With the theatres packed with superheroes and found footage movies, I found the western/horror film Bone Tomahawk to be a really nice break. Now genre mash-ups are tricky beasts at the best of times, and westerns not always an easy sell to modern audiences, but writer-director S. Craig Zahler manages to work the western-horror blend…
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) – Review
Making a realistic version of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel Tarzan of the Apes would certainly be a daunting task, but before such a task was undertaken one should take into consideration one important question, “Should we be making a realistic version of Tarzan of the Apes?”
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) – Review
When the opening crawl to Star Wars: The Force Awakens failed to contain anything about trade disputes or embargoes many a Star Wars fan breathed a sigh of relief. With George Lucas stepping down and uber Star Wars fan J.J. Abrams moving in we could only pray the direction in quality would go up from…
Mighty Joe Young (1949) – Review
When one thinks of stop-motion animation a single name leaps to mind, and that name would be Ray Harryhausen. From him we saw dinosaurs rampaging through cities, flying saucers terrorizing the world, and Sinbad battling numerous mythological beasts, but it was in 1949 with Mighty Joe Young that it all really started.
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) – Review
Okay, first off, can we please just start off this review by discussing how fucking ridiculous this movie’s title is? “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.” Just look at that. Hey, here’s a challenge. Go around to maybe 5 friends and say that title to their face, and wait for them to burst into laughter. Chances…