V For Vendetta, the magnificent graphic novel written by famously anti-social hair sculpture Alan Moore, was always going to be a tough nut to crack
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Watchmen (2009) – Review
Based on renowned misery-wizard Alan Moore’s legendary DC graphic novel (some say the greatest ever written) Watchmen takes place in an alternate universe where costumed
The Mist (2007) – Review
Frank Darabont is famously no stranger to Stephen King, but an argument could be made that his superlative adaptations of both The Shawshank Redemption and
Constantine (2005) – Review
First dreamed up by grumpy, fuzzy faced comics overlord Alan Moore as a supporting character to mossy eco-warrior Swamp Thing, chain-smoking, street magician and full
Zombieland (2009) – Review
Set to the pounding snarl of Metallica’s For Whom The Bell Tolls, we are thrust head first into the gleeful wonders of Zombieland, a delightfully
The Dark Knight (2008) – Review
Coming out of nowhere to redeem the bat-franchise with Batman Begins (not the Batman film we deserved, but the Batman film we needed), who could’ve
Batman Begins (2005) – Review
It’s always been said that Bruce Wayne’s pointy-eared alter ego can best any opponent given enough prep time and after Warners had unleashed the most
Searching… (2018) – Review
There’s been a fair smattering of internet based thrillers over the last few years, movies such as Unfriended, that take the concept of the found
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) – Review
After Halloween H20 confused everyone as to how exactly to pronounce it’s name when asking for a ticket, the other lasting effect of that slick
Blade: Trinity (2004) – Review
When you consider how much of an influence the original Blade is credited with when it comes to the meteoric rise (and rise) of the
Dreamcatcher (2003) – Review
Just because you are the world’s preeminent horror author, it doesn’t mean that you’re not gonna produce the odd stinker every now and then and
Halloween 2 (2009) – Review
I think it’s safe to say that Rob Zombie’s crack at John Carpenter’s timeless slasher template was not all it could have been. Trying to
Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (2007) – Review
Sometimes people, when faced with an adaption of beloved literature, can focus too much on the negative while being wilfully blind to the positive that’s
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) – Review
As horror history has resolutely and repeatedly taught us is that the Texas Chainsaw movies are particularly hard to sequelize so producer Michael Bay chose
Rambo (2008) – Review
After an extended leave of absence, and thanks to the critical success of the immensely satisfying comeback of Rocky Balboa, Stallone’s OTHER iconic character returns
Blade II (2002) – Review
The face breaking, vamp steaking, take-no-shit Daywalker has returned.That’s right, Blade, otherwise known as Wesley Snipes’ calmer and more mild mannered alter ego, is back
Fantastic Four (2005) – Review
There’s a prevailing theory that all you have to do to make a great comic book movie is keep it as close to the source
Ghost Rider (2007) – Review
Not unlike an attractive, yet dull, twentysomething sporting a stylish haircut and a good body, Johnny Blaze’s flaming skulled alter ego seems to have mostly
Fast And Furious (2009) – Review
By 2009 and after a string of flops as long as your arm, Vin Diesel finally returned to the movie that made his name in
The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) – Review
There’s a somewhat unfair notion that the third Fast And Furious movie is a cheap and cynical attempt to desperately the head of a rapidly
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