“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
Tag: 2004
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood Of War
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
Toolbox Murders
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
The Bourne Supremacy
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
Crimson Rivers II: Angels Of The Apocalypse
In 2000, Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel teamed up with La Haine director Mathieu Kassovitz to deliver The Crimson Rivers, a fidgety psycho thriller that
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Technically, Quentin Tarantino has never done a sequel – except that he has. When the bosses at Miramax mistakenly decreed that a general audience wouldn’t
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
As the direct to DVD sequels to Tremors rumble ever onward, it’s good to know that even someone as jaded as I can be surprised
The Day After Tomorrow
Roland Emmerich is infamous for making his name levelling whole cities in the cause of some good, clean, blockbuster fun that still manages to casually
Kung Fu Hustle
What did we do right as a collective species to deserve Stephen Chow? While I have to be honest and admit I haven’t seen the
Final Destination 2
“Faster, more intense” may be a term far more notorious for George Lucas’ directing style but it’s also a fitting description for a horror sequel’s
Saw
Any of you out there snorting in derision at the 5-star rating I’ve decided to heap upon James Wan’s legendarily grimy debut needs to to
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
After squeezing out the lacklustre (yet depressingly profitable) videogame adaptation Resident Evil, Paul W.S. Anderson decided to move onto pastures new when the temptation to
Van Helsing
Back in 1999, Stephen Sommers updated a genuine horror classic and raised The Mummy from it’s metaphorical sarcophagus thanks to Brendan Frasier’s innate likeability, a
Catwoman
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,
Dawn Of The Dead
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
I, Robot
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
The Chronicles Of Riddick
Without a shadow of a doubt, the most interesting thing about David Twohy’s 2000, science fiction epic Pitch Black was the bald, shiny-eyed, morality vacuum
The Incredibles
Despite populating their stories with gaudily coloured monsters, bickering fish and prat-falling playthings, Pixar has no problems when it comes to drilling the hardships of
Spider-Man 2
Back in that shaky period of superhero movie history known as the 00’s, you got what you were given. Yes, this was a period of
Hellboy
Guillermo Del Toro’s third crack at U.S. cinema has all the hallmarks of a mega-sized home run. Pre-dating the holy/wacky match of director and material
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