This may seem like an odd choice for a cult movie, given it was a big hit for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Surely something like The Last Action Hero might seem like a better choice. But two years shy of its thirtieth anniversary, we can ask if the world still remembers Commando, the original badass Eighties action movie romp. Perhaps not – …

The mid-Eighties was a special time for horror, creating some unique genre movies. Night Of The Creeps, Evil Dead 2, House, Fright Night, Silver Bullet, The Gate, Hellraiser… good times. A few of these films went a bit overboard, but that was the spirit of the era. Then again, if the intention was to have a loud, drunken party, one …

The word ‘toilet humor’ is thrown around too easily these days. And too many films resort to disgusting punchlines because they don’t know how to be funny. But aficionados of the filthy gag know it is an artform and when done right is probably the funniest thing you could never show your gran. Yet she’s probably in on it, because …

Nobody can flog a dead horse like the movie business, the exception being drunk conspiracy theorists. Yet amazingly some themes are practically anemic when it comes to use and abuse. Point in case: the demonic car sub genre. There have been a few valiant stabs at it: Steven King was responsible for Christine and Maximum Overdrive, while you could argue …

Not all barbarian movies are made equal. Not all barbarian movies have budget for any real special effects. Not all barbarian movies can afford big, hulking slabs of Austrian meat. Not all barbarian movies follow the plot. But at least some barbarian movies knew how to make up for such shortfalls. It usually involves lots of nudity… Last Updated: June …

My, how times change. Today Kiefer Sutherland is a lovable, torture-prone spy, while Rufus Sewell is best remembered as a bad jouster who tackled the Joker, after which he was a bad vampire tackling Abe Lincoln. But both starred in one of the most remarkable movies of the Nineties – one that showed there is substance to special effects. Last …

Ian McKellen once said that if he had seen Bad Taste instead of Heavenly Creatures, he wouldn’t have starred in Lord Of The Rings. In fact, it is hard to imagine that the same director was responsible for both. Fans are lucky that Peter Jackson is so versatile. Else Frodo would have stumbled around with a sledgehammer lodged in his …

It might seem easy to typecast Christopher Walken, but it isn”t. Though he has done his share of crime bosses (like the notorious Frank White), Walken is best when he”s that right-hand man that overshadows the boss. Like the bow-tie killer in Last Man Standing or the bone-chilling “antichrist” in True Romance. Or as the archangel Gabriel… Last Updated: May …