Why hasn’t there been more movies about fire fighters?I mean, there’s been tons that involve military personnel and countless films made about policing and police
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Scanners II: The New Order (1991) – Review
During his early, horror phase, David Cronenberg gave us a clutch of visceral, thought provoking and reliably grotesque movies that tested the status quo as
The Way Of The Gun (2000) – Review
Before Christopher McQuarrie became Tom Cruise’s number one stunt enabler, he was most famous for penning the labyrinthian screenplay for Bryan Singer’s The Usual Suspects
Life (2017) – Review
When the trailer first surfaced for the 2017 sci-fi creeper, Life, there was a persistent theory going the rounds that it was actually a secret
Wanted Dead Or Alive (1987) – Review
Anyone who has witnessed the glacial cool that Rutger Hauer bestowed to either of the genuinely terrifying villains of Blade Runner or The Hitcher might
Cop Land (1997) – Review
Over the years, Sylvester Stallone’s career has taken more dips than a communal pot of salsa at a Nacho festival and yet, like the actor’s
Carriers (2009) – Review
This might be something of a tasteless observation to make, but any director of movie made about a global pandemic must be thinking that the
Fall (2022) – Review
Cinema adores cliffhangers, both literal and otherwise and so whenever there’s a chance to put characters in really sticky situations, you can bet that filmmakers
Infinity Pool (2023) – Review
I’ve always found that to compare a famous artist to their famous parent is something that’s not only inherently unfair, but surely is a recipe
Taxi Driver (1976) – Review
If you’re talking about characters having their sanity stripped from them like some much peeling paint, then you have to start with Taxi Driver.Martin Scorsese’s
Four Flies On Grey Velvet (1971) – Review
Dario Argento has been dubbed the master of horror more times than I’ve had hot dinners – and I’m not usually known for skipping too
The Driver (1978) – Review
Walter Hill’s 1978 thriller is one of those movies that’s managed to affect popular culture without being that well known to the general public. Not
The Last Of Us – Season 1, Episode 9: Look For The Light (2023) – Review
Well, Bella Ramsey did say the final episode would be polarizing, didn’t she?After eight weeks of touching love stories, harrowing deaths and more heart-in-the-mouth moments
65 (2023) – Review
Despite a run of fantasy films in the 50’s and 60’s, the never ending Land Before Time series, the Jurassic Park franchise and The Flintstones,
Knock At The Cabin (2023) – Review
It seems that after a career spent flipping expectations and diligent rug pulling, the biggest, most unpredictable twist M. Night Shyamalan ever managed to pull
Plane (2023) – Review
I was just saying to someone the other day that it’s been a while since since I last had an opportunity to enjoy Gerard Butler’s
Collateral (2004) – Review
I’m of the admittedly mistaken belief that thanks to the God-tier quality of his 1995 crime epic Heat, everything Michael Mann has produced since has
M3GAN (2022) – Review
Back in 1988, a cinematic serial killer used the voodoo Demballa chant to level up after catching a fatal bullet after a foot chase that
Pain & Gain (2013) – Review
After nearly burning himself out on three gargantuan Transformers movies in a row, it’s telling that Michael Bay’s idea of a smaller, intimate movie is
Death Sentence (2007) – Review
After making his seismic impact on the horror genre with 2004’s Saw, there was the nagging suspicion that fledgling frightmaker James Wan had absolutely no
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