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
Tag: 2000s
Ghosts Of Mars (2001) – Review
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 (2003) – Review
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 (2007) – Review
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 (2004) – Review
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 (2007) – Review
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 (2001) – Review
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 (2004) – Review
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 (2003) – Review
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 (2009) – Review
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 (2000) – Review
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
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
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