What would Joe Average do if really given superpowers? This is the question South Korean director Sang-ho Yeon posits in his film Psychokinesis, which deals with a lowly security guard who finds himself gifted with extraordinary powers and then must decide how to use them. With Marvel and DC duking it out to see who…
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2016) – Review
If you were to look up the word “Hubris” in the dictionary one should not be surprised to find the definition altered to now describe it as, “A quality of extreme or foolish pride or dangerous overconfidence i.e. Warner Brothers and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.”
The Last Shark (1981) – Review
When Jaws swam into theatres in 1975 and broke box office records across the globe it was no surprise that Jaws rip-offs were not far behind, but for some reason, it was the Italian horror film The Last Shark (aka Great White for its North American release) that Universal Studios decided to sue for plagiarism,…
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) – Review
“Who in the hell would steal a subway train?” This question is asked a lot in this 1974 crime thriller by director Joseph Sargent, which was based on the hit book by Morton Freedgood under the pen name John Godey, but what is not asked often enough is, “Who in the hell would remake this…
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) – Review
In this movie the mutant speedster Quicksilver saves a bunch of Charles Xavier’s gifted youngsters when the X-Mansion blows up. Sadly that is about the only true heroic moment in this film.