Welcome aboard the S.S. Claridon and its voyage into the cinematic genre of the disaster film, an entry that will have you holding onto your life jacket and trying not to get seasick. Directed by Andrew L. Stone, this movie tells the tale of a luxurious ocean liner that sinks after a fire erupts in…
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That Darn Cat (1965) – Review
For Disney, the 1960s saw the release of a couple of animated classics — One Hundred Dalmatians and The Jungle Book, and also the lesser received The Sword in the Stone, but in their live-action division, they pulled out all stops with their big-budget adventure films like In Search of the Castaways, as well as solid…
Delirium (2018) – Review
What is reality and what is a delusion? This quandary is the heart of many psychological/horror movies, and Blumhouse Production’s Delirium (formerly known as Home) does its best to tap into that primal fear of, “If you can’t trust what you see, who do you trust?” But then, the film drops the ball with a horrendously…
Fifty Shades Freed (2018) – Review
Most would agree that the Fifty Shades books are a cross between fanfiction and a trashy beach read – no one is going to be proclaiming E.L. James author of the year any time soon – but the movies based on these books are only slightly better, in that they are faster to get through…
Death Note: Anime vs. Netflix
For those not in the know Death Note started out as a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, that was then adapted into an anime television series that aired between 2006 and 2007, which then led to Japanese live action movies, video games and even a musical.