Do you like monster movies? How about films about outcasts? Perhaps cold war thrillers are more your bag or maybe it’s a fun caper film that hits you in the sweet spot. If any of those genres intrigue you then Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is a must-see because not only is it…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Man-Thing (2005) From Comic Book to Screen
One of the great mysteries in the history of film is how and why Marvel put into production a film based on the comic book monster Man-Thing, a character with almost no name recognition – outside of comic book fans that is – and as a title it hadn’t been in publication for years, but…
Swamp Thing (1982) From Comic Book to Screen
In 1971 writer Len Wein and legendary artist Bernie Wrightson created one of the most iconic and interesting creations to ever grace the pages of DC Comics Swamp Thing, and then roughly ten years later Wes Craven tried to bring this tortured hero’s story to the big screen.
Hammer Horror 8-Film Collection – Mini Reviews
With modern horror films like The Woman in Black and The Quiet Ones Hammer Films has begun quite the resurgence in the horror movie genre but for me the name Hammer Films will always be synonymous with the Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee films of the 60s and 70s,
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) – Review
In 1764 France a creature that would be later called “The Beast of Gévaudan” terrorized the populace for several years, racking up over a hundred kills and even more injuries, until King Louis XV sent two professional wolf-hunters to take care of the problem.