How much did we really need another Indiana Jones movie? After Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull screwed up Last Crusade’s note perfect ending with CGI
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Skull Island – Season 1, Episode 1: Maritime Pilot (2023) – Review
Conventional wisdom suggests that there are certain rules to establishing and sustaining a cinematic universe. If we were to read from the individual playbooks of
The Fifth Element (1997) – Review
The nineties were a weird, vibrant time for blockbusters as CGI came of age and the only thing that could stop you from realising your
Dog Soldiers (2002) – Review
You know, nothing gets my heart pumping more than a good, full blooded, horror debut and in 2002 we got an utter banger in the
Extraction 2 (2023) – Review
In many ways, Sam Hargrave’s knuckle breaking firecracker of an action flick was the perfect example of the virtues of streaming. Standing out amid a
The Flash (2023) – Review
It seems that nowadays, recent superhero movies are no longer forged by an exploding planet, dead parents or a burst of lighting, but instead are
Nemesis 3: Time Lapse (1996) – Review
If nothing else, the existence of Nemesis 3: Time Lapse (aka. Nemesis 3: Prey Harder), proves that Albert Pyun had a sense of tenaciousness that
The Crow: Salvation (2000) – Review
It was horribly ironic that The Crow franchise should have fallen under the ownership of Dimension – Miramax’s more genre focused arm – as it,
Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts (2023) – Review
Thanks to the colourful, Spielbergian tone of the 2018 Bumblebee movie, the gargantuan Transformers franchise had a chance to fittingly change it’s form (most likely
Convoy (1978) – Review
If someone grabbed me while I was walking down the street and suddenly demanded to know the best and easiest way to describe Convoy, Sam
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023) – Review
When Into the Spider-Verse landed in cinemas, obviously while pulling a classic Spidey, superhero landing pose when he did so, few could have imagined the
Hypnotic (2023) – Review
Remember 90’s Robert Rodriguez? The guy who banged out unfeasibly entertaining genre fare on his own terms thanks to his indefatigable indie spirit and the
The Mother (2023) – Review
“You don’t know how bad this gets!” prophetically states Jennifer Lopez near the start of The Mother, the latest thriller hurled into the streaming ether
Crank: High Voltage (2009) – Review
Hollywood has a long history of directors reworking their earlier works with more money and more experience in order to realise their cult debuts. Sam
The Equalizer 2 (2018) – Review
There was something perversely fascinating about watching a man of Denzel Washington’s infinite talents stab, punch, batter and shoot his way through The Equalizer, Antoine
Fast X (2023) – Review
When looking up the definition of “momentum”, the description given is something along the lines of – “strength or force gained by motion or by
The Warriors (1979) – Review
Here’s a message for all you boppers out there… Walter Hill was a filmmaker that enjoyed toying with stories that concerned themselves with unabashed alpha
Sisu (2022) – Review
Ever since Quentin Tarantino made the Second World War “fun” again with Inglorious Basterds, I’ve been waiting for someone to come along to deliver a
Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995) – Review
Never let it be said that Albert Pyun – undisputed lord and master of the dusty bottom shelf at all 90’s video rental stores –
The Crow: City Of Angels (1996) – Review
Sequelizing the goth-tastic, 1994, comic book movie The Crow was never going to an easy task, especially since the movie achieved mythic status after the
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