What makes a serious filmmaker want to remake a stone cold classic? Is it hubris; the assumption that they can better something that was just
Tag: Film Review
Sabata (1969) – Review
While the Western genre may not have as many reoccurring characters as, say, horror or action, there still are a few pistol drawing, longpokes who
The Killer’s Game (2024) – Review
What is it with Hollywood’s fascination with reworking the profession of being a contract killer and turning it into it being a community of cartoon
Gladiator II (2024) – Review
In an era of impressively belated legacy sequels, you’d think it would be tough to surprise me with yet another, sudden return of a cinematic
Taken 2 (2012) – Review
OK, so maybe Taken wasn’t the best action movie of all time; I mean, when you think about it, was pretty dumb, oddly basic and
Tarzan And The Lost Safari (1957) – Review
Life in the jungle can be brutal, so it’s fairly fitting if I unleash some brutal honesty and declare Gordon Scott’s debut as Tarzan as
The H-Man (1958) – Review
While Ishiro Honda will always be most famous for unleashing a 165 foot tall irradiated lizard onto the world as it masqueraded as the social
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) – Review
If we were to rank the famous cannibalistic families of the horror genre, I don’t think anyone would dare contradict me when I say that
Transporter 2 (2005) – Review
Back in 2002, Luc Besson’s seemingly never ending goal to turn every, random, adolescent idea hes ever had into flashy, eccentric, middle-of-the-road actioners hit something
Baron Blood (1972) – Review
When it comes to delivering the atmospheric goods to a horror film, Mario Bava stands as a true pioneer. Whether he was beating the likes
The Mysterians (1957) – Review
There’s a test I tend to put on the works by Japanese filmmaker Ishiro Honda that I like to call the Godzilla test. It’s born
Red One (2024) – Review
Christmas movies have always been something of a mixed bag. Ignoring the near endless stream of sacherine nonsense pumped out by the Hallmark Channel over
Django Strikes Again (1987) – Review
Surely there isn’t another franchise that exists that carries as much unnecessary baggage as Django, the 1966 gothic spaghetti western that spawned over thirty (count
Black Sunday (1960) – Review
While Mario Bava doesn’t seem to get as much credit for creating a certain kind of visual style (I didn’t see him get name-dropped in
Matango (1963) – Review
Hey, you guys all know Ishiro Honda right? I mean, some of you less familiar with Japanese fantasy cinema actually might not instantly have prior
Atragon (1963) – Review
Ishiro Honda rightfully is held aloft as one of Japan’s leading purveyor of sci-fi and adventure primarily because of his most famous creation, the city
Heretic (2024) – Review
Despite the fact that organised religion has seemingly taken a dip in popularity when it comes to everyday life, it still undoubted is a massive
Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle (1955) – Review
Much like how Tarzan has to let go of one vine to swing on from the next, the Tarzan franchise once again had to leave
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) – Review
It helps to have rather a loose grasp of sanity when it comes to crafting a horror oddity, but when it comes to the kind
Pit And The Pendulum (1961) – Review
Of all the handsome Edgar Allan Poe adaptations Roger Corman mounted during the 60s, surely the most infamous was Pit And The Pendulum; a rousing
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