Genre mashing is one of the greatest things there is about genre cinema – a cinematic practice of squishing different types of movie together to
Tag: 2018
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
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
After the ungodly anount of moolah raked in by the franchise-reviving Jurassic World, it seems that the Jurassic Park series is a dab hand at
BlacKkKlansman
First up, let me level with you all…This is the first Spike Lee movie I ever got round to seeing. I know, I know! Legitimately
Sicario: Day Of The Soldado
The first Sicario, a flawless, brutal yet grimly beautiful thriller concerning policing the Mexican cartels and the dodgy, godless shit the government spooks pull to
Creed II
Rematches are the ultimate sequel. How many times has Sherlock traded wits with Moriarty, Batman vs The Joker, Magneto squaring off with the X-Men? The
Insidious: The Last Key
The previous Insidious movie – titled Chapter 3 despite being set before the first two movies, therefore throwing anyone with numerical dyslexia into a cold
Upgrade
Just because you haven’t got a budget to finance a small Latin American Country, doesn’t you can’t splurge on big ideas in your science fiction
Searching…
There’s been a fair smattering of internet based thrillers over the last few years, movies such as Unfriended, that take the concept of the found
Yardie
Idris Elba has pretty much done it all. After conquering television as the charismatic Stringer Bell on HBO’s The Wire he jumped over to Film
First Man
Dealing with the space race to land on the moon during the 1960’s and primarily Neil Armstrong’s mental state during that time, First Man is
Overlord
Sometimes fun is all you need. No big stars, no huge talent calling “action” (unless you count J.J. Abrams with a weighty producers credit, and
Suspiria
With all the horror remakes littering the cinematic landscape that plundered hungrily from the 70’s and 80’s, it’s frankly amazing to me that it’s only
Incredibles 2
The first Incredibles movie is most likely my favourite Pixar.Featuring scenes of relationship tension and mid-life crisis, it’s far more uncomfortably relatable than any kids
Robin Hood
*Long exasperated sigh* Yes… it’s another Robin Hood movie. Another attempt to “reinvigorate the legend” or “refresh the brand” or whatever dime-store hype phrase the
Tomb Raider
Lara Croft, the pistol packing, tomb raiding, adventurer has had a few reboots in the gaming world so it really only seems fitting that she
Ready Player One
Based on a hugely entertaining novel and directed by THE Steven Spielberg, Ready Player One has a pretty good chance of being the Who Framed
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
From this point on, no more discussion about how surprisingly strong the M:I series is, about how it’s a “stealth franchise” and how it plays
Halloween
All good horror icons, like bread, tend to rise.Forgive the food metaphor, I’m currently writing this while hungry, but no matter how many times they
A Quiet Place
The best type of horror film these days are the ones that marry a mighty dose of metaphor with it’s mauling and for the last
