One of the secrets behind Stephen King’s success (aside from him being a really good writer) was that the early adaptations of his work had
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Dark Glasses (2022) – Review
You know that feeling you have when a beloved artist you’ve followed since your youth keeps putting out albums that are nowhere near as good
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970) – Review
It’s not easy to popularise an entirely new subgenre almost single handedly, but it’s even tougher to do it with your debut movie – however,
A Better Tomorrow (1986) – Review
These days, the many themes and visual tricks of action maestro John Woo are incredibly well known as his frenetic, slow motion gunplay, religious iconography
Blue Thunder (1983) – Review
The helicopter is one of the most important inventions next to the gun and the car when it comes to the action thriller; I mean
War Of The Worlds (2005) – Review
There’s nothing more annoying than a movie that looks to be destined for greatness only for it to fall down at the last hurdle thanks
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) – Review
If I were to ask you to name a movie that’s not only a remake of a black and white classic, but is also a
Crimson Rivers II: Angels Of The Apocalypse (2004) – Review
In 2000, Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel teamed up with La Haine director Mathieu Kassovitz to deliver The Crimson Rivers, a fidgety psycho thriller that
Firestarter (2022) – Review
To make your remake be worthy of the original, meaningful or even just worth an audience’s time, you need a spark to light the fires
The Crimson Rivers (2000) – Review
After Thomas Harris’ Silence Of The Lambs erupted onto the scene and changed the face of serial killer thrillers forever (sorry, Manhunter), Hollywood has been
A Simple Plan (1998) – Review
After the cartoonish sadism of his Evil Dead trilogy and the deranged superheroics of Darkman, it looked like Sam Raimi was starting to mature after
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) – Review
Jan De Bont’s 1994 thriller, Speed, is one of the greatest examples of the 90’s actioner that exists despite not featuring Nicolas Cage and it
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) – Review
Jack Ryan is something of an anomaly in the realms of cinematic returning characters due to the fact that Hollywood seems to be utterly incapable
The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent (2022) – Review
Regardless of your person feelings for Hollywood’s greatest living maverick, everyone has a favorite Nicolas Cage performance be it Oscar’s worthy, an apocalyptic screech-fest or
The Sum Of All Fears (2002) – Review
Hollywood’s current obsession with reboots, origin stories, or reboots featuring origin stories isn’t exactly new, in fact it’s proven to be the quickest (if not
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Romcoms are a something of a trial for me, so when something comes along to subvert (or even pervert) the usual tropes and cliches I
Ambulance (2022) – Review
Anyone else get the feeling that Michael Bay was maybe getting past his prime?I realise it’s a weird question to ask when the majority of
The Hunt For Red October (1990) – Review
Before the empathic brows of John Krasinski, the firm confidence of Chris Pine, the flustered jawline of Ben Affleck or the defiant pointing of Harrison
Three Days Of The Condor (1975) – Review
These days, actual global politics are so far off the fucking chain that any movie that delves into the shifty workings of international espionage that
Tenebrae (1982) – Review
Maestro or misogynist? Those are the two labels that have continously clung to Italian horror master Dario Argento ever since he first started plying his
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