South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has always specialised in giving familiar genres a memorable, off-beat spin in way that often results in irresistible masterpieces. Be
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Wild Geese II (1985) – Review
When it comes to well formulated plans of grizzled dudes going wildly awry, the story behind Wild Geese II manages to somehow match the rather
The Gorge (2025) – Review
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I love a good mash up – and by that I mean a movie that throws together so
The Fugitive (1993) – Review
For quite a while there, Harrison Ford was regarded as the everyman hero in American cinema for round about twenty years or so which, when
Elevation (2024) – Review
It’s natural for Hollywood to want to copy a successful concept wholesale in order to capitalise on a bit of money, but do they have
Presence (2024) – Review
Can we all agree that the next person to randomly slap a “scariest film of the year” label on a horror poster gets to be
Flight Risk (2025) – Review
When it comes to scope, the directorial career of Mel Gibson has been pretty damn huge. There’s the multiple battles fought by William Wallace in
Companion (2025) – Review
As human beings continue blurring those already faded lines that separate technology from companionship, it seems we’re destined to continue to explore the cinematic, Frankenstein-esque
Into The Deep (2025) – Review
Once upon a time, I used to lament the fact that the killer shark movie had gotten so stupid, we could never hope to get
The Concorde… Airport ’79 (1979) – Review
As something of a forgotten staple of the disaster film, the Airport franchise went out of its way for a decade to disprove the fact
Golgo 13: The Professional (1983) – Review
While the natural state of an animated movie from Japan is to use it’s near limitless medium to concoct wild, fantasy worlds, or grim dystopian
Mechanic: Resurrection (2016) – Review
Even a hitman can hit the target but spectacularly miss the point, I guess.Basically, in 2011, Jason Statham appeared in The Mechanic, a typically “Stathed
Perfect Blue (1997) – Review
Those who don’t tend to dip their toes frequently in the pool of endless possibilities that is Anime tend to write the majority of it
Airport ’77 (1977) – Review
Flying may be the safest way to travel statistically speaking, but the Airport franchise pretty much did everything it could to disprove that theory over
Wicked City (1987) – Review
To be honest, I’ve never know just what the fascination is with 80s and 90s Japanese and the absolute need to fill so many instances
Marnie (1964) – Review
If there’s anything that Alfred Hitchcock loved more than an impeccably plotted setpiece or perfectly planned shot, it probably was taking the fraying psyche of
The Mechanic (2011) – Review
Love or hate Jason Statham, you can’t deny that what he does has placed him in that echelon of action heroes that are placed above
Class Of 1984 (1982) – Review
When different kinds of movies tackle the same social issues, the results can often be staggeringly diffrent. Take the subject of teaching troubled kids in
Carry-On (2024) – Review
While the title will immediately provoke visions of Kenneth Williams’ nostrils flaring in indignation at Sid James legendarily filthy cackle to a certain section of
Airport 1975 (1974) – Review
Even before the team of Zucker Abrahams Zucker took down the entirety of a genre with a single movie with Airplane!, there was always something
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