[column size=one_half position=first ]Terry Gilliam is a tricky director to appreciate, usually because he is as good at shooting his career in the foot as making immortal classics. Last Updated: September 8, 2014

[column size=one_half position=first ] Feeling overwhelmed by the world? Do you believe we’re always a breath away from a man-made apocalypse? Dr. Strangelove is the tonic. Last Updated: August 25, 2014

[column size=one_half position=first ] Australia is said to be dangerous place, filled with all manners of poisonous insects, man-eating animals, lethal plants and redneck politicians. Let’s add Giant Boars to that list as well. In Australia pork eats you – and it isn’t picky either… Last Updated: July 7, 2014

[column size=one_half position=first ]How the hell do you explain this movie to people? If we rely on genre, it’s an extreme arthouse cyberpunk fetish music surrealist horror that might be mistaken for a crazy music video with an hour-long runtime. Last Updated: June 30, 2014

[column size=one_half position=first ]Don McClean’s song Miss American Pie is said to be about the death of Buddy Holly. This movie is also about Buddy Holly, sort of, except he has a samurai sword and fights Slash. Last Updated: June 23, 2014

Think about it: The Crow would never have been a success today. It is too dark, too morbid and no challenge for any cosplay aficionado hoping to blow away convention fanboys. Despite coming from a comic, it lack the paperthin conflicts and shallow characters of today’s blockbusters. And all that aggressive industrial music would seem like trivial pandering for the …

In the convoluted world of magical practitioners, it is often assumed that men are wizards and women are witches. The Harry Potter series went a bit of the way to fix this glib generalisation, showing that anyone can be a wizard, regardless of gender. But if we had our say, we’d not go for something as pedestrian as a wizard, …

It’s something of a challenge to talk about horror comedy The Cabin in the Woods because to get maximum enjoyment out of it, you should really be clueless when entering the cinema, and just go along on its wild, witty ride. It helps too if you’re a long-time fan of horror movies, because a good chunk of the fun while …