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
Tag: 2008
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
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
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
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
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
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
Quantum Of Solace
After James Bond returned – more Dr Who style than Dr No – as younger, more successful and more relevant than ever, fans eagerly awaited
Max Payne
One of the chief complaints I (and I assume many others) have about movies based on video games in general is that time and time
Punisher: War Zone
By the time we got to the third swing at capturing the criminal slaughtering, skull shirted vigilante that is known as The Punisher, there was
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Gullimero Del Toro’s sophomore crack at Mike Mignola’s crimson skull cracker is somewhat of a bittersweet experience. Sweet because with the triumph of Pan’s Labyrinth
Iron Man
And so it all began right here, the irresistible epicentre of the unstoppable force of cinematic nature that became the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The rebirth
The Dark Knight
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
Rambo
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
The Incredible Hulk
Is there a more underappreciated movie in the MCU than The Incredible Hulk? Tonally different from both what Iron Man established before and pretty much
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