In 1998, director Renny Harlin helmed a fun little shark movie called Deep Blue Sea, where we learned from Ice Cube that his “hat is like a shark’s fin,” but then two decades later, we got the straight-to-video sequel Deep Blue Sea 2, which showed us that maybe a sequel about his hat would have…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
The Giant Behemoth (1959) – Review
Clones are not an uncommon subject matter when it comes to science fiction or monster movies, but in the case of director Eugène Lourié and his film The Giant Behemoth, we don’t so much have a movie about a clone, but more a movie that is a clone. In 1953, Eugène Lourié was the director…
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) – Review
When it comes to kid’s films, “wish fulfillment” has to be one of the most popular genres — who wouldn’t want to find out they’re a wizard and get to attend a magical school — but there is always a price for such granted wishes, mainly some villainous bastard will want you dead. In the…
The Wonderful World of Scooby-Doo (1969-2023)
In the annals of mystery-solving investigators, there are few who have stood the test of time as well as the members of Mystery Incorporated. Now, some may argue that the likes of Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple have more literary credentials, but did either of those two have a talking dog on their team? Yeah,…
Code 8 (2019) – Review
What do you get when one of the stars of DC’s television show Arrow tries to crowdfund a low rent X-Men movie into existence? The answer is Code 8, a somewhat futuristic movie brought to us by Jeff Chan and cousins Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell. This is one of those movies that started as…