It’s a known fact that J.J. Abrams never met a massively mysterious ad campaign he didn’t like, but when it came to 10 Cloverfield Lane,
Tag: 2010s
The Babysitter (2017) – Review
If you were to cast an eye over the directorial career of McG, a pattern starts to emerge of a blockbuster director who really had
Silent Hill: Revelation (2012) – Review
Christophe Gans 2006 adaptation of the smash hit game Silent Hill didn’t exactly set the world on fire despite it’s visually stunning depictions of Hell
Fury (2014) – Review
David Ayer is a filmmaker that doesn’t deal in half measures. Responsible for either writing or directing a string of absurdly hard edged street thrillers,
Hush (2016) – Review
Mike Flanagan has built himself up into quite the horror factory of late, most famous these days for his heartfelt Stephen King adaptations and his
Death Note (2017) – Review
Much has been made of the Video Game adaptation’s inability to definitively produce a single great movie from all the attempts hurled at our cinemas
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows (2016) – Review
One criticism leveled at the various incarnations of Ninja Turtle movies that’s come down the sewer pipe over the years is that a lot of
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) – Review
I for one never had that much an issue with Michael Bay’s whirring, vorping, clanking and exploding face lift for 2007’s Transformers – after all,
Jupiter Ascending (2015) – Review
Having effortlessly conquered dystopian, cyberpunk sci-fi with The Matrix (and then fucking it up a bit with the sequels) the Wachowski siblings decided they’d try
Trick (2019) – Review
Lussier and Todd Farmer has been noticeably absent of late, which is a shame considering their last two collaborations where light-footed exercises in trashy fun.
Total Recall (2012) – Review
Regardless of how much we all complained, the immensely frustrating habit that the Millennium had of remaking 80’s action classics continued unabated with a glossy,
The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot (2018) – Review
Genre mashing is one of the greatest things there is about genre cinema – a cinematic practice of squishing different types of movie together to
Midway (2019) – Review
There’s a saying that goes: those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. It’s a wise saying as sayings go and
Battleship (2012) – Review
Thanks to the truly biblical stacks of cash hauled in by Michael Bay’s flashy, trashy Transformers movies, toy company-cum-movie studio Hasbro obviously had the stench
Battle: Los Angeles (2011) – Review
In the years since Independence Day cornered the market on crowd pleasing, flag waving alien invasion movies it seems that Hollywood has been trying to
The Night Comes For Us (2018) – Review
After the Indonesian film industry got a shot in the arm (and face, and chest) thanks to Gareth Evans towering The Raid series, it seems
Inhuman Kiss (2019) – Review
When weighing up the pros and cons of streaming movies vs physical media I always find myself staring at my DVD and Blu Ray laden
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) – Review
Let’s be honest now, The Terminator franchise has been in a sizable rut for some time now. Make excuses and defend your favorite installment that
Annabelle (2014) – Review
After James Wan’s The Conjuring scared up a treat at the box office, it was a sure bet that it would get a follow up,
War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017) – Review
I’ve probably stated elsewhere that it’s the Planet Of The Apes remake trifecta that’s the great, unsung movie trilogy of the decade but I only
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