Seven Psychopaths (2012) – Review

Back during the 90s, in the wake of such movies as Reservoir Dogs and Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, there were a rash of

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Catch Me If You Can (2002) – Review

Considering that Spielberg had always been a director that’s quick on his creative feet and able to get us to believe anything (UFOs! Dinosaurs! Liam

Man On Fire (2004) – Review

Thanks to movies like Taken, the subgenre of formerly dramatic actors suddenly becoming indestructible avenging angels have become a regular sight when someone wants to

True Romance (1993) – Review

Back when Quentin Tarantino was only one movie deep into his two-film conquest of Hollywood, the assault was carried on in his stead by a

Last Man Standing (1996) – Review

What is it about Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo that demands that it got numerous remakes in other forms? Well, that’s an easy question to answer: it’s

McBain (1991) – Review

Definitely to be filled under “Why the hell am I only seeing this now?”, James Glickenhaus’ noisy and immensely cheesy ode to American’s being awesome,

King Of New York (1990) – Review

To describe Abel Ferrara as something of a cinematic enfant terrible would be something of a devastating understatement. Hell, the fact that he made Driller

Dune: Part Two (2024) – Review

Back in 2021, director Denis Villeneuve took a massive risk by tackling one of the white whales of sci-fi literature, Frank Herbert’s Dune. Not only

The Rundown (aka. Welcome To The Jungle) (2013) – Review

As we gaze upon the blockbuster landscape of the present, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson not only stands as the most successful pro wrestler turned actor

Sleepy Hollow (1999) – Review

After his crazed satire Mars Attacks! crashed and burned at the box office and his proposed Superman movie flew headlong into the sun, Tim Burton

Pulp Fiction (1994) – Review

What would you consider to be the ultimate Quentin Tarantino movie – not necessarily the best, but the one movie from the auteur’s filmography that

Christopher Walken To Play The Emperor In ‘Dune: Part 2’

Christopher Walken has won the prized role of Emperor Shaddam IV in the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of ‘Dune’. He joins the returning

The Dead Zone (1983) – Review

During the whirlwind of Stephen King adaptations that followed in the wake of Brian DePalma’s sublime Carrie, it seemed like everyone was wrestling to grab

A View To A Kill (1985) – Review

And so finally (and some would say mercifully) we come to the final film in Roger Moore’s impressive seven film run as 007 – licence

Batman Returns (1992) – Review

After the movie Batman made the world at large ridiculously obsessed with a violent billionaire punching a mentally ill man in white-face, director Tim Burton