During its heyday, the World War II set mission movie enjoyed many an all star cast as the war was won seemingly on every conceivable
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The Eagle Has Landed (1976) – Review
World War II men on a mission movies: we all know them and we all love them (the good ones, anyway) but sometimes, aside from
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) – Review
The only thing that was surprising about insanely influential screenwriter Shane Black making the long overdue jump to directing was that it took so bloody
Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) – Review
Usually, digging up an old TV movie made by an established director is usually the act of a completist fan who wishes to finish off
The Infernal Machine (2022) – Review
If your thriller features more twists and turns than a truck full of Fusilli barreling down a winding country road in the dead of night,
The Menu (2022) – Review
For some of us, food isn’t just something you just shovel into your pie hole in order to fuel us as we gradually transform it
Bones And All (2022) – Review
There’s a long, storied, tradition of loved-up couples engaging on winding, rambling road trips while regularly stepping outside of the law in order to survive
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) – Review
Emerging from the seemingly never ending critical chaos after the release of The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson recovered with style by turning around and casually
Nomads (1986) – Review
We all have to start somewhere, I suppose, even if the starting point doesn’t really reflect your successes. Take John McTiernen for example, the man
Red Eye (2005) – Review
After a career boost he enjoyed thanks to a trilogy featuring a certain ghost faced, pop culture obsessed slasher, Wes Craven’s career seemed to be
A History Of Violence (2005) – Review
It may be a slightly immature take, but I’ve always gravitated more towards David Cronenberg’s earlier, genre work than his later, more… well, not conventional
The Ward (2010) – Review
It had been about ten years since John Carpenter last directed a feature and his self-imposed retirement had been born of him finally losing his
Hands Of The Ripper (1971) – Review
Hammer Films was chiefly renowned for their revolutionary contributions to the horror genre, but when they weren’t slapping a new coat of paint on such
Executive Decision (1996) – Review
Some films just age weird.Some simply have some social norms and behaviours that have regrettably aged like milk while others find that their plots end
Secret Window (2004) – Review
“Write what you know” has always been a major piece of advice when it comes to would-be authors and it’s obviously one that’s of prime
Pearl (2022) – Review
Back at the beginning of the year, Ti West returned to horror and blessed us with X, a 70’s set slasher that took an overfamilar
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) – Review
“Everybody be cool.” swaggers George Clooney’s impossibly charismatic career criminal, directly into the camera, near the start of From Dusk Till Dawn, “You, be cool.”.
The Abominable Snowman (1957) – Review
By 1957, Hammer Films had already dipped their toes into the horror/sci-fi/fantasy market with The Quatermass Xperiment and X the Unknown (lot of X’s there),
The Woman King (2022) – Review
Ever since Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther decisively threw open the doors for blockbuster movies that feature predominantly black casts, filmmakers and themes, I’ve been patiently
Don’t Worry Darling (2022) – Review
After what seems to be a disproportionate amount of behind the scenes brouhaha, Don’t Worry Darling arrives in cinemas in a wake of a public
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