If you are out for a pub trivia night and the question arises “Who was the first person to play James Bond?” do not be so quick to yell out Sean Connery because back in 1954 CBS televised a live broadcast of an adaptation of Ian Fleming’s novel Casino Royale which starred American actor Barry…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) – Review
Pitting these two cinematic titans is certainly nothing new as back 1962 King Kong vs. Godzilla thrilled audiences with these monstrous legends as they duked it out across Japan – well, it certainly thrilled me when I was a kid but experiences may vary – but now with Warner Bros. and their Legendary MonsterVerse we…
Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) – Review
What can you bring to the seventh film in a franchise that fans haven’t seen before? This was the problem facing the producers of the latest Tremors movie, a series that had been direct-to-video since practically the beginning, and their solution was “Let’s try and rip-off The Most Dangerous Game only instead of unsuspecting humans…
Orca (1977) – Review
With the success of Steven Spielberg’s Summer Blockbuster Jaws, many a film producer scrambled to cash in on that hit with various rip-offs and famed Italian filmmaker Dino De Laurentiis wasn’t going to miss his shot at this burgeoning subgenre, so he turned to his producer friend Luciano Vincenzoni and requested that he “Find a…
Suspiria (1977) – Review
When one looks over the horror genre it’s impossible to ignore the influence that the Italian Giallo subgenre had on the North American film industry, good or bad, because even though those films were similar to American slasher films in the area of violence and exploitation they were often more lush and colourful than what…