If there was any doubt about the ability of the Coen Brothers to conjure up flawless and varied crime epics that effortlessly straddled the divide
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Cape Fear (1991) – Review
What possesses a director at the height of their powers to suddenly decide to tackle a remake? Is it ego? Is it the urge to
Pig (2021) – Review
They say revenge is a dish best served cold, that doesn’t necessarily mean is has to be cooked in the heat if rage. Proof of
The Ice Road (2021) – Review
Back in the late seventies/early eighties, the loveable, opportunistic movie studio known as Cannon would apparently just have a stack of scripts for creaky thrillers
Great White Waters (2025) – Review
If there’s one thing I find fascinating about genres, is that not only do their popularity switch and vary over time, but the genres, and
Gangs Of New York (2002) – Review
No one does sprawling crime epics quite like Martin Scorsese. Throughout the length and breath of his illustrious career, he’s cast his cinematic eye over
American Made (2017) – Review
Stories of spectacular rags to hideous riches are as American as apple pie – after all, what signifies the American dream more than someone making
Prisoners (2013) – Review
Horror filmmakers can try to put as many unspeakable terrors on the screen as they can, but all the boogeymen, monsters and apparitions in the
Filth (2013) – Review
Just because Danny Boyle found the cheat code on how to adapt Irvine Welsh with Trainspotting (see also David Fincher cracking Chuck Palahniuk with Fight
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) – Review
Since he first wordlessly threw off members of the Thromby clan by simply hitting a single key on a piano, famed, verbose detective Benoit Blanc
Revolver (2005) – Review
It’s not easy to break out of a box you’ve put yourself in, but after Guy Ritchie’s third film – Madonna/Ritchie vanity project Swept Away
Disturbia (2007) – Review
Sometimes a movie concept is just too juicy to not update. What with technology lurching ahead in leads and bounds with every passing year, giving
Cold Pursuit (2019) – Review
Sometimes, misrepresentation can harm a film just as surely as blunt force trauma to the face. If the trailers and posters suggests a certain kind
Cam (2018) – Review
The horror/thriller genres have been gleefully ensuring that we just can’t have nice things for decades as it party poops virtually everything by making it
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (2025) – Review
I have to be honest, while the Now You See Me movies may walk that perilous tightrope between flashy and obnoxiously smug, I’ve kind of
Now You See Me 2 (2016) – Review
When it came to glossy, enjoyable and utterly ludicrous nonsense that still, inexplicably made you want to punch the air with glee, the 2013 heist
Joy Ride (2001) – Review
Existing somewhere in the cracks between Steven Spielberg’s Duel and Wes Craven’s Scream lies Joy Ride (or Road Kill, if you lived in a country
Bugonia (2025) – Review
Yorgos Lathimos has always dedicated himself to bringing the unnervingly absurd to the masses which has thus far encompassed passive agressive historical farces, infantile dating
Now You See Me (2013) – Review
Magic is a tenuous thing. See it from the right angle and for a miraculous moment you’d believe that the impossible is possible as you’re
The General’s Daughter (1999) – Review
Where do you go after crafting ludicrously entertaining action romp Con Air? Well, for director Simon West you apparently shoot for the complete tonal opposite
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