyed thanks to a trilogy featuring a certain ghost faced, pop culture obsessed slasher, Wes Craven’s career seemed to be
A History Of Violence
It may be a slightly immature take, but I’ve always gravitated more towards David Cronenberg’s earlier, genre work than his later, more… well, not conventional
The Island
After the frantic chaos of Bad Boys II, there was something of a question as to where Michael Bay would go next after a career
Secret Window
“Write what you know” has always been a major piece of advice when it comes to would-be authors and it’s obviously one that’s of prime
Rollerball
I don’t think I’m saying anything too groundbreaking here (hey, when do I ever?), but one of the primary issues with the majority of modern
Death Race
It’s a common fact that when anyone feels the need to defend the patchy career of Paul W.S. Anderson, they’ll slap a mention of Event
Crocodile
Tobe Hooper, famed director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist, has always been famed for having something of a complicated sence of humour that
Ghosts Of Mars
By the time the Millennium rolled around, John Carpenter had gone from a ferocious vital genre voice who always seemed tantalisingly ahead of his time
The Core
Listen, if you were to line up all the distaster movies made in the wake of their resurgence in the 90’s and cast an objective
Ratatouille
If anyone really needs to see the true genius of Pixar laid out bare, they only really have to look as far as the studio’s
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood Of War
One of the greatest legacies of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan is that not only did it infuse the war movie with a brutal new
Dead Silence
After the surprise hit of Saw, the fiendish horror/thriller from horror’s hot new things, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, things sort of went quiet there
Enemy At The Gates
By the time the millennium came around, the lavish World War II movie had made something of a full bloodied comeback thanks to high profile
Toolbox Murders
In the world of horror cinema, a comeback is firmly in the eye of the beholder – but surely no-one needed one more than the
Paycheck
If I’m being honest, John Woo’s big move from making home grown, Hong Kong, action bangers to adjusting to a career blowing shit up in
Max Manus: Man Of War
What with the endless parade of World War II movies out there that’s focused on the efforts of the British or the Americans, it’s easy
Frequency
It’s nice to spare a thought every now and then for those movies that never really found the audiences that they were hoping for during
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