After the two rather “low stakes” spy adventures found in Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun it was finally time for Roger Moore to step things up a tad and have a balls-to-the-wall action spectacular, a movie that would not only pit James Bond against an honest to goodness supervillain,…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
The Ghost Breakers (1940) – Review
With the success of 1939’s The Cat and the Canary, Paramount Pictures were quick to re-team Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard for another go and what better way to ensure success than star them in another horror-comedy, one with both a spooky local and nefarious villains for our leads to run from.
The Cat and the Canary (1939) – Review
When it comes to playing cowardly leading men Bob Hope is at the top of the list – Lou Costello is disqualified as he rarely gets the girl in the end – and with the 1939 remake of The Cat and the Canary, we have on hand one of the best horror comedies to date,…
My Bloody Valentine (1981) – Review
Back in the early 80s, the increasing popularity of slasher films like Halloween and Friday the 13th was hard to ignore and the impact it was having on the industry was undeniable, with a slew of menacing figures stalking your local cinemas, even those up in the Great White North took notice of this phenomenon,…
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) – Review
With the success of the direct-to-video release of Tremors 2: Aftershocks a sequel was bound to happen – it just took a while – and so five years later we get the return of a few more original cast members, along with the franchise’s flagship star Michael Gross, in an entry that brings us back…