If there’s nothing that gets on my nerves more, it’s a big budget sci-fi movie that tries to harness a deliriously eccentric animated series while
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The Heroes Of Telemark (1965) – Review
If you want a good, old fashioned war flick, that’s set away from the grime and gore of the trenches, there’s a few ingredients that
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) – Review
When the titles started rolling on Hammer’s previous Frankenstein endeavor, there was a feeling that Peter Cushing’s resident violator of the laws of nature was
Squirm (1976) – Review
While describing the 70’s output of nature going crazy movies as a heyday may strain your personal definition of what a heyday should be, there’s
Midway (1976) – Review
When filmmakers opt to make a film that covers a large aspect of a war, they invariably find themselves faced with something of a Sophie’s
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) – Review
There’s no two ways about it, a follow up to Beverly Hills Cop should have been nothing short a slam dunk. Just look at the
Von Ryan’s Express (1965) – Review
During its heyday, the World War II set mission movie enjoyed many an all star cast as the war was won seemingly on every conceivable
Poltergeist (1982) – Review
Most ghost movies usually rely on subtlety to give an audience a taste of what lurks on the other side – take Robert Wise’s work
The Eagle Has Landed (1976) – Review
World War II men on a mission movies: we all know them and we all love them (the good ones, anyway) but sometimes, aside from
The Magnificent Seven (1960) – Review
Expertly panel beating the plot of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai into a shape that could comfortably sustain cowpokes instead of sword swingers, The Magnificent Seven
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) – Review
When you think about the origins of Hammer Films, your naturally brain naturally drifts to images of Peter Cushing’s Frankenstein staring intently from around a
Escape To Athena (1979) – Review
When you take a good, long, hard look at that much-loved sub-genre of the war film – the men on a mission movie – there’s
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) – Review
The only thing that was surprising about insanely influential screenwriter Shane Black making the long overdue jump to directing was that it took so bloody
Lust For A Vampire (1971) – Review
It’s not exactly ground breaking to declare that, compared to most other horror movies made at the time, Hammer Films’ output was noticeably hornier than
Dungeons & Dragons (2000) – Review
When news broke that a movie finally based on the legendary role playing game, Dungeons & Dragons was finally being made, there was debate between
Dark Star (1974) – Review
Everybody has to start somewhere and in the case of deliriously influential film director, John Carpenter, the start was a forty minute student film made
Ticks (1994) – Review
Of the many, varied projects (and I do mean varied) that sprang from the tireless funding of Brian Yunza during that horror-starved period known as
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968) – Review
For any long running cinematic character, staying relevant and fresh is the key to success. Take Hammer’s version of Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire Count Dracula,
The Lair (2022) – Review
When news broke that Neil Marshall was making a long awaited return to monster movie territory, I was understandably stoked. After all, the director kicked
Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022) – Review
Surely it’s about time we all start cutting James Cameron a little slack, right? Sure, he now releases movies at a rate that makes Terrence
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