Immortals (2011) – Review

In 2006, Zach Snyder’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300 seemed to be the last word in giving Greek history/myth a phantasmagoric, visual, glow-up that seemed

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Hercules (2014) – Review

Have you ever entered a movie with such strong preconceptions that you’ve already convinced youself that you’re going to hate every single second of it?

Frankenstein Unbound (1990) – Review

As one of the most oft-adapted stories in history, there’s a sense that not much more could be added to Mary Shelly’s deeply prescient story

Outlander (2008) – Review

Doesn’t it feel sometimes that concocting a screenplay feels like someone frantically trying to invent a brand new cocktail from scratch? The act of throwing

Snowpiercer (2013) – Review

South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has always specialised in giving familiar genres a memorable, off-beat spin in way that often results in irresistible masterpieces. Be

Top 5 Goopiest Body Horror Moments In The Alien Franchise

Since 1979, the Alien franchise has dedicated itself to delivering set pieces that have reliably given audiences more slime and squish for their buck than

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2008) – Review

With the sort of blind, rabid hatred usually reserved for the likes of Jar Jar Binks and Peter Parker’s Spider-Man 3 emo hair, the forth

V For Vendetta (2006) – Review

V For Vendetta, the magnificent graphic novel written by famously anti-social hair sculpture Alan Moore, was always going to be a tough nut to crack

Alien (1979) – Review

Some movies are such an instant touchstone in the history of the medium hey can change the face of cinema almost overnight. Halloween or Goldfinger

Hellboy (2004) – Review

Guillermo Del Toro’s third crack at U.S. cinema has all the hallmarks of a mega-sized home run. Pre-dating the holy/wacky match of director and material