Christophe Gans 2006 adaptation of the smash hit game Silent Hill didn’t exactly set the world on fire despite it’s visually stunning depictions of Hell
Tag: 2010s
Fury
David Ayer is a filmmaker that doesn’t deal in half measures. Responsible for either writing or directing a string of absurdly hard edged street thrillers,
Hush
Mike Flanagan has built himself up into quite the horror factory of late, most famous these days for his heartfelt Stephen King adaptations and his
Death Note
Much has been made of the Video Game adaptation’s inability to definitively produce a single great movie from all the attempts hurled at our cinemas
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows
One criticism leveled at the various incarnations of Ninja Turtle movies that’s come down the sewer pipe over the years is that a lot of
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I for one never had that much an issue with Michael Bay’s whirring, vorping, clanking and exploding face lift for 2007’s Transformers – after all,
Jupiter Ascending
Having effortlessly conquered dystopian, cyberpunk sci-fi with The Matrix (and then fucking it up a bit with the sequels) the Wachowski siblings decided they’d try
Trick
Lussier and Todd Farmer has been noticeably absent of late, which is a shame considering their last two collaborations where light-footed exercises in trashy fun.
Total Recall
Regardless of how much we all complained, the immensely frustrating habit that the Millennium had of remaking 80’s action classics continued unabated with a glossy,
The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot
Genre mashing is one of the greatest things there is about genre cinema – a cinematic practice of squishing different types of movie together to
Battleship
Thanks to the truly biblical stacks of cash hauled in by Michael Bay’s flashy, trashy Transformers movies, toy company-cum-movie studio Hasbro obviously had the stench
Battle: Los Angeles
In the years since Independence Day cornered the market on crowd pleasing, flag waving alien invasion movies it seems that Hollywood has been trying to
The Night Comes For Us
After the Indonesian film industry got a shot in the arm (and face, and chest) thanks to Gareth Evans towering The Raid series, it seems
Inhuman Kiss
When weighing up the pros and cons of streaming movies vs physical media I always find myself staring at my DVD and Blu Ray laden
Annabelle
After James Wan’s The Conjuring scared up a treat at the box office, it was a sure bet that it would get a follow up,
War For The Planet Of The Apes
I’ve probably stated elsewhere that it’s the Planet Of The Apes remake trifecta that’s the great, unsung movie trilogy of the decade but I only
The Conjuring
With Saw, director James Wan made an impact on the horror genre with all the force of a reverse bear trap springing open; and then
Phantasm: Ravager
After the confusing denouement of 1998’s Phantasm: Oblivion, it seemed that Don Coscerelli’s far out horror odessy had finally been laid to rest with no
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
The rebirth of the Planet Of The Apes franchise seemingly came from nowhere, exploding from out of the foliage, teeth bared in a defiant screech
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Admit it. When YOU first heard that the Planet Of The Apes franchise was going to be yanked back into life (possibly while in a
