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The Brothers Grimm (2005) – Review
Sometimes the studio system and visionary filmmakers simply don’t mix and never has this been more evident than with Terry Gilliam who seemingly has made
The Raid 2 (2014) – Review
In 2011, Gareth Evans hauled off and smashed us in the face with The Raid, a stupendously brutal, high-energy action masterpiece that quickly crawled it’s
Scars Of Dracula (1970) – Review
These days, people are constantly banging on about franchise fatigue with a particular eye on the content flood of superhero movies we get year after
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959) – Review
By the late 50’s, Tarzan had swung through many adventures in numerous incarnations, but few would guess that Edgar Rice Burroughs’ lion wrasslin’ loin clother
Poltergeist III (1988) – Review
A franchise burning out is nothing new; in fact once audience interest starts to wane, there’s no garantee that even the biggest film series can’t
Unwelcome (2023) – Review
Remember that time during the 80’s when it seemed like you couldn’t bloody move for movies featuring diminutive little monsters attacking good, simple folk with
Plane (2023) – Review
I was just saying to someone the other day that it’s been a while since since I last had an opportunity to enjoy Gerard Butler’s
Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot! (1967) – Review
Anyone even remotely familiar with the knowledge that Italian exploitation producers treat copyright and trademark laws like something they’ve just scraped of the sole of
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
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