By 1976, the once mighty Hammer Films was seemingly running on fumes after an existence that spanned over forty years, but after delivering a string
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The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003) – Review
After seemingly pulling off the impossible by finally realizing the first two installments of Tolkien’s legendary, fantasy game changer, Peter Jackson had it all to
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002) – Review
When making a pre-planned trilogy, you would think that guaranteeing a strong opening or a satisfying ending would be the most challenging thing to pull
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) – Review
“The world has changed, I feel it in the water.”With these prophetic words spoken in Cate Blanchett’s Elven baritone, the face of cinema was virtually
She (1965) – Review
There’s a delightful string of wonky fantasy/adventure movies from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s that still carry buckets of charm even though these days some
Dracula (1958) – Review
Whenever a filmmaker puts a sexy new spin on a classic character, there’s always a certain amount of pushback from purists crying heresy, but if
Horror Express (1972) – Review
The 70’s brought a wave of realism to the horror genre the likes of which had never been seen before with such mavericks such a
Crimson Rivers II: Angels Of The Apocalypse (2004) – Review
In 2000, Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel teamed up with La Haine director Mathieu Kassovitz to deliver The Crimson Rivers, a fidgety psycho thriller that
Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (1985) – Review
A decline in quality with any long running franchise is not only inevitable but usually expected as every film series has at least one dud
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) – Review
By the 1990’s, Joe Dante’s output wasn’t what it should have been… starting his career with suprisingly his intelligent schlock monster opuses Piranha and The
Captain America 2: Death Too Soon (1979) – Review
After muscling out the amusingly cheap and (not very) cheerful Captain America TV movie like a star spangled kidney stone, the producers must have somehow
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) – Review
After dipping Bond’s manicured pinky into a different exploitation genre with Live And Let Die, the filmmakers at Eon Productions figured that if dumping 007
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (2005) – Review
Now this is more like it…After two relatively hit and miss affairs in a galaxy far, far away, Lucas and co. finally doubles down and
Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones (2002) – Review
There’s been a recent school of thought that it’s actually AOTC and not Phantom Menace that’s the weakest of the underloved Star Wars prequels but
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