Thanks to streaming, direct-to-DVD entries and entities like the Syfy Channel once seemingly churning out similar themed movies at a frightening rate, the onslaught of
Tag: 2000s
Shaolin Soccer (2001) – Review
In 2004, director Stephen Chow rocked the world with his cartoonish fusion of Kung-Fu movie and Tex Avery foolishness that birthed the stupendous Kung Fu
Red Eye (2005) – Review
After a career boost he enjoyed thanks to a trilogy featuring a certain ghost faced, pop culture obsessed slasher, Wes Craven’s career seemed to be
A History Of Violence (2005) – Review
It may be a slightly immature take, but I’ve always gravitated more towards David Cronenberg’s earlier, genre work than his later, more… well, not conventional
The Island (2005) – Review
After the frantic chaos of Bad Boys II, there was something of a question as to where Michael Bay would go next after a career
Secret Window (2004) – Review
“Write what you know” has always been a major piece of advice when it comes to would-be authors and it’s obviously one that’s of prime
Rollerball (2002) – Review
I don’t think I’m saying anything too groundbreaking here (hey, when do I ever?), but one of the primary issues with the majority of modern
Death Race (2008) – Review
It’s a common fact that when anyone feels the need to defend the patchy career of Paul W.S. Anderson, they’ll slap a mention of Event
Crocodile (2000) – Review
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
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
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