The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (2013) – Reviews

I think it’s fair to say that Peter Jackson’s return trip to Middle-Earth didn’t exactly capture the magic that the original Lord Of The Rings

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Elysium (2013) – Review

Sometimes it’s tough to capitalize on a debut movie no matter how many innovative ideas a young filmmaker has whizzing around on the inside of

Oz The Great And Powerful (2013) – Review

Despite the fact that I am a devoted and ardent fan of the works of Sam Raimi, I simply couldn’t bring myself to sit down

Return To Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 1 (2013) – Review

There’s some filmmakers working on the fringe of movies today that I would throw myself on barbed wire if it meant it would protect their

Monsters University (2013) – Review

Sequelizing Pixar movies beyond Toy Story seems to be very much the taboo subject and leads to many conflicting emotions. For an animation powerhouse of

Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013) – Review

After Star Trek’s unfeasibly fantastic return to the cinema’s solar system in 2009, expectations were naturally high for a sequel in which we all hoped

47 Ronin (2013) – Review

When 2021 ends, there will have been two big budget action films financed by American money that feature Asian leads. Obviously time will tell whether

The Purge (2013) – Review

Regardless of your personal feelings about Blumhouse’s franchise of political psycho-thrillers, you can’t deny they’ve burrowed into the public consciousness to an impressive degree –

Oblivion (2013) – Review

At what point does a film that steals lots of other movie’s concepts for it’s own reach a point where all those ideas end up

White House Down (2013) – Review

In yet another example of seperate Hollywood studios wheeling out the exact same concept to do battle like two hideously unoriginal Pokemon trainers, 2013 saw

Beneath (2013) – Review

Even if we solely count the various, voracious beasties that thrash and dart beneath the surface of earth’s various oceans, lakes and rivers, the genre

Fright Night 2: New Blood (2013) – Review

The direct to DVD sequel conundrum is something that’s stuck in my craw for some time now and I guess now is as good as

The Conjuring (2013) – Review

With Saw, director James Wan made an impact on the horror genre with all the force of a reverse bear trap springing open; and then

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) – Review

So I think we can all agree that the live action bow of Hasbro’s 3.75-inch, square jawed global enforcers could hardly be described as a

Olympus Has Fallen (2013) – Review

Touted upon release as Die Hard in the White House, it would have made more sense to describe Olympus Has Fallen as merely Air Force

Riddick (2013) – Review

Thirteen years after the debut of Riddick, the silvery eyed space criminal made relatively famous by chrome-domed franchise junkie Vin Diesel, David Twohy was enlisted

A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) – Review

I’ve never known the pain caused by being jilted at the alter or failing a paternity test while trying to cement the parentage of a

Insidious Chapter 2 (2013) – Review

Apparently there are but two certainties in life and common knowledge dictates that they are death and taxes; but a third could quite easily be

World War Z (2013) – Review

Adapting Max Brook’s epic zombie anthology into a cohesive movie was never going to be a straightforward task at the best of times. The novel,

Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) – Review

As frequent frequenter of endless horror sequels, it’s a good idea to give yourself a good, healthy reality check every now and then. No matter

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