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
Tag: 2018
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
Incredibles 2
The first Incredibles movie is most likely my favourite Pixar.Featuring scenes of relationship tension and mid-life crisis, it’s far more uncomfortably relatable than any kids
Robin Hood
*Long exasperated sigh* Yes… it’s another Robin Hood movie. Another attempt to “reinvigorate the legend” or “refresh the brand” or whatever dime-store hype phrase the
Tomb Raider
Lara Croft, the pistol packing, tomb raiding, adventurer has had a few reboots in the gaming world so it really only seems fitting that she
Halloween
All good horror icons, like bread, tend to rise.Forgive the food metaphor, I’m currently writing this while hungry, but no matter how many times they
A Quiet Place
The best type of horror film these days are the ones that marry a mighty dose of metaphor with it’s mauling and for the last
Pacific Rim: Uprising
On paper, a sequel to Pacific Rim, Gullermo Del Toro’s flawed but fun love letter to giant monster movies, seemed like a no brainer. The
Skyscraper
Hollywood lore once told a story: once upon a time, in the coke fuelled era known as the 80’s, a bunch of movie executives were
Bad Times At The El Royale
Tricksy, labyrinthine plots are somewhat a double edged sword. Go too simple and the audience pulls way out in front, able to second guess every
The Girl In The Spider’s Web
The first attempt at the fourth book containing the fourth appearance of a character in her fifth film being played by a third actress is
Dragged Across Concrete
As his previous duo of features quite eloquently proved, an S. Craig Zahler movie is nothing to fuck around with. Bone Tomahawk and Brawl In
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2
Back in the endless mists of time that was 2014, geek god James Gunn emerged from the world of low budget comedy/horror to knock an
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
On his fourth cinematic appearance in four years, you’d think Sony would be in danger of killing their golden spider-goose. Until Kevin Fiege and the
Deadpool 2
Wacky, off the wall comedy is hard to sequelize. Assuming, firstly, you haven’t already mined the best jokes in your previous instalment, there is that
Ant-Man And The Wasp
Of all the superhero movies released in the immediate wake of the seismic climax of Infinity War, surely Ant-Man & The Wasp had the greatest
Avengers: Infinity War
19 films in and somehow, like an increasingly angry Bruce Banner, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was somehow getting stronger. After relentlessly teasing purple people beater
Venom
Much like the titular, drooly comic book counterpart himself, Venom’s second attempt at cinematic immortality is a rather confused beast plagued by many different voices
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
From this point on, no more discussion about how surprisingly strong the M:I series is, about how it’s a “stealth franchise” and how it plays
The Meg
And so with a massive splash and a shitload of teeth, we get Hollywood’s latest attempt to liberate the killer shark genre from the clutches
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