You know what I miss? Horror/Thriller films with a slight edge to them and a laugh or two. We don’t see many movies in that vein these days, with the usual genre entries being found-footage and torture porn movies. Housebound however, is the kind of film that I’ve been waiting for, for a long time now. Last Updated: September 12, …
Before I Go to Sleep Based on the worldwide best-selling novel by S.J. Watson, Before I Go to Sleep is the story of Christine (Nicole Kidman) who wakes up every day with no memory as the result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, terrifying new truths begin to emerge that make her question everything she thinks she …
Tie your red bandanas and lace up your boots again, it looks like it’s finally time to head back into the jungle/desert/rural town/[INSERT HORRIBLE ENVIRONMENT OF CHOICE HERE] with Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo for one last hurrah. One that will probably be bloody. Stallone was last seen on screen as the titular one-man army in 2008’s Rambo, which he also wrote …
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In the real world anyone’s chances of fighting off three or more people are very slim. But movies provide amply for the legend of the skilled fighter and the mob stupid enough to test them. Last Updated: September 11, 2014
Remake. A word that elicits a knee-jerk ragequit from most film fans. Throw the word “horror” in front of “remake” and you get an even worse reaction, and justifiably so as we’ve been forced to endure mediocre slasher remake after dull zombie reboot. There have been a few exceptions though, and we may just have found another in The Town …
Book 3 of the Legend Of Korra, was a rock-solid season, and I don’t care what anyone says. With the air nation reborn, the stakes were higher than ever for Korra as she became entangled in the plot of a renegade group of super-benders, led by the enigmatic Zaheer. It’s a book with consequences, with the finale taking a visible …
Ever read The Stand? It’s a Stephen King novel, and considered to be one of his very best works of fiction. It’s about good vs evil, with a ton of post-apocalyptic subtlty caught in the middle. A pretty grim film then, one which has failed to really get the movie deail that it deserves. So what makes Josh “The Fault …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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