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
Tag: 2000s
Signs (2002) – Review
Is there anyone working in cinema today that risks an entire movie on its final ten minutes more than M. Night Shyamalan?Making a name for
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) – Review
There are many problems that Jason Bourne seems to deal with on a semi-regular basis, but who would have thought that the amnesiac super-spy’s biggest
Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans (2009) – Review
When a franchise resorts to going down a prequel route, it’s usually a sign that the series has finally bled out and run dry of
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) – Review
There’s always that pressure for sequels to expand on all that has come before, but where do you go when the franchise started by being
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003) – Review
After seemingly pulling off the impossible by finally realizing the first two installments of Tolkien’s legendary, fantasy game changer, Peter Jackson had it all to
Underworld: Evolution (2006) – Review
There’s a pronounced feeling that the makers of Underworld may have wanted to be the spiritual successor to Wesley Snipes’ Blade franchise as it contains
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) – Review
While it makes a certain amount of financial sense for certain, modern trilogies to double up on their final two installments (before the arrival part
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) – Review
Most of the time, when filmmakers tackle a sequel to a sleeper hit, there’s an overriding urge to make things exponentially bigger and crazier than
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002) – Review
When making a pre-planned trilogy, you would think that guaranteeing a strong opening or a satisfying ending would be the most challenging thing to pull
Underworld (2003) – Review
Ever since Dracula and the Wolf Man briefly butted their heads in the closing moments of Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein, Hollywood has sporadically tried
The Bourne Identity (2002) – Review
On a long enough timeline, James Bond will always be the premier name in cinematic spydom simply because he’s lasted the longest and that’s given
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003) – Review
It’s always a pleasant surprise when a forgotten genre suddenly returns from the dead and enters the awaiting arms of a respective audience – but
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) – Review
“The world has changed, I feel it in the water.”With these prophetic words spoken in Cate Blanchett’s Elven baritone, the face of cinema was virtually
Up (2009) – Review
We could wax lyrical about which moment from Pixar’s laundry list of emotion searing moments hit hardest, but know this: if your answer isn’t the
Return Of The Living Dead: Rave To The Grave (2005) – Review
After the Return Of The Living Dead franchise was brought back from the grave by the Syfy Channel with the annoyingly dopey fourth installment, Necropolis,
War Of The Worlds (2005) – Review
There’s nothing more annoying than a movie that looks to be destined for greatness only for it to fall down at the last hurdle thanks
WALL•E (2008) – Review
In barely over a decade, Pixar had established itself as the premier animation house, but despite its innovations in storytelling and its commitment to getting
Return Of The Living Dead: Necropolis (2005) – Review
Say what you will about the noticably disjointed Return Of The Living Dead franchise, at least it kind of caters to differing tastes. If the
Crimson Rivers II: Angels Of The Apocalypse (2004) – Review
In 2000, Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel teamed up with La Haine director Mathieu Kassovitz to deliver The Crimson Rivers, a fidgety psycho thriller that
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