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
Tag: 2000s
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,
[Rec] (2007) – Review
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
Red Dragon (2002) – Review
Of all the attempts to confine Hannibal Lector, Thomas Harris’ irresistibly refined bogeyman on the screen, none has had more versions than his original appearance
Ong-Bak (2003) – Review
There’s a story about sternum-crushing Thai juggernaut Tony Jaa that I really hope is true. When asked during an interview who his influences are, one
Planet Of The Apes (2001) – Review
Once upon a time, Hollywood had a full-proof solution when working out how to bring a quirky, big budget project to the big screen: if
The Host (2006) – Review
Not to be confused with the many other movies out there that’s claimed this admittedly derivative title, Bong Joon-ho’s genre blending monster mash emerged from
G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra (2009) – Review
When enjoying/enduring the delights of a big budget summer flick, it often helps to deploy something that I call “the inner twelve year old”, an
I, Robot (2004) – Review
I’m fairly certain that throughout his illustrious career, Isaac Asimov never once jotted the phrase “Aw Hell No!” into any of his groundbreaking novels that
Jurassic Park III (2001) – Review
Back between 1993 and 1997, when the original Jurassic Park and it’s sequel burst into the public consciousness like a rampaging saurian ploughing through a
Scream 3 (2000) – Review
The Scream series has many things which sets it apart from it’s similarly stab-happy, slasher brethren but one of the more radical is that it’s
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