In 1975, Jaws didn’t just terrify beachgoers, it handed Hollywood a very lucrative instruction manual: take one unstoppable threat, point it at a group of unprepared humans, and collect your cheque. Studios obeyed with the enthusiasm of people who had just discovered copy-and-paste. Two years later, The Car rolls in, politely asking why the monster…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Snowpiercer (2013) – Review
There have been many post-apocalyptic movies dealing with civilization crumbling due to a variety of catastrophes, from man-made to Mother Nature striking back, and Joon-ho Bong, director of The Host (the monster one not the drippy Stephenie Meyer’s one), has now certainly made one of the better installments in this particular genre. Think The Road Warrior only…
Top Ten Vampire Movies
Vampires have been creeping people out and turning them on in equal measure for centuries, which is quite the brand to maintain. From dusty old folklore to glossy modern franchises, these bloodsuckers just refuse to stay dead, which, in fairness, is kind of their whole thing. Cinema, naturally, got involved and never let go, giving…
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) – Review
If you make a movie about giant robots fighting each other across a metropolitan landscape you pretty much have me in your corner from the get-go, you have to really go out your way to lose me, you’d have to do something insanely stupid like having the robots being pissed on by a small dog…
Super Friends: “Invasion of the Earthors”
Stand back folks, it’s The Wonder Twins! The year is 1977 and Star Wars mania was sweeping the globe so good-bye Marvin, Wendy and Wonder Dog and say hello to Zan, Jayna and their space monkey Gleek! With this iteration of The Super Friends Hanna-Barbera decided to break the hour long show into four…