As the new wave of savagely violent French horror films continued traumatizing audiences throughout the 2000s, it seems that no taboo was sacred. However, while
Tag: 2007
30 Days Of Night (2007) – Review
In 2007, a mere year before Twilight turned the popular view of cinematic vampires into glittery navel gazers who play baseball and yearn for high
Frontier(s) (2007) – Review
In a 2000s horror landscape that saw the rise of torture porn, not to mention a clutch of horror remakes that were trying to out-shock
Sunshine (2007) – Review
During his genre-hopping days, Danny Boyle had already tangled with stripped back thrillers (Shallow Grave), brutal comedy drama (Trainspotting), quirky rom-coms (A Life Less Ordinary)
28 Weeks Later (2007) – Review
Banging out a follow up to a successful horror film may be something of a safe bet financially speaking, but when the film in question
Rush Hour 3 (2007) -Review
After Rush Hour 2 did the business at the box office, the franchise seemed primed to high kick confidently into trilogy territory, and yet a
The Invasion (2007) – Review
For a story that has been remade as much as Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers, it’s had a surprisingly high rate of success. Don Siegel’s
Trick ‘r Treat (2007) – Review
Usually, when you ask someone what their go-to Halloween viewing is, chances are you’ll get something of a varied answer that lies somewhere between John
Lake Placid 2 (2007) – Review
Hey, anyone remember Lake Placid? Sure you do! It was that killer crocodile movie that came out in 1999 that had a surprisingly great cast
Death Sentence (2007) – Review
After making his seismic impact on the horror genre with 2004’s Saw, there was the nagging suspicion that fledgling frightmaker James Wan had absolutely no
Shooter (2007) – Review
Never was the Mark Wahlberg rule more fully in effect than in Shooter, Antoine Fuqua’s muscular 2007 snipe-fest. What exactly was the Mark Wahlberg rule,
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
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
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) – Review
There are many problems that Jason Bourne seems to deal with on a semi-regular basis, but who would have thought that the amnesiac super-spy’s biggest
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
There’s always that pressure for sequels to expand on all that has come before, but where do you go when the franchise started by being
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) – Review
When compared to that other long running franchise of inbred mutants indulging in their vulgar pastimes with stranded holiday makers, The Hills Have Eyes runs
1408 (2007) – Review
Anyone planning to to adapt a Stephen King story has quite the weight of expectation to match up to, but anyone willing to tackle a
Planet Terror (Grindhouse) (2007) – Review
In my review for that other member of the Grindhouse double bill, Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, I briefly laid out the history of his and
Death Proof (Grindhouse) (2007) – Review
Quentin Tarantino has always prided himself on keeping his audience off balance with the plots of his movies – or as he eloquently words it:
In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) – Review
I understand that dragging the limited talents of Uwe Boll through the mud these days is somewhat akin to flogging a dead horse with an