Popcorn epics don’t get much better than with director John Milius’ action-packed Conan the Barbarian . This is sword and sorcery at its most rugged and (sometimes) goofiest. Yet, never does it lose i...

Going back to the start of Pierre Boulle's mythology, Rise of the Planet of the Apes sets the stage for the ape revolution and delivers their first uprising. Half the movie is welcomed sci-fi soul cou...

Playing more like a poor man’s episode of The X-Files , Dylan Dog: Dead of Night doesn’t have much bite in its tale of vampires, zombies, and werewolves. It’s an interesting attempt to revitalize the...

There seems to be a resurgence of stylized medieval actioners of late. From Black Death to Centurion , these mostly independent features are side-stepping traditional Hollywood paths and pursuing a li...

For many long decades, people have scanned the horizons and wondered if humans were alone in the universe or if there were other creatures just waiting to communicate with us. Yet, fear always sets in...

Turf wars get extraterrestrialized in Writer/Director Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block . The film is rich in concrete jungle atmosphere and gritty laughs making its urban dynamics so grossly enjoyable....

Drugs are bad, mkay? Except when they aren’t. As bad for you, I should add. Science suggests that we only use something like 15% of our brain’s potential at any given time (or maybe throughout our lif...

Director Andrew Traucki thrives on inferring undersea menaces. In 2008, he brought to life alligator attacks in the terrifying thriller Black Water and now, in The Reef , he strands his five-member ca...

Much like he did with The Rocketeer , director Joe Johnston ( Jurassic Park 3 , October Sky , Hidalgo , The Wolfman ) delivers a little slice of heroic Americana circa the 1940’s at the helm of Captai...

Famed writer/director/producer Roger Corman is not one to let a trend pass without notice and monetary capitalization. Still looking to mine the Star Wars vein of golden riches and fortune and glory i...

Cinematically, it began a decade ago. Eight films and three hundred billion-fazillion dollars later, the epic conclusion to the mysterious world of muggles and magicians has arrived. Harry Potter and...

Brutal is the immediate adjective that comes to mind when watching Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins . It’s a gloriously harsh and bloody affair; limbs and heads are hacked off and there are enough scenes...

With no 3D delights to dangle in front of audiences like a tempting carrot and no computer graphics to shock and dazzle kids either, Winnie the Pooh ’s formula to its success rests in its willingness...

At Hammer Films, resurrection is the flavor of the month. Once a staple of the Horror community, Hammer films reigned supreme for nearly thirty years producing such classics as The Curse of Frankenste...

The public outcry for the extended editions to arrive on blu-ray sooner than later has been answered with a deafening and rather thorough box set. Essentially, Peter Jackson’s assemblage of quality tr...