Back in the late 90s, we were treated to several Scooby-Doo movies where the fantastical creatures were actually real — starting with Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island and ending with Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase — but after those films, the formula returned to the typical “Dudes in Masks” type of mysteries, that is until the…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018) – Review
A horror movie set in an elite boarding school is certainly nothing new — Dario Argento’s Suspiria and its 2018 remake being primary examples of this — but taking that horror setting and then blending it with a comedy element is a nice little twist, and casting the likes of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost…
Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007) – Review
When it comes to creatures in the Scooby-Doo universe, the most common has to be the snow monster, having shown up in one form or another at least a half-dozen times, whether it be the Yeti from the episode, “That’s Snow Ghost” in the original series, or the snow monster Mister Roundy from the episode,…
Joker (2019) – Review
A comic book villain headlining his own movie is nothing new – just last year we had the somewhat successful Venom movie – and the fact that Batman’s rogue’s gallery is one of the best in all of comicdom, with Joker being the top of the deck, it almost makes this movie seem inevitable. Yet the…
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006-2008) – Review
There have been many incarnations of Scooby-Doo over the years, but whether they were tackling dudes in monster masks or actual supernatural threats, one thing has remained fairly constant: the mystery. When Scooby-Doo Where Are You! first aired back in the 60s, kids were treated to the goofy shenanigans of a lovable dog and his…