Lockout (2012) – Review

Cinema as we know it is well over a hundred years old at this point, so the recycling of existing ideas is all but accepted

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Chronicle (2012) – Review

Back before 2015’s abortive version of Fantastic Four turned Josh Trank into a blockbuster cautionary tale, there was Chronicle, an absolutely stonking sci-fi flick that

Brave (2012) – Review

Over the last few years, animated movies have strived to update the notion of the “Disney Princess” beyond the type of character who croons ballads

Django Unchained (2012) – Review

The director himself may argue the point, but after the non-performance of Grindhouse in 2007, it certainly seemed like Quentin Tarantino took some time to

[REC]³: Genesis (2012) – Review

Changing what makes a hit franchise work can be a perilous business, just ask the filmmakers behind Halloween III. Screw with convention all you want,

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) – Review

Despite the occasional blip, the Resident Evil franchise is as reliable as their increasingly annoying codas that usually close their movies with a massive status

2012 (2009) – Review

During his long career as Hollywood’s go to disaster artist, Roland Emmerich has probably toppled more landmarks than the entire Kaiju cast of Destroy All

The Expendables 2 (2012) – Review

Bigger, better, faster is usually the go to phrase when crafting a sequel to an earlier hit, but when your first film contained the most

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

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,

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

Wrath Of The Titans (2012) – Review

If we’re being brutally honest, the world wasn’t exactly clamouring for a sequel to the 2010 Clash Of The Titans any more than they were

Piranha 3DD (2012) – Review

Raucous horror comedies can be a mixed bag at the best of times even though the 80’s had more of it’s fair share of blood

Skyfall (2012) – Review

As we came up to Daniel Craig’s third outing sipping vodka martinis, beding willing women and essentially writing off virtually every vehicle and building he

Dredd (2012) – Review

After Sylvester Stallone’s disastrous time under the helmet (or lack thereof) in 1995’s Judge Dredd, you’d think that any more attempts to realise the varied,

Men In Black 3 (2012) – Review

It seems that with every subsequent Men In Black sequel there is constant rumours of chaos during production and major issues concerning actors schedules that

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – Review

Back in 2008, Batman (with a healthy assist by Heath Ledger’s definitive, punk, anarchist Joker) swung in and changed the face of an entire genre.

Prometheus (2012) – Review

Prometheus should’ve been a triumphant return… It marked the return of Ridley Scott to science fiction, a genre he hadn’t tackled since 1982 with the

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) – Review

After the bright light that was the Sam Raimi series of Spider-films flickered and died with it’s third bumpy instalment, Sony Pictures was left with

The Avengers (2012) – Review

Bottom line? The Avengers simply shouldn’t have worked. No, seriously, why should it have?Usually slamming characters together from multiple franchises either means said franchise is

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