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Is 2024’s Blockbuster Season Totally Uninspiring?

June 8, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

We look ahead at what’s in store for the second half of 2024 and ponder whether there are any must-see, sure-fire hits… Having recently looked at the state of the cinema industry and whether the big screen experience is on its last legs, now seems like a good time to look ahead to the rest […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bad Boys: Ride or Die, borderlands, Deadpool / Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Godzilla Minus One, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Joker: Folie à Deux, MaXXXine, Nosferatu, sonic the hedgehog 3, The Fall Guy, Venom: The Last Dance

The Matrix at 25: The Quintessential Sci-Fi Actioner of the Modern Age

June 7, 2024 by admin

As it returns to cinemas for its 25th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando plugs into The Matrix to look at the story behind the 1999 sci-fi action classic… The influence The Matrix had on cinema as a whole is undeniable and even a quarter century later the effort continues to trigger discourse and stir debate amongst cinephiles […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, The Matrix, The Wachowskis

The Most Iconic Cult Classics of All Time

June 6, 2024 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno on the most iconic cult classics… What does it take for a film to be considered a “cult classic?” Many define it as a movie that is popular among a particular group, but for me, that isn’t always the case. Some cult classics can become larger than life presences in the industry, taking […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies Tagged With: Akira, Bottle Rocket, Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Labyrinth, Naked Lunch, Pink Flamingos, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Big Lebowski, The Greasy Strangler, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the room, Transformers: The Movie, Troll 2

As Seen on TV: 80s UK Children’s Shows That Became 8-Bit Games

June 6, 2024 by Andrew Newton

Andrew Newton takes a trip back to the 1980s to revisit a selection of 8-bit computer games based on popular British kid’s TV shows… The children’s television programmes of the 1980s were wonderful, they had to be back in the day as quality was essential. There were no all day children’s channels back then, no […]

Filed Under: Andrew Newton, Articles and Opinions, Movies, Television, Video Games Tagged With: Count Duckula, Count Duckula: No Sax Please we’re Egyptian, Postman Pat, Sooty, Sooty & Sweep, SuperTed, SuperTed: The Search for Spot, SuperTed: The Search for Spotty, The Trap Door, Trap Door

10 Essential Will Smith Movies

June 5, 2024 by EJ Moreno

As the actor launches his comeback with Bad Boys: Ride or Die [read our review here], EJ Moreno looks at the best Will Smith movies… From rapper to television star to Academy Award winner, a career like this is almost unheard of. Will Smith, whose film work has grossed over $9 billion, is a once-in-a-generation […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies Tagged With: ali, Bad Boys II, Enemy of the State, hitch, i am legend, Independence Day, King Richard, men in black, Suicide Squad, the pursuit of happyness, Will Smith

The Most Obscure & Shocking John Waters Movies

June 4, 2024 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno looks at the most shocking obscure films of cult filmmaker John Waters… Cult filmmaker John Waters has quite the stacked resume. From Pink Flamingos to Hairspray, Waters knows how to craft films that stick with you long after watching. Each one of his projects is just as shocking as the next; you won’t forget […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies Tagged With: a dirty shame, desperate living, John Waters, mondo trasho

Horror Sequel Highs & Lows

June 3, 2024 by EJ Moreno

Join us for a deep dive into horror highs & lows… Franchises are critical to filmmaking, especially in horror. There have been highs and lows when a film decides to spin itself off and do more entries, and we’ll cover them today. We don’t want to harp on the traditional excellent or lousy horror sequels […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Rings, saw x, The Devil's Rejects, Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Takashi Miike: The Modern Godfather of Horror

June 3, 2024 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno on Takashi Miike and his influence on horror… If you’re reading this now, you probably were the type of person who used to hunt for “the most disturbing movies of all time” lists. We’ve all been there, and it carried us all through a wild era. The need for shock films hit an […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies Tagged With: 13 assassins, Audition, dead or alive, gozu, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Hostel, Ichi the Killer, imprint, masters of horror, one missed call, Takashi Miike, Visitor Q

Edge of Tomorrow at 10: A Cleverly Crafted Propulsive Sci-Fi Thriller

June 2, 2024 by admin

Hasitha Fernando revisits Edge of Tomorrow as it turns 10 to look at the story behind the sci-fi action thriller… It’s a damn shame that Tom Cruise hasn’t done a great many sci-fi movies ‘cos the ones he’s been part of have been surprisingly good. Starting with 2001’s Vanilla Sky, which was somewhat of a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Bill Paxton, Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow, Emily Blunt, Tom Cruise

In a Violent Nature and Other Slasher Movies That Subvert the Genre

June 2, 2024 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno looks at the slashers that changed the game… What does it take for a slasher to stand out? It would help if horror films could shake things up, and we’ve collected films that prove that a good slasher movie needs a little spice. As a celebration of a new slasher that’s subverted the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies Tagged With: behind the mask: the rise of leslie vernon, Freddy vs. Jason, Happy Death Day, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, In a Violent Nature, TERRIFIER, tourist trap

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