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Great Forgotten Supernatural Horror Movies from the 1980s

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Casey Chong presents seven forgotten supernatural horror movies from the 1980s…. The 1980s saw a barrage of horror movies vying to make a lasting impression. Some succeed, while others failed or underappreciated. Take supernatural horrors, for instance; movies like The Shining, Angel Heart and Prince of Darkness have earned their places in most genre fans’ […]

LEGO Star Wars at 20: The Video Game That Kickstarted a Phenomenon

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Chris Connor looks at LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game twenty years on from its release… These days, LEGO and many of the largest pop culture franchises go hand in hand, be it Marvel, DC, Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog to movies like Jurassic Park and Dune. We’ve seen this especially in video games, with […]

Forgotten 90s Action Movies That Deserve a Second Chance

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Casey Chong looks at ten 1990s action movies that are worth revisiting… Action movies were the bread and butter of the 1990s cinema. Hit movies from Terminator 2: Judgment Day to Die Hard 2 and Die Hard with a Vengeance, Lethal Weapon 3 and 4, Mission: Impossible, The Fugitive and Under Siege ruled the box […]

Great Cyberpunk Movies You Need To See

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Casey Chong with eight great cyberpunk movies that should be on your watchlist… Cyberpunk movies made their mark in the early 80s with Ridley Scott’s seminal genre masterpiece Blade Runner, a milestone in not only in its visual style but its bleak depiction of urban dystopia and artificial intelligence. Subsequent popular cyberpunk movies like Akira, […]

6 Great Rutger Hauer Sci-Fi Films That Aren’t Blade Runner

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Blade Runner made Rutger Hauer an icon of the sci-fi genre, but don’t miss out on these six other wild sci-fi films… The late great Rutger Hauer saw things you people wouldn’t believe. Having made a name for himself as an acclaimed star in his native Holland, a Hollywood break soon beckoned. After a couple […]

10 Great Forgotten Movie Gems Worth Seeking Out

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Tom Jolliffe offers up essential films that were overlooked at the time, or have been forgotten in the years since release… Sometimes for whatever reason a film doesn’t strike a wide audience. It may just get released in the wrong era, or take a while to regain a cult following. Some films in retrospect end […]

The Best Eiza González Movies

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Casey Chong looks at the best of Eiza Gonzalez… Hailing from Mexico City, Eiza González has come a long way from her telenovela days; making her debut in 2007 in Lola, érase una vez she managed to make her transition to Hollywood, appearing in From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series and showing up in a […]

10 Great Forgotten Erotic Thrillers You Need To See

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Casey Chong presents a selection of forgotten erotic thrillers that are worth a watch… Erotic thrillers may have significantly dwindled in today’s era, even though this subgenre does make a splash – for better or worse – occasionally with movies like the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, Netflix’s Fair Play and the recently-released Nicole Kidman […]

14 Incredible Sci-Fi Movie Scores

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No good sci-fi movie is complete without an awe-inspiring musical score to elevate the on-screen visuals; here are fourteen of the best… A great music score can take the visual landscape of a film and add a whole other dimension to help transport the viewer. For genre movies, an effective score is essential in embellishing […]

The Shining at 45: The Story Behind Stanley Kubrick’s Psychological Horror Masterpiece

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Hasitha Fernando on the story behind The Shining as it turns 45… Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining had a divisive reception from film critics at the time of its release. However, decades later the effort has been appreciated and hailed as one of the greatest horror flicks of all time. As the masterpiece celebrates its 45th […]