If anything was destined to invoke the ire of critics and audiences back in 2010, it was either a misguided attempt to realise a beloved
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Super
Consider the rather remarkable career trajectory of one James Gunn.Getting his start in the industry toiling in the filmmaking slums of Troma by penning such
The Ward
It had been about ten years since John Carpenter last directed a feature and his self-imposed retirement had been born of him finally losing his
Tron: Legacy
As I’ve mentioned countless times before, legacy Sequels seem to be Hollywood’s current favoured method of increasing the lifespan of movie franchises while still maintaining
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
After bringing back the Pirate movie back from Davey Jones’ locker, super producer Jerry Bruckheimer then turned to the video game genre to try and
The Reef
In the swirling wake left by 2003’s Open Water, filmmakers realised that by utilising modern camera technology with old school guerilla filmmaking, your killer shark
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Usually the news that Paul W.S. Anderson is returning to direct anything, let alone another chapter of the frequently obnoxious Resident Evil franchise, isn’t exactly
The Crazies
In among the many phases the horror genre went through at the turn of the Millennium, surely the most bittersweet was that of the blatant
Saw: The Final Chapter
And so – after a staggering seven movies in seven years – the Jigsaw express finally screeched into its final stop with a flurry of
Skyline
After achieving what Sigourney Weaver and Arnold Schwarzenegger failed to do for years by stopping the Aliens and the Predators dead in their tracks after
The Expendables
They’re aren’t many movies that can take a critical licking and yet can keep on ticking, but those that do are usually deemed “critic proof”
BlacKkKlansman
First up, let me level with you all…This is the first Spike Lee movie I ever got round to seeing. I know, I know! Legitimately
Inception
After impressing the cinema going public with such standout movies such as Momento and The Prestige (two films as notoriously twisty as a piece of
Clash Of The Titans
It would seem that Louis Leterrier was indeed the best choice in order to remake the 1981 fantasy epic that so famously featured Ray Harryhousen’s
A Nightmare On Elm Street
After Michael, Jason and Leatherface all had shiny new updates all throughout the noughties (Chucky trailed behind and got one in 2019 whereas Pinhead never
Aquaman
Sea-Thor, Sea-Thor, on the sea floor?After one of the most disappointing payoffs in cinema history scuppered all that good will provided by Wonder Woman, you
Toy Story 3
Cinema is littered with trilogies that narrowly missed nailing the hat trick, scoring two out of three falls, or simply just having one weaker entry.
Jonah Hex
The melding of Warner Brothers and DC has provided both compliments and complaints over the years but until recently the most prevalent one was the
The Shallows
After a somewhat lousy summer at the cinema during 2016, it turned out there was nothing better for blowing away the cinematic cobwebs than a
Iron Man 2
Universe building, especially in it’s infant days, is a delicate balancing act. Concentrate too hard on the big picture and you run the risk of
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