Tag: 2012

The Hunger Games (2012) – Review

Before we start down the rabbit hole of a dystopian, science fiction franchise that seemed to trade on turbulent love triangles just as much as

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Seven Psychopaths (2012) – Review

Back during the 90s, in the wake of such movies as Reservoir Dogs and Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, there were a rash of

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Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012) – Review

Seeing as the last Puppet Master came so close to being trashily worthwhile, it’s no great surprise that the franchise decided to remain within the

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Premium Rush (2012) – Review

Bike messengers. Not exactly the most beloved members of our city streets, are they? Whizzing in and out of traffic, mounting pavements and generally being

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Zero Dark Thirty (2012) – Review

Undoubtedly one of the thorniest subjects a filmmaker could tackle in the modern age, the spectre of 9/11 is something that has to be treated

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Jack Reacher (2012) – Review

When adapting a character from book to film, how important is it that the physical embodiment of a beloved protagonist matches that of his literary

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Safe House (2012) – Review

To take a step back for a brief moment, mid-budget movies like Safe House used to pop up at cinemas all the time over ten

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John Carter (2012) – Review

Originally titled John Carter Of Mars and not to be confused with John Carpenter Of Mars (which technically would be Ghosts Of Mars), Pixar’s Andrew

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Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012) – Review

And so the inexorable string of Wrong Turn sequels rolled ever on. In 2012, the tally of installments bizarrely rose to five when some bright

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Silent Night (2012) – Review

Let me tell you about Christmas. It ain’t all candy canes and pretty lights. Christmas can fuck you up.If any franchise tends to mirror that

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Taken 2 (2012) – Review

OK, so maybe Taken wasn’t the best action movie of all time; I mean, when you think about it, was pretty dumb, oddly basic and

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Maniac (2012) – Review

During an interview held sometime after the release of the 1998, meta sci-fi flick, The Faculty, director Robert Rodriguez stated that he’d love to cast

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Sinister (2012) – Review

After a brief sojourn into sci-fi with the drippy remake of The Day The Earth Stool Still, director Scott Derrickson returned to the world of

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V/H/S (2012) – Review

Not to go all Forrest Gump on you, but anthology movies are kind of like a box of chocolates, insofar that you never know what

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Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012) – Review

When it comes to the breeding habits of actual crocodiles, females are known to nest as often as every year, or every couple of years,

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Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning (2012) – Review

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

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Looper (2012) – Review

Before the resplendent debut of the drawling Benoit Blanc in Knives Out and even the crowd dividing majesty of The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson was

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Underworld: Awakening (2012) – Review

At this point, I feel I should ask a couple of pertinent questions, like who out there is actually demanding for more Underworld sequels and

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The Bourne Legacy (2012) – Review

Usually when the lead character opts out of a franchise, it usually means that the writing is on the wall for that particular series, but

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) – Review

Probably the most compelling thing about the entirety of Peter Jackson’s return to Middle-Earth with The Hobbit lies buried within the depths of the exhaustive

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