Striking Distance (1993) – Review

When crafting a movie, it helps to have something of a cohesive vision of what the final product will look like. Tone, plot, characters –

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Tales From The Crypt – Season 3, Episode 11: Split Second (1991) – Review

With the end of the season in sight, there’s a real sense that the Crypt Keeper’s third go-round of freakish fables has really gotten its

Another 48 Hrs. (1990) – Review

Way back in the dark ages – or more accurately, 1984 – a movie arrived that not only teed up Lethal Weapon to perfect the

48 Hrs. (1982) – Review

There are many things that set 48 Hrs. apart from the crowd. One is that it’s the film that shuffled the tropes of the buddy

Southern Comfort (1981) – Review

Sometimes, you get a couple of films that are so similar, even the slightest chance of coincidence is all but utterly impossible. However, it takes

Tango & Cash (1989) – Review

“Couldn’t split up Kato and Nash (That’s true). Couldn’t split up Tango and Cash (That’s also true)”. So sang self-proclaimed, greatest band in the world,

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

Nemesis (1992) – Review

“I wanted to tell this terrorist that I had given a lot of thought to what she said back in LA. About whether I was

Blade Runner (1982) – Review

The history of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is as almost notorious as the movie itself; an agonisingly uncomfortable shoot had virtually everyone at each other’s

House III: The Horror Show (1989) – Review

Funny story: originally released in the States as “The Horror Show”, this gore soaked psycho chiller was slapped with the title House III for it’s

Red Heat (1988) – Review

“I give up, this whole thing’s very Russian!”So speaks Jim Belushi’s swaggering Chicago cop Art Ridzic near the end of this typically brutal action romp

Crimewave (1985) – Review

Much like a maddening popcorn kernel lodged in your teeth, between the gore-flecked game changer that was The Evil Dead and radiant majesty that is