The very second the that ill-fated cruise liner did half a barrel roll in The Poseidon Adventure, the race was on to copy and paste
Tag: Film Review
The Big Boss (1971) – Review
They say that a star that burns twice as bright only burns half as long and if that is truly the case, then Bruce Lee
Glory (1989) – Review
All the good intentions in the world can’t hide the fact that sometimes, movies are seen through the wrong eyes and in many cases, it’s
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) – Review
Unless, due to some sort of Mandela effect, my memory is as off centre as a defective rifle scope, the latter part of the 1990s
The Blair Witch Project (1999) – Review
“In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary.A year later their footage was found.”And thus,
The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971) – Review
After setting Italian Giallo cinema ablaze with his stunningly stylish debut, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, Dario Argento had something of an impossible task
Deep Blue Sea 3 (2020) – Review
When you consider that one of my many, major peeves about Deep Blue Sea 2 – the massively belated, low budget follow up to Renny
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny (2023) – Review
How much did we really need another Indiana Jones movie? After Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull screwed up Last Crusade’s note perfect ending with CGI
Memento (2000) – Review
Right from the beginning, Christopher Nolan has been obsessed with the way that time and narrative can be so easily be manipulated by the magic
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) – Review
Less a coherent movie and more of a deranged art installation, Shinya Tsukamoto’s utterly insane Tetsuo: The Iron Man is something of an enigma.Welding and
A Bay Of Blood (1971) – Review
When people throw around well deserving names like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci when describing the pinnacles of Italian horror, another name that isn’t hurled
True Grit (2010) – Review
The Coen Brothers are probably two most reliable filmmakers working today, but their output during the ’00 was uncharacteristically shakey. Starting the decade off with
The Goonies (1985) – Review
During that impossibly fertile period in the 80’s where Amblin Entertainment would make whatever idea Steven Spielberg, virtually breathed on, a small cadre of directors
The Fifth Element (1997) – Review
The nineties were a weird, vibrant time for blockbusters as CGI came of age and the only thing that could stop you from realising your
Dog Soldiers (2002) – Review
You know, nothing gets my heart pumping more than a good, full blooded, horror debut and in 2002 we got an utter banger in the
Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018) – Review
Surely the whole point of a cheap jack, cash in, direct to video sequel is to capitalize on the success of the first, theatrical movie
Scanner Cop (1994) – Review
What do you do when your sci-fi/thriller franchise stubbonly refuses to get any traction after three movies? Well, if you’re Pierre David, frequent David Cronenberg
Children Of The Corn (2020) – Review
If any horror franchise was begging to be taken round to the back of the nearest barn and be put out of our misery like
Extraction 2 (2023) – Review
In many ways, Sam Hargrave’s knuckle breaking firecracker of an action flick was the perfect example of the virtues of streaming. Standing out amid a
The Flash (2023) – Review
It seems that nowadays, recent superhero movies are no longer forged by an exploding planet, dead parents or a burst of lighting, but instead are
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