There was something perversely fascinating about watching a man of Denzel Washington’s infinite talents stab, punch, batter and shoot his way through The Equalizer, Antoine
Tag: 2010s
Children Of The Corn: Runaway
Much like the closing moments of a horror film, we thought it was all over… only to be proved horribly wrong when the terror started
Last Shift
If there ever was a problem with the bygone world of direct to DVD horror flicks and the current universe of streaming, it’s that the
The Equalizer
Of all the actors to tackle their advancing years by going the Liam Neeson/Taken route and portraying a dude who can make mincemeat of men
Children Of The Corn: Genesis
Do you remember that bit at the end of It’s A Wonderful Life where an offensively cute child states that every time a bell rings,
Life
When the trailer first surfaced for the 2017 sci-fi creeper, Life, there was a persistent theory going the rounds that it was actually a secret
Chappie
After he delivered one of the most impressive debuts of modern times with District 9, I was patiently waiting for director Neill Blomkamp to take
Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning
Ever since filmmakers started trying to sequalize Roland Emmerich’s 90’s original, the Universal Soldier franchise has been rejecting follow up after follow up like a
Poltergeist
If you’re gonna do a remake, you’d better have a point – I mean beyond trying to make money off a recognisable franchise name. While
The Last Airbender
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
The Raid 2
In 2011, Gareth Evans hauled off and smashed us in the face with The Raid, a stupendously brutal, high-energy action masterpiece that quickly crawled it’s
Headshot
Someone was going to take up the baton of hyper-violent, Indonesian action movies after Gareth Evans mic dropped The Raid 2 all over us and
May The Devil Take You
We’ve tackled the homage/ripoff conundrum here many times before and the consensus usually is that if your movie is legitimately entertaining, you can basically get
The Great Wall
Released in that decade where it felt like 70% of Legendary Studios’ output was monster movies, The Great Wall was something slightly different.The most expensive
The Raid
I’m always curious to see where the next action sensation comes from, but even I was surprised by The Raid. Erupting from under the radar
Pain & Gain
After nearly burning himself out on three gargantuan Transformers movies in a row, it’s telling that Michael Bay’s idea of a smaller, intimate movie is
The Last Stand
After Arnold Schwarzenegger’s term as the Governator of California was at an end, it was only a matter of time before he found himself back
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
Terrifier
If there’s one thing the modern horror genre is lacking is a truly endearing antagonist that really captures the imagination of the masses. I mean
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