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Tag: Film Review
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
Lone Wolf And Cub: Sword Of Vengeance (1972) – Review
Chances are, even if you’ve never even heard of the Lone Wolf & Cub series, you’ve still most likely come across it in some form.
The Incredible Melting Man (1977) – Review
There’s something about a truly lurid movie title that speaks directly to that lizard part of my brain and demands that I have to simply
The Vampire Lovers (1970) – Review
Back in their glory days, the vampire-themed horror movies Hammer Films released into an unsuspecting public were always charged with a subtle sexual energy, what
Headshot (2016) – Review
Someone was going to take up the baton of hyper-violent, Indonesian action movies after Gareth Evans mic dropped The Raid 2 all over us and
May The Devil Take You (2018) – Review
We’ve tackled the homage/ripoff conundrum here many times before and the consensus usually is that if your movie is legitimately entertaining, you can basically get
Quatermass II (1957) – Review
Things so easily could have been different…1957 was something of a pivotal year for Hammer Films thanks to the success of The Quatermass Xperiment a
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) – Review
When Eddie Murphy’s star stopped shining quite as bright as it once was due to a couple of high profile, box office duds, he did
The Great Wall (2016) – Review
Released in that decade where it felt like 70% of Legendary Studios’ output was monster movies, The Great Wall was something slightly different.The most expensive
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) – Review
After the runaway success of Poltergeist – the result of the controversial union of Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper – a sequel seemed like a
Django (1966) – Review
For the majority of casual western fans, the alpha and the omega of the Spaghetti Western is usually considered to be Sergio Leone’s legendary contributions
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
M3GAN (2022) – Review
Back in 1988, a cinematic serial killer used the voodoo Demballa chant to level up after catching a fatal bullet after a foot chase that
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
Elvis (1979) – Review
The filmography of John Carpenter may not be one that initially seems like it could be home to the legend known as Elvis Aaron Presley
Taste The Blood Of Dracula (1970) – Review
For any studio that tends to focus on a more singular output, the name of the game is to try and make sure your product
Shooter (2007) – Review
Never was the Mark Wahlberg rule more fully in effect than in Shooter, Antoine Fuqua’s muscular 2007 snipe-fest. What exactly was the Mark Wahlberg rule,
Them! (1954) – Review
For anyone who considers themselves “above” watching older movies for reasons I honestly can’t fathom, here’s a public service announcement aimed directly at you: get
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