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

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Sherlock Holmes (2009) – Review

When you think of Sherlock Holmes you would most likely conjure up visions of gargantuan pipes, deerstalkers and the super detective striding around a musty

Layer Cake (2004) – Review

Once upon a time, long before irreverent Neil Gaiman adaptations, psychotic twelve year-old vigilantes and groovy X-Men movies set in the swinging sixties, Matthew Vaughn

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) – Review

Back in 2005, Robert Rodriguez managed to do the impossible and bottle the impossibly gritty lightning of Frank Miller’s cult, hyper-noir comic, Sin City. He

Death Wish (1974) – Review

It’s strange how the progression of a franchise can colour your perception of the original movie. Take Michael Winner’s Death Wish for example; a 1970s

Sin City (2005) – Review

Even during a decade where comic book movies rose to prominence like never before, Sin City still felt like a lead pipe to the back

Killers Of The Flower Moon (2023) – Review

The prospect of any new Scorsese project coming down the pipe is always a tantalising moment, but there’s always that extra burst on endorphins when

The Continental: From The World Of John Wick – Season 1, Night 2: Loyalty To The Master (2023) – Review

While the first episode of The Continental managed to accurately and intriguingly re-skin the John Wick universe with a 70s era facelift with all the

A Haunting In Venice (2023) – Review

In this current climate of mega sequels and connecting universes, there’s something reliably old fashioned about Kenneth Branagh’s continuing attempts to bring Agatha Christie back

Unleashed (2005) – Review

When broken down, modern-set martial arts movies are something of a simple breed. Usually, while the fights and choreography are blisteringly complex, the stories and

Murder On The Orient Express (2017) – Review

Kenneth Branagh was once hailed as the successor to Laurence Olivier as the greatest, Shakespearean actor of his generation, but as dear old Kenny persued

The Way Of The Gun (2000) – Review

Before Christopher McQuarrie became Tom Cruise’s number one stunt enabler, he was most famous for penning the labyrinthian screenplay for Bryan Singer’s The Usual Suspects

Cop Land (1997) – Review

Over the years, Sylvester Stallone’s career has taken more dips than a communal pot of salsa at a Nacho festival and yet, like the actor’s

The Driver (1978) – Review

Walter Hill’s 1978 thriller is one of those movies that’s managed to affect popular culture without being that well known to the general public. Not

‘Boston Strangler’ – Official Trailer

Hulu has released the trailer for ‘Boston Strangler’. The film follows Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley), a reporter for the Record-American newspaper, who becomes the first

The Raid 2 (2014) – Review

In 2011, Gareth Evans hauled off and smashed us in the face with The Raid, a stupendously brutal, high-energy action masterpiece that quickly crawled it’s

Collateral (2004) – Review

I’m of the admittedly mistaken belief that thanks to the God-tier quality of his 1995 crime epic Heat, everything Michael Mann has produced since has

The Raid (2011) – Review

I’m always curious to see where the next action sensation comes from, but even I was surprised by The Raid. Erupting from under the radar

Pain & Gain (2013) – Review

After nearly burning himself out on three gargantuan Transformers movies in a row, it’s telling that Michael Bay’s idea of a smaller, intimate movie is

Death Sentence (2007) – Review

After making his seismic impact on the horror genre with 2004’s Saw, there was the nagging suspicion that fledgling frightmaker James Wan had absolutely no

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