Anyone who has ever watched the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies in chronological order can’t have helped but notice that from his seventh entry onward, the
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Inside Out 2 (2024) – Review
I don’t have to probe the inner most reaches of my brain to know that I’ve adled this question before – but was anyone else
Videodrome (1983) – Review
“You’ll forgive me if I don’t stay around to watch. I just can’t cope with the freaky stuff.”These word utter from the lips of Barry
The Serpent And The Rainbow (1988) – Review
Despite creating Freddy Krueger – undoubtedly the horror icon of the decade – Wes Craven seemed to find the 80s quite hard going. Even though
Trespass (1992) – Review
Walter Hill has always been a filmmaker who has always worn his heart – not to mention his influences – plainly on his sleeve, be
The Tailor Of Panama (2001) – Review
The responsibility of playing James Bond comes with far more dangers and pitfalls than just having to talk your way out of having your penis
Arcadian (2024) – Review
In his continuing evolution from indie maverick, to action oddball, to DTV maniac and back to indie Maverick again, Nicolas Cage seems to be on
Shopping (1994) – Review
Witnessing a filmmaker’s debut isn’t always a blueprint to predicting where their career is going to take them, but sometimes, sitting down to watch their
Foxy Brown (1974) – Review
In 1973, actress Pam Grier and director Jack Hill poured some Coffy onto the blaxploitation genre with awesomely sleazy results as socially conscious nurse, Flower
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
Class Of 1999 (1990) – Review
Kids these days. I swear, sometimes I despair.Back in the days before CGI, colour correcting and online movie pundits who seem to think it’s cool
Hit Man (2023) – Review
Possibly one of the most overused tropes in crime cinema is that of the honorable hitman; a guy cold-blooded and malajusted enough to kill people
Tarzan’s Desert Mystery (1943) – Review
By the time we reached the eleventh year of Johnny Weissmuller’s tenure of Tarzan it seemed that Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Lord of the Apes was
The Watchers (2024) – Review
Personally speaking, I’ve never been one to cry nepotism when it comes to the children of famous filmmakers taking flight on their own. If I
Southern Comfort (1981) – Review
Sometimes, you get a couple of films that are so similar, even the slightest chance of coincidence is all but utterly impossible. However, it takes
Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (2024) – Review
One of the biggest surprises of 2020 – aside from that whole lockdown thing, of course – was the Bad Boys franchise suddenly lurching back
Under Paris (2024) – Review
I love noticing weird little parallels that lurk just under the surface, don’t you; I mean, for example, just take Under Paris: Xavier Gens’ new
Coffy (1973) – Review
70s exploitation cinema is nothing to fuck around with. If you’re of a nervous disposition and prefer your heroes more clean cut and virtuous, then
Highlander: Endgame (2000) – Review
We now live in a time when a franchise can now effortlessly slip between the boundaries of TV and cinema with relatively simple ease with
Enemy Of The State (1998) – Review
I don’t think I’d be too out of line by suggesting that during the 90s, Tony had supposed Ridley about who was the best Scott
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