Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) – Review

As a lot of us have no doubt forgotten, a lot of classic fairy tales are steeped in darkness, pain and tragedy as to not

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Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts (2023) – Review

Thanks to the colourful, Spielbergian tone of the 2018 Bumblebee movie, the gargantuan Transformers franchise had a chance to fittingly change it’s form (most likely

Enemy At The Gates (2001) – Review

By the time the millennium came around, the lavish World War II movie had made something of a full bloodied comeback thanks to high profile

In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) – Review

I understand that dragging the limited talents of Uwe Boll through the mud these days is somewhat akin to flogging a dead horse with an

Nightmare Alley (2021) – Review

There’s always a slight sense of trepidation whenever a director chiefly linked with genre work gets a sniff of respectability and moves away from the

Don’t Look Up (2021) – Review

After switching focus from ridiculously quotable Will Ferrell vehicles, Adam McKay’s last couple of movies have pointed angry (but humorous fingers) at certain corrupt figures

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) – Review

There’s an old saying that goes: a hero is as only as good as their villain. With that in mind, it’s probably fortuitous that the

Monster Hunter (2020) – Review

When it comes to cramming your other half into the lion’s share of your filmography it’s frankly amazing that Paul W.S. Anderson doesn’t get more

Sleepwalkers (1992) – Review

Before both Frank Darabont and Mike Flanagan showed up on the scene, luxuriously named Mick Garris was the mac daddy when it came to adaptations

Conan The Barbarian (2011) – Review

It was 2011 and after the fantasy genre had long been resurrected by the twin forces of a group of Hobbits and a bespectacled wizard

Blade II (2002) – Review

The face breaking, vamp steaking, take-no-shit Daywalker has returned.That’s right, Blade, otherwise known as Wesley Snipes’ calmer and more mild mannered alter ego, is back

Pacific Rim (2013) – Reviews

Despite being a massive Kaiju fan since I was toenail high to Godzilla, I’ll admit it took me a while to “get” Pacific Rim.I’ve always

Alien: Resurrection (1997) – Review

Surely an Alien movie from the director of Delicatessen and City Of The Lost Children and written by Joss Whedon has GOT to be a

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008) – Review

Gullimero Del Toro’s sophomore crack at Mike Mignola’s crimson skull cracker is somewhat of a bittersweet experience. Sweet because with the triumph of Pan’s Labyrinth

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