There’s no doubting the success of Avatar, James Cameron’s all-conquering sci-fi that saw the self proclaimed king of the world defy skeptics once again and
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Max Manus: Man Of War
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
Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans
When a franchise resorts to going down a prequel route, it’s usually a sign that the series has finally bled out and run dry of
Up
We could wax lyrical about which moment from Pixar’s laundry list of emotion searing moments hit hardest, but know this: if your answer isn’t the
Drag Me To Hell
Over the years, Sam Raimi has been at the bleeding edge of using his movies to torment and torture a surprising array of actors on
Dragonball: Evolution
I’m sure many people will beg to differ (and I’m sure I’ve already mentioned this somewhere before), but accuracy isn’t strictly necessary in order to
Solomon Kane
Most fantasy movies geared toward a mature audience usually stumble when trying to merge it’s more fantastical elements with more adult themes such as graphic
Inglorious Basterds
After Tarantino ditched the suited, gangster goings on of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Bell for the super stylized shenanigans of the Kill Bill
Star Trek
Star Trek was dead.Just let that settle in your head for a bit – after first being broadcast in 1966 and doggedly remaining vital in
[REC]²
Undoubtedly one of the better (if not the best) of the found footage horror genre, [REC] bloodily lurched onto the scene with lashings of style
The Final Destination
Whether by design or by fate, Final Destination arguably had one of the neatest horror concepts of the noughties. Essentially a slasher movie where the
Survival Of The Dead
It’s a sad fact of cinema that a director’s final film usually isn’t their best and this goes doubley true for the Splat Pack of
2012
During his long career as Hollywood’s go to disaster artist, Roland Emmerich has probably toppled more landmarks than the entire Kaiju cast of Destroy All
Saw VI
After the rather drab fifth installment, it seemed like the relentless, annual, murder-machine known as the Saw franchise had finally come to a screeching, grinding
Knowing
The legendary A-bomb of the acting community, Nicolas Cage has regularky marked his career with different phases over the years like the changing of a
G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra
When enjoying/enduring the delights of a big budget summer flick, it often helps to deploy something that I call “the inner twelve year old”, an
Friday The 13th
With all the horror remakes whizzing around the place during the noughties, it’s frankly amazing that a Friday The 13th remake took so long to
Watchmen
Based on renowned misery-wizard Alan Moore’s legendary DC graphic novel (some say the greatest ever written) Watchmen takes place in an alternate universe where costumed
Zombieland
Set to the pounding snarl of Metallica’s For Whom The Bell Tolls, we are thrust head first into the gleeful wonders of Zombieland, a delightfully
Fast And Furious
By 2009 and after a string of flops as long as your arm, Vin Diesel finally returned to the movie that made his name in
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