Where to go in a franchise after three films can be a tricky thing, actually, coming up with three entries isn’t all that easy in the first place, so with three movies under their belt the producers decided to go the prequel route, yet this wouldn’t be your typical prequel but one that would be…
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) – Review
Let me take you back to 1969 when hippies were around every corner, westerns were one of the most popular movies to make, and Hollywood was one of the biggest places to be for an actor. It was also the year that the infamous Manson family murders took place, led by one of the evilest…
The Hateful Eight (2015) – Review
“It was Tarantino, in the cabin, with the revolver.” In what is basically a western whodunit Quentin Tarantino collects a group of rather unpleasant characters, plops them in an Agatha Christie And Then There Were None plot line, adds expletives and gore, then stirs occasionally.
Bone Tomahawk (2015) – Review
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…
Moon Zero Two (1969) – Review
Moon Zero Two represents Hammer Films one and only foray into futuristic storytelling and it’s easily one of their weirdest entries. Directed by Roy Ward Baker, a man who helmed such classics as A Night to Remember and The Quatermass and the Pit, this sci-fi western tackles space exploration in the far-flung future of the…