Maniac Cop, 1988. Directed by William Lustig. Starring Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith and Robert Z’Dar. SYNOPSIS: A killer in police uniform is dubbed the Maniac Cop after he starts taking out innocent people on the streets of New York City. The 80s had such a high output of schlocky […]

Chernobyl Diaries, 2012. Directed by Bradley Parker. Starring Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Devin Kelley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, and Dimitri Diatchenko. SYNOPSIS: Six ‘extreme’ tourists discover they are not alone during an illegal visit to the abandoned city of Prypiat in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. I’ll be honest; I went to […]

Phantasm II, 1988. Directed by Don Coscarelli. Starring James LeGros, Paula Irvine, Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm. SYNOPSIS: Six years later and people are still going missing – could the mortician have returned? Or did he never leave in the first place? It took almost a decade before audiences were able to return to the […]

The Woman in Black, 2012. Directed by James Watkins. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds, Sophie Stuckey and Liz White. SYNOPSIS: Young lawyer Arthur Kipps travels to a small village to settle the affairs of the lady of Eel Marsh House, to discover the villagers are tormented by a very vengeful ghost. The Woman […]

The Reptile, 1966. Directed by John Gilling. Starring Noel Willman, Jacqueline Pearce, Ray Barrett, Jennifer Daniel and Michael Ripper. SYNOPSIS: Following the mysterious death of his brother, Harry Spalding (Ray Barrett) and his wife Valerie (Jennifer Daniel) move to an inherited cottage in small Cornish village with a dark secret. It is always refreshing to […]

The Plague of the Zombies, 1966. Directed by John Gilling. Starring André Morell, John Carson, Jacqueline Pearce, Brook Williams and Michael Ripper. SYNOPSIS: As a mysterious plague ravagers a remote 19-century Cornish village, two scientists desperately search for an antidote, only to discover a world of black magic and a legion of flesh eating zombies. […]

A Bronx Tale, 1993. Directed by Robert De Niro. Starring Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Jr., Francis Capra, Taral Hicks and Kathrine Narducci. SYNOPSIS: After witnessing a murder and refusing to identify the killer, a young boy is taken under the wing of a local mob boss who gradually introduces him to a […]

Rock of Ages, 2012. Directed by Adam Shankman. Starring Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Bryan Cranston, Alec Baldwin and Mary J. Blige. SYNOPSIS: A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. The cinematic musical is a […]

Last week we heard from Wade Wilson himself, Ryan Reynolds, who offered up a few words about the long-in-development Deadpool movie, stating that the script is “so, so far into the R-rated zone [that] I don’t know if [Fox] would ever risk their reputation doing it.” Well, now screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (G.I. […]

Tom Jolliffe on the male acting performances criminally overlooked by the Academy for Oscar recognition… With the Oscars around the corner and awards season in full swing, now is a perfect opportunity to tearfully remember those performances that were completely overlooked by the Academy. Reasons can differ. Sometimes a year is bloated with exceptional performances […]