Anyone planning to to adapt a Stephen King story has quite the weight of expectation to match up to, but anyone willing to tackle a
Tag: 2000s
Open Range (2003) – Review
There was a time there when Kevin Costner’s stabs at long, drawn-out epics were simply not doing it for the cinema going public. After he
Tears Of The Sun
Whenever Hollywood decides to poke its nose into actual conflicts that rage around the globe, things can often get a little awkward. Sometimes we get
Drag Me To Hell (2009) – Review
Over the years, Sam Raimi has been at the bleeding edge of using his movies to torment and torture a surprising array of actors on
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) – Review
One thing that became fairly noticeable during the glut of horror remakes that peppered the landscape back in the noughties, is that sometimes they lacked
The Sum Of All Fears (2002) – Review
Hollywood’s current obsession with reboots, origin stories, or reboots featuring origin stories isn’t exactly new, in fact it’s proven to be the quickest (if not
Planet Terror (Grindhouse) (2007) – Review
In my review for that other member of the Grindhouse double bill, Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, I briefly laid out the history of his and
Minority Report (2002) – Review
Steven Spielberg, for a good chunk of his career, was the blockbuster king. If a genre busting, box office exploding, cinematic phenomenon appeared during the
Tremors 3: Back To Perfection (2001) – Review
Often consisted the weakest entry in the first four Tremors movies, maybe settling on “Back To Perfection” as a subtitle was hoping for too much.
Cars (2006) – Review
Pixar rightfully has a reputation for being one of the premier animation houses in cinema history, matching their boundless imagination pound for pound with other
Death Proof (Grindhouse) (2007) – Review
Quentin Tarantino has always prided himself on keeping his audience off balance with the plots of his movies – or as he eloquently words it:
Dragonball: Evolution (2009) – Review
I’m sure many people will beg to differ (and I’m sure I’ve already mentioned this somewhere before), but accuracy isn’t strictly necessary in order to
In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) – Review
I understand that dragging the limited talents of Uwe Boll through the mud these days is somewhat akin to flogging a dead horse with an
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) – Review
Technically, Quentin Tarantino has never done a sequel – except that he has. When the bosses at Miramax mistakenly decreed that a general audience wouldn’t
Finding Nemo (2003) – Review
By its fifth movie, Pixar was in full swing of producing a string of instant classics that’s almost impossible to beat – however, while the
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004) – Review
As the direct to DVD sequels to Tremors rumble ever onward, it’s good to know that even someone as jaded as I can be surprised
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) – Review
In many ways we all owe Jackie Brown a huge debt of gratitude…After Quentin Tarantino’s third film failed to make the same critical splash as
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) – Review
Roland Emmerich is infamous for making his name levelling whole cities in the cause of some good, clean, blockbuster fun that still manages to casually
Solomon Kane (2009) – Review
Most fantasy movies geared toward a mature audience usually stumble when trying to merge it’s more fantastical elements with more adult themes such as graphic
Bulletproof Monk
Wedged somewhere in the wide divide between Asian tinged 80’s fantasy flicks such as Big Trouble In Little China and The Golden Child and more
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