After the release of Saw II had established puppet wielding sadist Jigsaw as the hot horror hero, the minds behind the franchise seemed to have
Tag: 2000s
Saw II (2005) – Review
It may sound a little odd to say, but a franchise sometimes really doesn’t start until the second movie appears. Now, before you point out
Hannibal Rising
Even the most ardent Anthony Hopkins/Hannibal Lecter fan who have to agree that the serial killing psychiatrist was oddly long in the tooth and noticably
Snakes On A Plane (2006) – Review
In 2006, Hollywood learned a valuable lesson when it came to the peculiar marketing of reptile crammed airplane thriller, Snakes On A Plane and that’s
Next (2007) – Review
The prominent sci-fi author Phillip K. Dick has been blessed with some of the greatest adaptations a writer could ever hope to nab. While inevitably
The Legend Of Zorro (2005) – Review
Back in 1998, the previous Zorro nimbly dived into cinemas, slicing his initial into virtually everything he could find in Martin Campbell’s stonking resurrection of
Slither (2006) – Review
I genuinely believe that if more movies were like Slither, James Gunn’s glorious pastiche of 50’s monster movies given a hilarious blast of punk rock
Diary Of The Dead (2007) – Review
The late, great George Romero was more than capable at trying his hand at all kinds of horror, but the man will forever be linked
Cloverfield (2008) – Review
I remember the first time I saw Cloverfield like it was yesterday… As I holed up in a sizable screen in Leicester Square for a
King Kong (2005) – Review
In many ways, selecting Peter Jackson to helm a remake of King Kong is a no brainer. Fresh from changing cinema history after realising JRR
Catwoman (2004) – Review
We currently live in a time where a female character can headline a superhero movie pretty much like it’s a normal, everyday thing. Wonder Woman,
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Hurtling out of a pitch black crawl space somewhere in Spain to sink it’s teeth into the overpopulated genres of the zombie film and the
Knowing (2009) – Review
The legendary A-bomb of the acting community, Nicolas Cage has regularky marked his career with different phases over the years like the changing of a
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000) – Review
After remaining dormant for over twenty years, it seemed that the half-life of the Toxic Avenger had burned out thanks to it’s two sequels that
TMNT (2007) – Review
After the original movie series had devolved into broad slapstick, time travel and the dead eyed thousand yard stare of stripped back animatronic, the Teenage
Versus (2000) – Review
From it’s first shot of a samurai slicing a zombie in two, Ryuhei Kitamura’s 2000 berserker breakout Versus aimed to put a familiar spin on
Dawn Of The Dead (2004) – Review
I’ve been fairly vocal in the past about the works of one Zachary Edward Snyder – a man who seemingly has no use for the
Land Of The Dead (2005) – Review
Twenty years after the sun went down on George A. Romero’s 1985 zombie epic, Day Of The Dead, fans had anxiously been awaiting to see
Warrior King (2005) – Review
In the world of martial arts cinema, it’s often interesting to compare the differing styles of face breakage displayed via the same opponents that may
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2008) – Review
With the sort of blind, rabid hatred usually reserved for the likes of Jar Jar Binks and Peter Parker’s Spider-Man 3 emo hair, the forth
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