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
Tag: 2018
Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell
After the surprise revival of the Tremors franchise back in 2015, the series seemed to be in the best shape it had been in in
Hellraiser: Judgement
After keeping their hooks sunk deep into the flesh of the Hellraiser franchise after banging out a quickie sequel in 2011 in order to keep
Mortal Engines
I don’t know about you, but I always find it somewhat awkward when I settle down to watch a big, lush movie based on a
The First Purge
After the last, rather tepid, Purge I personally predicted that that special (thankfully fictional) night in America, where everyone puts on overly elaborate head gear
The Nun
Yep, it’s yet another addition to the rapidly growing fraternity of the Conjuring universe, the most recent ballooning franchise that James Wan seems to create
The Cloverfield Paradox
After the events located at 10 Cloverfield Lane brought in some healthy returns, the search was on for the next entry in this loose anthology
The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot
Genre mashing is one of the greatest things there is about genre cinema – a cinematic practice of squishing different types of movie together to
The Night Comes For Us
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
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
After the ungodly amount of moolah raked in by the franchise-reviving Jurassic World, it seems that the Jurassic Park series is a dab hand at
BlacKkKlansman
First up, let me level with you all…This is the first Spike Lee movie I ever got round to seeing. I know, I know! Legitimately
Aquaman
Sea-Thor, Sea-Thor, on the sea floor?After one of the most disappointing payoffs in cinema history scuppered all that good will provided by Wonder Woman, you
Sicario: Day Of The Soldado
The first Sicario, a flawless, brutal yet grimly beautiful thriller concerning policing the Mexican cartels and the dodgy, godless shit the government spooks pull to
Creed II
Rematches are the ultimate sequel. How many times has Sherlock traded wits with Moriarty, Batman vs The Joker, Magneto squaring off with the X-Men? The
Insidious: The Last Key
The previous Insidious movie – titled Chapter 3 despite being set before the first two movies, therefore throwing anyone with numerical dyslexia into a cold
Upgrade
Just because you haven’t got a budget to finance a small Latin American Country, doesn’t you can’t splurge on big ideas in your science fiction
Yardie
Idris Elba has pretty much done it all. After conquering television as the charismatic Stringer Bell on HBO’s The Wire he jumped over to Film
First Man
Dealing with the space race to land on the moon during the 1960’s and primarily Neil Armstrong’s mental state during that time, First Man is
Overlord
Sometimes fun is all you need. No big stars, no huge talent calling “action” (unless you count J.J. Abrams with a weighty producers credit, and
Suspiria
With all the horror remakes littering the cinematic landscape that plundered hungrily from the 70’s and 80’s, it’s frankly amazing to me that it’s only
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