If left untreated, killer plant movies can spring up like weeds. There’s the Triffids of course and we certainly can’t forget the voracious appetite of
Tag: 2008
Outlander (2008) – Review
Doesn’t it feel sometimes that concocting a screenplay feels like someone frantically trying to invent a brand new cocktail from scratch? The act of throwing
Righteous Kill (2008) – Review
It’s an inescapable fact that nobody’s perfect. Think of your most cherished cinematic idol and chances are they screwed the pooch at least one time
The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) – Review
Sometimes all the good intentions in the world can’t stop a project from ending up weirdly dull or somewhat awkward. While remaking bona fide classics
Pontypool (2008) – Review
Sometimes a movie comes along that defies conventional explanation. Whether it’s the ideas that lay in the central concept, or the way the film is
Transporter 3 (2008) – Review
You have to give Jason Statham credit, I mean when you look at his filmography the man has multiple franchises that he’s fronted over his
Taken (2008) – Review
Maybe Liam Neeson’s sudden veer into action movies shouldn’t have surprised us as much as it did back in 2008 when he showed up in
The Strangers (2008) – Review
For decades, the slasher movie seemed to operate on a particular set of tropes, forged in the blood of countless teens who thought that getting
The Wrestler (2008) – Review
Until Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler stepped through the ropes to worldwide acclaim back in 2008, transferring the weird world of “Sports Entertainment” to the silver
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008) – Review
If a string of inferior Robocop sequels taught us anything, it’s that the satirical eye of Paul Verhoven is tougher to obtain than the Holy
Bad Biology (2008) – Review
After the lumpy, deranged antics of Basket Case 3 landed in 1991, the cinematic career of sleeze auteur Frank Henenlotter seemed to have stopped deader
Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008) – Review
If killer animal franchises were Infinity Stones then someone should’ve sent the Avengers to have a stern chat with the Syfy Channel a few years
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
WALL•E (2008) – Review
In barely over a decade, Pixar had established itself as the premier animation house, but despite its innovations in storytelling and its commitment to getting
The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor
After the frenetic action gumbo of The Mummy Returns – a hyperbolic action/adventure that placed exhausting action sequences next to career worst examples of CGI
Doomsday (2008) – Review
After his exemplary first couple of movies, my expectations for Neil Marshall’s third film, Doomsday, was higher than Snoop Dogg. I mean, could you blame
Saw V (2008) – Review
At the insane rate the Saw movies were being put out (one a year since 2004!!), it’s frankly amazing the series’ level of quality didn’t
Cloverfield (2008) – Review
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
Wanted (2008) – Review
Attempts to adapt the work of Mark Millar, Scottish comic scribe and concept man extraordinaire, has led to some pretty strange shit; be it the
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
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