Do you remember when comic book based movies were fun? I’d site Bryan Singer’s first X-Men movie as the beginning of this new age of superhero movies, as before that good comic based movies were few and far between sure we had Donner’s Superman films in the 70s and Tim Burton’s Batman films in the…
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The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) – Review
With the success of John Boorman’s Excalibur the movie-going public was treated to an onslaught of fantasy films of varying degrees of quality, mostly ranging from poor to terrible, but Albert Pyun’s directorial debut The Sword and the Sorcerer is a surprisingly decent offering. I’m not saying it’s a great example of the genre, the…
Man of Steel (2013) – Review
With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice about to hit theatres worldwide I thought I’d take another look at Warner Bros’s first entry in their DC Comics Extended Universe. Man of Steel was directed by “visionary director” Zack Snyder and as is often the case the term “visionary director” is to highlight the director’s unique…
The Super Inframan (1975) – Review
Those of you that grew up in the 90s are most likely familiar with The Power Rangers but their origins, and most of the footage used in the show dates back to the mid-70s and the Japanese Super Sentai Series. This show consisted of a team of people who would transform into superheroes in order…
He Never Died (2015) – Review
There are not too many films that have a cannibal as a protagonist, and this is just one thing that sets writer/director Jason Krawczyk’s He Never Died apart from other horror films, actually, calling this a horror film is way too limiting as it’s also a dark comedy, a crime thriller and even a little…