The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Review

By the time it was time to make a sequel to the biggest film in the world, George Lucas backed out. The sheer stress of

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Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (2009) – Review

Over my many years of watching blockbuster movies, I feel I’ve developed quite the bullshit detector when it comes to hype. Taking trailers, on-set reports

Star Wars (1977) – Review

It all starts with a fanfare, a blast of trumpets that’s almost a literal slap in the face. “PAY ATTENTION” it sceams, “Your world is

Alien: Covenant (2017) – Review

Prometheus, to be ironically fair, was a mixed beast. Promising far more than it delivered, Ridley Scott’s flawed return to the Alien franchise he started

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

Rodan (1956) – Review

It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that all Japanese monster movies are cut from the same cloth and that they’re pretty much

Aliens (1986) – Review

Is there a more satisfying sequel than Aliens? Scratch that rhetorical question for a minute and let me fire off another. Is there a more

Invasion Of Astro-Monster (1965) – Review

Over the last couple of Godzilla movies, a noticable swing toward showing the King Of The Monster’s in a more heroic light was emerging and

X-Men (2000) – Review

In this time of MCU’s and Nolanverse’s, where costumes, characters and plots can to some extent be ripped clean out of a comic book, it’s

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) – Review

Well… The critics have REALLY been up and down on comic book movies this year, haven’t they?Being next out of the gate after the frankly

Return Of The Jedi (1983) – Review

Once upon a time, if you can believe it, the third entry into the original Star Wars trilogy was considered something of a minor let

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (2005) – Review

Now this is more like it…After two relatively hit and miss affairs in a galaxy far, far away, Lucas and co. finally doubles down and

Predator 2 (1990) – Review

It’s tough being a sequel sometimes… It’s even tougher being a sequel to one of the greatest science-fiction action movies of all damn time, but

Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones (2002) – Review

There’s been a recent school of thought that it’s actually AOTC and not Phantom Menace that’s the weakest of the underloved Star Wars prequels but

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

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) – Review

To recall the hysteria surrounding the weeks leading up to the release of the first brand new Star Wars movie since 1983’s Return Of The

Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) – Review

Ok, so Alien Vs. Predator wasn’t any great shakes – I think we can all agree on that – but surely Paul Anderson’s ADD infused,

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 (2017) – Review

Back in the endless mists of time that was 2014, geek god James Gunn emerged from the world of low budget comedy/horror to knock an

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) – Review

And so finally here we all are. It’s been over a 30 year wait to see what the Ewok after-party would bring in the wake

Godzilla Raids Again (1955) – Review

Unhelpfully renamed “Gigantis: The Fire Monster” in the U.S. – presumably because “Godzilla Raids Again” calls up unwanted images of Gojira driving into the front

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