Do you know, I don’t think I’m ever going to understand the SyFy Channel’s obsession with churning out endless, cheap, killer animal movies for as
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Twisted Metal – Season 1, Episode 8: EV3L1N (2023) – Review
Often, when a show needs that extra boost, writers will engage what I like to call the Joss Whedon Protocol – which essentially means someone’s
The Blackening (2022) – Review
One of the most notorious tropes of cinema is that of the black character either dying first, or, at the very least, not making it
Evolution (2001) – Review
The special effects comedy is a notoriously tough beast to pull off. Essentially perfected by Ghostbusters back in 1984, filmmakers have been trying to sniff
Twisted Metal – Season 1, Episode 7: NUTH0UZ (2023) – Review
For a show that’s basically about lunatics driving around a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Twisted Metal has taken some appropriately odd detours when it comes to its
FUBAR – Season 1, Episode 8: That’s It And That’s All (2023) – Review
Over the period of seven episodes, I feel I’ve been incredibly positive about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comedy action show about CIA agents trying to balance their
Twisted Metal – Season 1, Episode 6: DRVTHRU (2023) – Review
After the previous episode of Twisted Metal, we saw the show nudge its steering wheel into a more layered form of storytelling that started integrating
Twisted Metal – Season 1, Episode 5: CRZSRDS (2023) – Review
Popping the clutch, slamming in a high gear and compressing that accelerator pedal down as far as it can go, Twisted Metal roars past the
FUBAR – Season 1, Episode 7: Urine Luck (2023) – Review
As we approach the final hurdle in FUBAR’s eight episode run, it’s time for the show to double down on the emotional pressure these bickering
Twisted Metal – Season 1, Episode 4: WHZDARE (2023) – Review
When Twisted Metal was first announced, anyone who was familiar with the original games were no doubt pretty confident with the type of tone the
The Victim (1980) – Review
I don’t know about you, but I could watch portly Kung Fu legend, Sammo Hung, play his trade all day. Be it the movies he
Twisted Metal – Season 1, Episode 3: NTHLAW1 (2023) – Review
Let’s be honest, any episode that had to follow up the introduction of the maniacal murder- clown Sweet Tooth was always going to have an
Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead (2023) – Review
The feel-good zombie movie is a sub sub genre that has precious little entries to date. I mean, it’s hardly surprising considering that the staggering,
Twisted Metal – Season 1, Episode 2: 3RNCRCS (2023) – Review
After a nicely screwball first episode that dumped us unceremoniously into a dystopian future that mixes the usual desert roads and rampaging, highway despots clad
Twisted Metal – Season 1, Episode 1: WLUDRV (2023) – Review
“20 years ago, the world fell to shit.”So begins Peacock’s adaptation of Twisted Metal, the video game franchise that saw numerous, pimped out vehicles striving
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) – Review
Ever since the legendary Saturday morning cartoon exploded from the manhole cover of popular culture, the rambunctious quartet of adolescent, malformed, martial-art reptiles seems to
Lake Placid 2 (2007) – Review
Hey, anyone remember Lake Placid? Sure you do! It was that killer crocodile movie that came out in 1999 that had a surprisingly great cast
Attack The Block (2011) – Review
Cinematic alien invasions have taken all sorts of shapes and sizes over the decades – be it the gargantuan saucers from Independence Day hovering over
Hiruko The Goblin (1991) – Review
Swerving from the experimentally industrial metallic/phallic leanings of the Tetsuo movies to riffing on the gonzo energy of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead movies, director Shinya
Free Fire (2016) – Review
I really have a sizable soft spot for movies that dispense with complicated plots and multiple destinations in favour of focusing entirely on incident. It’s
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