Reviewing films from the past and the present, and occasionally ranting too!
Reed used to be a werewolf but he's okay nooooooooooooowww! 😉 Under the glow of a full moon if you hear a howl, it might just be Oliver Reed taking lycanthropic form in Hammer Films’ classic 1961 film “The Curse of the Werewolf”. Brief Description: An adopted boy terrorizes the inhabitants of his local town… Continue reading The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success" Bond number 18 and Pierce Brosnan's 2nd outing comes in the form of 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies". Running at just under 2hrs long this is a 12 rated film which is directed by Roger Spottiswoode with a screenplay written by Bruce Feirstein - of… Continue reading Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This year was supposed to mark the release of the new 007 film "No Time to Die", but with a global pandemic running rife this has been moved back to 2021. While that's annoying for the fans and for the movie making industry it has allowed me time to re-watch all the old films from… Continue reading 007, Bond, James Bond – License to Kill
Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Helen I'm writing this review after rewatching a film which I remember fondly from my youth in the 1990's. It has reminded me of the fact that when I watched this aged 14 in 1994 I was far too young to rent this 18-rated film from the local VHS rental shop,… Continue reading Candyman (1992) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"The pain... The pain keeps the hunger away..." You know the score by now; military grade chemical has the ability to animate corpses who become brain-hungry zombies, chaos, panic, fighting, blood, guts, gore....welcome to the 2nd sequel to the successful "Return of the Living Dead" (1985), it's not really like what I have just described… Continue reading Return of the Living Dead III (1993) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"I feel like we've been here before. You... Me... Them!" In this first sequel to the "Return of the Living Dead" chaos is once again brought to a small populous, thanks to military grade Trioxin gas, which is released to reanimate cadavers into a brain-hungry horde of zombies. Brief description: Kids discover a drum which… Continue reading Return of the Living Dead: Part II (1988) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
They're coming to get you, Barbara! Released in 1968, George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” is the grandfather of all modern zombie films. It might not be the first zombie film to grace the silver screen, that’s an honour reserved for Victor Halperin’s 1932 “White Zombie” which starred Bela Lugosi, but Romero’s classic… Continue reading Night of the Living Dead (1968) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong Between 1983 and 1987 one of the most iconic cartoons of my youth was in full effect. During that time, in 1986 to be specific, a movie came out that might have been the first film I went to see. It had everything - Action, Drama, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Heartbreak,… Continue reading The Transformers: The Movie (1986) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Not even that bad that it's good for a laugh - a steaming pile of don't waste your time There are some TV movies that are good, there are some that are bad. Some are that bad they are good, and some are that good they shock and amaze. 2017's "Empire of the Sharks" is… Continue reading Empire of the Sharks (2017) ⭐
Great cast but otherwise nothing new Directed by Ariel Vromen this 2016 film has a runtime of 113 minutes and has a cast of A-List Hollywood player to delight. On it's release this film received extremely mixed reviews; some calling it a dark cult classic, while others suggesting it is just an updated version of… Continue reading Criminal (2016) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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