john boorman

Review: BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL – A Fascinating Look At A Cinematic Folly

Few films have the reputation of being as bad and ill-judged as John Boorman’s Exorcist II: The Heretic. The follow-up to William Friedkin’s massively successful The Exorcist, the film is notorious for being a total creative miscalculation by [...]

August 5, 2026

Megan Tremethick in The Reign Of Queen Ginnarra

Blu-ray Review: Low Budget Fantasy THE REIGN OF QUEEN GINNARRA Impresses

The general rule of thumb for low-budget filmmaking is to keep things simple and work within the confines of your budget. That’s the reason why you see so many one-location thrillers and found footage horror movies. It’s very rare to see [...]

May 20, 2025

Review: Zack Snyder’s ARMY OF THE DEAD – A Stupid Movie With Stupid Characters Doing Stupid Things

Zack Snyder is probably the most divisive director of the century. Over the last 20 years, no filmmaker has faced the vitriol which has been targeted at Snyder or been embraced by the fervent adoration of their fanbase. It’s odd – [...]

May 23, 2021

Behind The Scenes: John Boorman, Charlotte Rampling & Sean Connery On The Set Of ZARDOZ

A massive hit, Deliverance grossed $46 million at the US box office in 1972. John Boorman was given the pick of films to make in its wake. Boorman chose to make Zardoz. After the success of Deliverance, Boorman used his commercial and creative [...]

April 11, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Jon Voight, John Boorman, Ronny Cox & Burt Reynolds On The Set Of DELIVERANCE

John Boorman’s Deliverance is one of the most powerful films released in the 1970s. In fact, Boorman’s 1972 adventure thriller still resonates today, decades after its initial release. Deliverance has seeped into popular culture where it [...]

March 25, 2021

Zack Snyder’s BATMAN

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a movie which doesn’t deserve its derided reputation. Yes, it’s hugely flawed but there’s much to enjoy in Zack Snyder’s 2016 superhero smash-up. One of the film’s highlights is Ben Affleck‘s turn as [...]

January 18, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: John Boorman’s ZARDOZ

John Boorman’s Zardoz can be blamed for being a lot of things, but predictable isn’t one of them. This 1974 starrer for Sean Connery bucks convention on all levels and Boorman delivers one of the oddest science fiction movies ever to star an [...]

November 3, 2020

Notebook Reviews: THE TAILOR OF PANAMA

John Boorman – 2001 John Boorman’s The Tailor of Panama is a fantastic black-comedy thriller which is based on the novel John le Carré. They don’t make enough films with this type of energy. Geoffrey Rush is great at the titular [...]

September 24, 2020

Obituary: Powers Boothe Dead At 68

Powers Boothe was a powerful screen presence. You might say that Boothe was a character actor, but he was much more than that. He had his own gravitational pull, anchoring movies and TV shows with his own brand of gravitas and strength. Boothe has [...]

May 15, 2017