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Stranger Things – Season 1, Chapter 6: The Monster (2016) – Review
Doubters may suggest that Stranger Things is something of two-trick pony (80s worship, gradually expanding mystery), but even if that was true, you have to
Stranger Things – Season 1, Chapter 5: The Acrobat And The Flea (2016) – Review
Now that we’ve blown our way through the halfway mark of Stranger Things’ first season, it’s time for the dot joining to truly begin in
Stranger Things – Season 1, Chapter 4: The Body (2016) – Review
A good mystery is kind of like a set of lungs, nestled neatly within a human chest cavity. To do their job, the lungs, like
Stranger Things – Season 1, Chapter 3: Holly Jolly (2016) – Review
When it comes to intelligently co-opting pre-existing iconic visuals and story tropes into its collective, possibly only Quentin Tarantino has managed to take so many
Stranger Things – Season 1, Chapter 2: The Weirdo On Maple Street (2016) – Review
Of all the brazen influences that Stranger Things wears on its sleeve, one of the less apparent ones is the effect the works of David
Predator: Killer Of Killers (2025) – Review
When the correct filmmaker attaches themselves to an existing franchise, the fireworks that usually result tend to hit with the force of a Predator’s exploding
Stranger Things – Season 1, Chapter 1: The Vanishing Of Will Byers (2016) – Review
When you cast your mind back, the arrival of Stranger Things managed to change the game in quite a few ways. Not least of all
Without Warning (1980) – Review
It’s truly facinating how echoes of film concepts can drift through the ether and pop up again in a completely different form that still carry
Species: The Awakening (2007) – Review
I feel like if we someone were to compile a list of franchises that saw their dying installments show up on Syfy, it would look
Species III (2004) – Review
Even though I’d be willing to bet serious money that Peter Medak’s impressively dodgy Species II was a concerted attempted by the director to actually
Ash (2025) – Review
As long as there are still ways to spruce up an old, cinematic trope, it seems that some movies will truly never, ever die. For
Virus (1999) – Review
Whoever first thought to have the bright idea of transporting the intergalactic terrors of Alien to the depths of the ocean must be feeling pretty
Species II (1998) – Review
I’ve always felt that 1995’s Species was something of a missed opportunity. If the film had been made later, with less focus on making it’s
Arrival (2016) – Review
Movies about mankind attempting some sort of chinwag with an alien intelligence are a dime a dozen and some of the finest filmmakers around have
Y2K (2024) – Review
Remember the 90s? Remember the Y2K scare? Remember all the shit that came with both? Well, don’t worry if you can’t, because Saturday Night Live’s
The Electric State (2025) – Review
I guess the world post Avengers: Endgame has been a little rough on everybody what with all the crazy shit that’s happened to society since
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) – Review
It’s so weird that for most of a career delivering rip roaring action adventure movies or sentimental family movies, Steven Spielberg tended to get fairly
Species (1995) – Review
It’s been said that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but in 1995 we got a third option that gave the gender
Mickey 17 (2025) – Review
Some films are predictable, dependable, safe; giving us easy answers to basic questions, adhering to well worn storytelling rules and wrapping everything up in a