Blending horror and science fiction dates back to almost the beginning of cinema — with such outings as the 1910 silent version of Frankenstein — but sci-fi horror movies to do with outer space really kicked into gear with films like It Came From Outer Space and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and then hit their peak…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Avengers: Endgame (2019) – Review
How does one go about even contemplating wrapping up a storyline that started back in 2012 with the first Avengers film — not to mention it’s also the culmination of eleven years and twenty-two films — and give fans an ending that will be both exciting and emotionally fulfilling? Well, with Avengers: Endgame, the Russo…
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019) – Review
Nancy Drew has been solving mysteries going on 90 years now, and as such, this teen sleuth has constantly been evolving with the times. In films, she first appeared in the 1930s film series starring Bonita Granville, which ran four films concluding with Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, then she made her television debut…
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) – Review
In five decades of Scooby-Doo mysteries, there is one show that really stands apart from the other incarnations and that would be the 1985 series The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo — not to be mistaken for William Castle’s 13 Ghosts — and it stands apart not because it had the gang encountering real ghosts and…
Hellboy (2019) – Review
In 2004, visionary director Guillermo del Toro adapted the Mike Mignola comic Hellboy to the big screen — it didn’t make much money — then in 2008, Del toro followed up that film with Hellboy II: The Golden Army, a film even better than the original — and it also didn’t make much money —…