Film Review: Godzilla vs Kong (2021)
Though it’s not their first rodeo – that honour goes to Toho’s mental 1962 monster mash-up King Kong vs Godzilla – the 2021 film is the first time these two […]
Film Review: Outland (1981)
This Peter Hyams-directed, Sean Connery-starring sci-fi western didn’t get a great critical or commercial reception upon release in 1981 (according to Box Office Mojo it was the 44th highest grossing […]
Comic Book Review: Byte-Sized #3
Ben and Katy’s discovery of the robots that have invaded their home at Christmas results in a worrying discovery: one of the high tech critters is not a fan of […]
Comic Book Review: Alien #1 (Marvel)
When Dark Horse Comics continued the Alien saga with Aliens #1 back in 1988, it was an instant hit with fans hungry to see where the story went after the […]
Film Review: Galaxy of Terror (1981)
B-Movie producer Roger Corman has long had a reputation in the film industry for latching onto a trend and being able get films made in unbelievably short periods of time […]
Film Review: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Though 1954’s Gojira wasn’t the first giant monster movie in existence, it did pioneer the usage of man-in-a-suit effects, which saw the eponymous creature wreaking havoc on miniature sets of […]
Film Review: Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
The first Wonder Woman film was an absolute breath of fresh air when it released in 2017; a DCEU (that’s DC, as in DC Comics, Extended Universe to those unfamiliar […]
Film Review: Tron Legacy (2010)
As a video game-obsessed kid growing up in the early 80s, Tron was a film that seemed tailor made just for me. I was only 5 in 1982, but I […]
Film Review: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
After a few decades of false starts and dashed hopes, it was a huge relief when the third Bill & Ted movie went into production. Following the surprise cult hit […]
Film Review: Mulan (2020)
I was 21 when the original, animated Mulan movie was released; far too cool for those Disney cartoons. They’re for kids, right? It’d take until the release of Tarzan in […]
Film Review: Fantastic Four (2015)
Or, as the poster would cringily have you think the title was: Fant4stic. Though Marvel’s First Family have reached the big screen before in two middling-at-best 00s efforts, they’ve never […]
Film Review: Doomsday (2008)
I had high hopes for Doomsday, having enjoyed director Neil Marshall’s first two films – Dog Soldiers and The Descent – immensely. Both were low budget, creatively shot films with […]
Film Review: Overlord (2018)
It’s Halloween, which means I’ve gone way outside my comfort zone for the last time this month and watched another horror movie. Despite being an absolute wimp when it comes […]
Film Review: The Predator (2018)
On paper, The Predator had all of the right elements to assure us of a slam dunk that the franchise hasn’t seen since the very first film in 1987. Shane […]
Film Review: Tales from the Crypt Presents…Bordello of Blood (1996)
At one stage in Bordello of Blood, which feels like an episode of the fondly remembered 90s TV show stretched out to an interminable length (though the main feature minus […]
Film Review: Color Out of Space (2019)
October heralds the start of Spooky Season – and I’ve already gone way out of my comfort zone to get into the spirit of Halloween by watching the demented Mandy, […]
