After Ben Wheatley’s first steps into filmmaking on a far larger scale gave us High Rise and his remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (and before
Tag: 2020s
Luca (2021) – Review
There’s a prevailing theory that animation giant Pixar ain’t exactly where they once were when you consider the legacy they’ve been building since their earliest
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2021) – Review
Well, I certainly didn’t see this coming…The Hitman’s Bodyguard was a pleasantly ok action comedy that surfaced in 2017 that combined extreme violence with the
A Quiet Place Part II (2021) – Review
After a seemingly endless wait where we endured our own (thankfully temporary) dystopia of separation and social breakdown, the sequel to John Krasinski’s majestic horror/thriller
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) – Review
After a four year period playing second fiddle to the various creepy bastards who live rent-free in their basement, it’s finally time for horror’s First
Army Of The Dead (2021) – Review
While I frequently run hot and cold with the cinematic output of Zachary Edward Snyder, there’s no denying that my favorite movie of his by
Spiral: From The Book Of Saw (2021) – Review
A true horror legacy is the one that stubbornly refuses to roll over onto it’s back and expire no matter how how many years go
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020) – Review
Much like an unkillable creature in the final act of a nature run amock horror/thriller, some animals just don’t know when to stay dead. But
Mortal Kombat (2021) – Review
Over the past couple of years, the much maligned genre of video game adaptations has been crawling ever closer to that elusive four star review
Sputnik (2020) – Review
Some movie concepts are now so worn they’re practically threadbare but because the movie business is so obsessed with recycling (ideas, not plastics), it seems
Jiu Jitsu (2020) – Review
Describing a film by simply giving an example of it as one particular movie “meeting” another has becoming the easiest and quickest way to explain
Love And Monsters (2020) – Review
Sometimes there’s nothing more refreshing than a good old road movie. A nice, simple plot that involves our protagonist simply having to get from A
Godzilla Vs. Kong (2021) – Review
“It’s just so massive… so stupid…” mulls Brian Tyree Henry’s conspiracy theorist during a rare quiet moment during the latest entry into Legendary’s Monsterverse and
Skylines (2020) – Review
If you’d told me as I was leaving the cinema after watching Skyline in 2010 that the execrable sci-fi flick would eventually make it to
Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) – Review
The behind-the-scenes stories behind Zack Snyder’s version of DC’s premier super-team are fittingly legend, but finally, mercifully, after a production history as jagged as one
Possessor
Being a second generation director who dips his toes in the same pond as your father takes balls, great big bulbous ones, but in the
Willy’s Wonderland (2021) – Review
Ever since Nicolas Kim Coppola (known to fans and foes alike as Nicolas Cage) switched up his roles to match the type of deranged acting
Space Sweepers (2021) – Review
From the hapless, jumpsuited victims of Alien to the Guardians Of The Galaxy, to the lesser known flicks such as Stuart Gordon’s Space Truckers and
Outside The Wire (2021) – Review
Another month and it yet another sci-fi action film materializes on Netflix with barely a week of fanfare to precede it. I’m not sure if
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) – Review
To use the catchphrase of floundering oil tycoon wannabe and chief Wonder Woman 1984 villain Maxwell Lord, “Life is good, but it can be better!”.
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