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10 Great Slow-Burn Horror Movies To Fill You With Dread

April 16, 2025 by admin

Casey Chong with ten slow-burn horror movies that will fill you with dread… One of the most interesting things about the horror genre is its diverse A-to-Z elements from body horror to found footage, dark fantasy, slasher and supernatural. Then, there’s the slow-burn horror and as the name suggests, this subgenre focuses on the deliberate […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Don't Look Now, Hereditary, It Follows, Let The Right One In, Rosemary's Baby, Session 9, The Orphanage, The Shining, the witch

American Psycho at 25: The Story Behind the Satirical Horror Classic

April 14, 2025 by admin

Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind the controversial American Psycho on the 25th anniversary of its release… American Psycho was many things. In one sense it was mired in controversy from the get-go due to the problematic nature of its source material and in another the movie marked the critical and transformative turning point […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Hasitha Fernando, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis, Christian Bale, Jared Leto, Mary Harron, Willem Dafoe

7 Rotten Horror Movies That Deserve A Second Chance

April 11, 2025 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno looks at poorly received horror movies worth revisiting… As horror fans, we often accept that some of our favorite movies may not be loved by everyone else. This comes with the territory, as the genre can really polarize viewers with everything from tone to gore to the director to a franchise’s legacy. Focusing […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: frogs, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Idle Hands, Jennifer's Body, Saw, Scream 3, The Devil's Rejects, two thousand maniacs!

10 Great Val Kilmer Performances

April 7, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

The late, great Val Kilmer had an eclectic career full of memorable roles and films. Here are ten of his standout performances… Val Kilmer’s time as a Hollywood icon was never less than interesting. Depending on the film set, he was either an enigmatic genius, a fun presence, or a director’s nightmare. What can’t be […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Batman Forever, Heat, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Doors, The Salton Sea, Tombstone, Top Gun, Top Secret, True Romance, Val Kilmer, willow

Johnnie To, Hong Kong Cinema’s Modern Master

April 6, 2025 by admin

Simon Thompson delves into the career of Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To… Intensely prolific (with a back-catalogue dating all the way back to 1980) and defiant, Johnnie To is a Hong Kong filmmaking giant who, despite approaching the age of 70 this year, has shown no sign of slowing down or falling out of love […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Simon Thompson, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: All About Ah Long, election, Election II, Johnnie To, PTU, Running Out of Time, The Enigmatic Case, The Mission, Vengeance

The Essential Modern Conspiracy Thrillers

April 5, 2025 by admin

Hasitha Fernando with ten essential conspiracy thrillers… Conspiracy thrillers are a sub-genre of film that kick-started with the likes of The Manchurian Candidate and The Ipcress File, eventually flourishing in the 70s with bonafide hits such as Three Days of the Condor, All the President’s Men, Marathon Man and Executive Action. The movies were primarily […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, conspiracy theory, Enemy of the State, JFK, the bourne identity, the fugitive, The Ghost Writer, The Insider, The International, The Manchurian Candidate

The Essential Action Movies of 1985

April 2, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Time for a tooling up montage, as we travel back 40 years to look at the essential action movies from 1985… We’re midway through the decade now and I can’t be alone in finding it almost unfathomable that 1985 was 40 years ago. No, not 10, not 20… 40 years ago man! The midpoint of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Commando, Gymkata, Invasion USA, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, My Lucky Stars, No Retreat No Surrender, Rambo: First Blood Part II, To Live and Die in L.A., Yes Madam

The Essential Richard Norton Movies

March 30, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

One of action cinema’s unheralded greats, Richard Norton, has sadly passed away. Here are ten essential movies where Norton kicked ass… Action fans were heartbroken to learn that the perennially underrated but legendary Richard Norton passed away recently. The Australian tough guy and martial arts master has had a colourful background, which has included working […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: China O'Brien, Cyber Tracker, equalizer 2000, Force: Five, Magic Crystal, Millionaires Express, Mr Nice Guy, Richard Norton, Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars, Under the Gun

Are we about to see The Rocknaissance?

March 29, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Dwayne Johnson is coming to a turning point in his career; from predictable and interchangeable movies to Martin Scorsese and Benny Safdie, are we about to see The Rocknaissance..?. You’ve seen that meme. A four-panelled picture of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, dressed in seemingly identical gear (a tight white T, stained in dirt and sweat) […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Be Cool, Dwayne Johnson, Fast Five, Faster, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Martin Scorsese, Snitch, the smashing machine

Movies That Actually Really Need A Remake!

March 28, 2025 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno with a selection of movies that really need a remake… The Thing. The Departed. Cape Fear: Sometimes, a remake could be good; sometimes, the remake is even better than the original. As a lifelong horror fan, it’s something I’ve come to accept; nothing is safe, and everything is up for a remake. That […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: All About Eve, John Carter, Jumper, rope, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Towering Inferno, Waterworld

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