Say what you will about the Giallo genre, they certainly don’t hold back when naming a movie. Renamed to a shorter and more succinct “Torso”
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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
Sunshine (2007) – Review
During his genre-hopping days, Danny Boyle had already tangled with stripped back thrillers (Shallow Grave), brutal comedy drama (Trainspotting), quirky rom-coms (A Life Less Ordinary)
Jennifer’s Body (2009) – Review
Sometimes, horror films need time to be properly understood. The Thing needed it, The Shining needed it and to a slightly lesser, extent, Jennifer’s Body
Smokey And The Bandit II (1980) – Review
There’s some things you simply can’t shake from childhood, be it a lingering phobia, a peculiar habit, or an affinity for a particular movie you
The Descent Part 2 (2009) – Review
Some movies simply don’t need a sequel thanks to the fact that they made their point perfectly well the first time round. One such movie
Kelly’s Heroes (1970) – Review
Back in the glory days of the Second World War movie, you could always count on selfless acts of heroism to save the day as
Kick-Ass 2 (2013) – Review
Apparently, one of the toughest kind of movies to sequelize are ones specifically directed by Matthew Vaughn that are based from comics penned by Scottish
Death Wish (2018) – Review
Action movies are literally stuffed with main characters taking the law into their own hands and yet most of the time, when a cop has
Sinister (2012) – Review
After a brief sojourn into sci-fi with the drippy remake of The Day The Earth Stool Still, director Scott Derrickson returned to the world of
Red (2010) – Review
Proving that not every adaptation of a DC comic has to be dripping with spandex and capes; 2010 saw Warren Ellis and Cully Hammer’s limited
28 Weeks Later (2007) – Review
Banging out a follow up to a successful horror film may be something of a safe bet financially speaking, but when the film in question
American Ninja 5 (1993) – Review
Regardless of your feelings about action cinema’s most blatant act of cultural appropriation, there’s something deeply impressive about the fact that this legendarily childish franchise
The Pit And The Pendulum (1991) – Review
After numerous instances of wrestling the eldritch imagination of H.P. Lovecraft, director Stuart Gordon chose to turn his attentions to another, timeless author of the
Rush Hour 3 (2007) -Review
After Rush Hour 2 did the business at the box office, the franchise seemed primed to high kick confidently into trilogy territory, and yet a
Madame Web (2024) – Review
It’s truly remarkable how much mileage Sony Pictures have gotten from its live action Spider-Man Universe despite the fact that Spider-Man isn’t actually in it.
My Bloody Valentine (2009) – Review
During that era of horror remakes that flooded the genre throughout the 2000s, one thing became abundantly clear, no matter how good each attempt actually
The Iron Claw (2024) – Review
Anyone even remotely familar with the world of wrestling knows that it’s a life that can cause way more damage than a stiff clothesline or
U-571 (2000) – Review
I guess, before we get started, we should address the noisy controversy that surrounded Jonathan Mostow’s World War II submarine like so many exploding depth
The Sect (1991) – Review
Also known in the US under the more prosaic title of The Devil’s Daughter, The Sect saw flashy director Michele Soavi continue to work under
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