Reviews

Review: McClain Lindquist’s Adaptation Of Edgar Allan Poe’s THE TELL TALE HEART Is A Visually Strong Directorial Debut

McClain Lindquist’s adaptation of the great Edgar Allan Poe‘s The Tell Tale Heart is a wonderfully executed short film. A directorial debut for Lindquist, this Poe adaptation features some great imagery, special effects and set [...]

January 19, 2021

Review: JIU JITSU Starring Nicolas Cage Is The Craziest Movie Of 2020

A lot of crazy things have happened in 2020, but the craziest in a cinematic sense has to be Jiu Jitsu starring the one and only Nicolas Cage. The Dimitri Logothetis directed film is martial arts/sci-fi/action hybrid which blends elements of [...]

December 30, 2020

Review: WONDER WOMAN 1984 Is An Energetic & Fun Superhero Sequel

Wonder Woman 1984 is a handsomely produced superhero sequel which continues the story of Diana Prince’s fight to improve humanity. Patty Jenkins‘ film improves on her blockbusting 2017 original and delivers an entertaining and [...]

December 16, 2020

Review: Sci-Fi Thriller BREACH Starring Bruce Willis & Thomas Jane Is Enjoyable Dumb Fun

You’ll enjoy Breach if you ignore the derivative nature of the film’s plot and check your brain at the door. Directed by John Suits, this sci-fi/horror/thriller hybrid owes a massive debt to Ridley Scott’s Alien and John [...]

December 13, 2020

Review: Kevin Costner & Diane Lane Star In The Brutally Taught Thriller LET HIM GO

Writer-director Thomas Bezucha‘s Let Him Go is one of the best thrillers of the year. Bezucha’s film is an adaptation of Larry Watson’s novel and it stars Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as George and Margaret Blackledge, a couple [...]

December 9, 2020

Review: Jason Isaacs Chews The Scenery In The Explosive Volcanic Thriller SKYFIRE

There’s a ridiculous amount of fun to be had with director Simon West’s Skyfire. The film takes Jurassic Park, blends it with Dante’s Peak and adds-in some Chinese Five Spice for a rollicking rollercoaster ride of a movie. It’s silly as [...]

November 22, 2020

Review: LIFE AFTER THE NAVIGATOR Looks At The Life Of Joey Cramer & The Making Of FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR

2018’s Life After Flash is an exceptional documentary from director Lisa Downs which charts the rise, fall and resurgence of Sam J. Jones, the star of the ’80s cult adventure Flash Gordon. Downs’ film looked at how Jones dealt with his fame, [...]

November 15, 2020

Review: Mel Gibson’s FATMAN Delivers In A Big Way

Writing-directing brothers Ian and Eshom Nelms have delivered something special with Fatman. The film’s central coup of casting a bushy-bearded Mel Gibson as an ass-kicking Father Christmas is a masterstroke and the Lethal Weapon star delivers [...]

November 15, 2020

Review: Bruce Wemple’s THE RETREAT Subverts & Defies Horror Expectations

Director Bruce Wemple is carving-out a hugely impressive career in creating horror movies which subvert the genre and defy expectations. Following on from his brilliant ‘bigfoot’ pic, Monstrous comes The Retreat, a film which takes-on the Native [...]

November 10, 2020

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