For a story that has been remade as much as Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers, it’s had a surprisingly high rate of success. Don Siegel’s
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Killers Of The Flower Moon (2023) – Review
The prospect of any new Scorsese project coming down the pipe is always a tantalising moment, but there’s always that extra burst on endorphins when
Source Code (2011) – Review
There’s the general consensus that Chesney Hawkes loving director, Duncan Jones, has been on a downward spiral since his feature debut, Moon, obliterated us in
Anacondas: Trail Of Blood (2009) – Review
While the previous installment of the Anaconda franchise was hardly a cinematic masterpiece, its awfulness was strangely watchable in a stoned-at-three-in-the-morning kind of way –
Duel (1971) – Review
Even filmmakers who created the modern blockbuster, changed populist cinema forever and arguably gave us more iconic moments on the big screen than any other
Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012) – Review
When it comes to the breeding habits of actual crocodiles, females are known to nest as often as every year, or every couple of years,
No One Will Save You (2023) – Review
It’s somewhat surprising that more filmmakers haven’t attempted to blur the lines between a home invasion and an alien invasion like someone grafted together the
Body Snatchers (1993) – Review
The earlier, cinematic versions of Jack Finney’s Invasion Of The Body Snatchers are as vital and important as any science fiction film released in their
A Haunting In Venice (2023) – Review
In this current climate of mega sequels and connecting universes, there’s something reliably old fashioned about Kenneth Branagh’s continuing attempts to bring Agatha Christie back
The Day Of The Triffids (1963) – Review
Killer plants gave always held their own little corner of the genre market, be it the hyper-verbal bloodlust of Audrey II from Little Shop Of
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – Season 1, Episode 1: L’ame Perdue (2023) – Review
If I’m being honest, Dead City, the newest attempt from The Walking Dead to try and keep life pumping through its moldy body, wasn’t really
Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008) – Review
If killer animal franchises were Infinity Stones then someone should’ve sent the Avengers to have a stern chat with the Syfy Channel a few years
Murder On The Orient Express (2017) – Review
Kenneth Branagh was once hailed as the successor to Laurence Olivier as the greatest, Shakespearean actor of his generation, but as dear old Kenny persued
The Equalizer 3 (2023) – Review
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: of all the distinguished actors who decided to hop aboard the aging action hero train, Denzel
The Prestige (2006) – Review
According to Christopher Nolan’s underrated magician-at-war film, The Prestige, there are three aspects to every magic trick: The Pledge, The Turn and The Prestige. Fittingly,
The Gift (2000) – Review
Sandwiched between his earlier, gonzoid classics and his later, bigger budgeted, superhero phase, Sam Raimi had, what could be called his “sensible period”. Easing back
The Hitcher (1986) – Review
Some movies, not unlike some people, are just born mean. They busy themselves by being as cruel and unsettling as they can be and refuse
Lake Placid 2 (2007) – Review
Hey, anyone remember Lake Placid? Sure you do! It was that killer crocodile movie that came out in 1999 that had a surprisingly great cast
Free Fire (2016) – Review
I really have a sizable soft spot for movies that dispense with complicated plots and multiple destinations in favour of focusing entirely on incident. It’s
Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 6: Home (2023) – Review
The final installments of the MCU’s television excursions have always been tricky affairs, either scuppering numerous, thoughtful episodes with an unnecessary CGI climax that visibly
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