Stories of spectacular rags to hideous riches are as American as apple pie – after all, what signifies the American dream more than someone making
Tag: 2010s
Prisoners (2013) – Review
Horror filmmakers can try to put as many unspeakable terrors on the screen as they can, but all the boogeymen, monsters and apparitions in the
Filth (2013) – Review
Just because Danny Boyle found the cheat code on how to adapt Irvine Welsh with Trainspotting (see also David Fincher cracking Chuck Palahniuk with Fight
Zootopia (2016) – Review
It’s always been something of a towering irony that the animation house that arguably took the crown from Disney was one that actually belonged to
Cold Pursuit (2019) – Review
Sometimes, misrepresentation can harm a film just as surely as blunt force trauma to the face. If the trailers and posters suggests a certain kind
Cam (2018) – Review
The horror/thriller genres have been gleefully ensuring that we just can’t have nice things for decades as it party poops virtually everything by making it
Crimson Peak (2015) – Review
Guillermo Del Toro is no stranger to ghost stories, and he’s certainly no stranger to gothic ambience, and yet it’s kind of weird that Crimson
Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017) – Review
And still the Sniper conveyor belt rolls on…However, with its seventh instalment, something strange seemed to happen to this franchise that all snipers have to
Now You See Me 2 (2016) – Review
When it came to glossy, enjoyable and utterly ludicrous nonsense that still, inexplicably made you want to punch the air with glee, the 2013 heist
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010) – Review
Look; we all love Spaced, right? You know, the Channel 4, pop culture savvy sitcom that that made Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright
Company Of Heroes (2013) – Review
As we head into occupied territory on the way to face the final days of the German army, we unsurprisingly find ourselves once again in
Now You See Me (2013) – Review
Magic is a tenuous thing. See it from the right angle and for a miraculous moment you’d believe that the impossible is possible as you’re
Tales Of Halloween (2015) – Review
Anthologies have always been the pick ‘n mix of the cinema world, to it’s quite fitting when anyone thinks yo make one about Halloween. Of
Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016) – Review
At this point in the Sniper timeline, it’s genuinely tough to think of anything new to say about the sixth entry in the neverending, sharpshooting
Death Race 2050 (2017) – Review
Just how many different franchises of Death Race do we actually need?For those weaned of the Paul Anderson Death Race movie (W.S., not P.T. –
Truth Or Dare (2018) – Review
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Blumhouse have worked with such names as Spike Lee, James Wan, Jordan Peele Mike Flanagan and M. Night Shyamalan
The Nice Guys (2016) – Review
Films come and films go, and while some that barely seem worthy of attention get franchises that seemingly twirl off into infinity, other, more worthy
Happy Death Day 2U (2019) – Review
Back in 2017, Christopher Landon and Blumhouse teamed to take the teen savvy world of Scream and the concept behind 90s comedy, Groundhog Day and
Happy Death Day (2017) – Review
I’ve mentioned my love of the paradoxical subgenre known as the feel good horror film before; but while there are many great examples of this
The House With A Clock In Its Walls (2018) – Review
In a career full of necrotic deceases, profitable torture cults and cannibals, surely the most shocking twist of all is when Eli Roth suddenly veered
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