If We Prequels Have Offended

Underworld: Going back to where it began

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers                 An important fact to remember regarding these two films, is that the prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans has no impact on our protagonist’s, Selene, life in Underworld. It is time to understand where the war between the Lycans and the Vampires really began. The Birth of Lucian …

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Unconventional Christmas Films

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers So, I have recently discovered that there are different categories of Christmas films. Let me explain; Category A films are specifically about Christmas, like Home Alone or A Christmas Carol. Category B films, however, are set at Christmastime but Christmas isn’t the main subject of the film. Finally, there …

To Remake or Not To Remake

Gone In Sixty Seconds 1974 vs 2000

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Lock your car, or it’ll be gone in sixty seconds. I watched the Nicholas Cage version of Gone in Sixty Seconds so many times before I realised it was a remake. Now let me introduce you to my favourite car, thanks to this film (not that I will ever …

To Remake or Not To Remake

The Mummy 1959 v 1999

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I completely understand the idea of travelling to Egypt and investigating the tombs of long dead pharaohs but resurrecting one? Even if it’s by accident? Well, I guess Forrest Gump said it best; ‘Stupid is as stupid does.’ It would of course be misleading of me if I did …

Once More Unto The Breach: Sequels

The Addams Family

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Ok, hands up how many of you heard the theme tune in your head and clicked your fingers as soon as you read the title of this article? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Possibly the weirdest but definitely the coolest family to grace the big screen so I thought …

To Remake or Not To Remake

Manhunter vs Red Dragon

WARNING: This Review Contains Spoilers Since starting this blog, there has been one question that has been bugging me and this review forms part of that issue. If there are two films made that are based on a book, is one of them a remake of the other? Red Dragon and Manhunter are based on …

To Remake or Not To Remake

I Spit On Your Grave 1978 v 2010

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Originally titled Day of the Woman in 1978, I Spit on your Grave was widely criticised for its take on gang rape and violence. So much so that it was branded as a video nasty when it was released in the UK, which is something I will go into …

Once More Unto The Breach: Sequels

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Ok, I’m going to try not to gush too much throughout this review because I’ve already mentioned in my review of The Mask that I absolutely love Jim Carrey as an actor. If I’m being completely honest with you all, this is basically an article on how much I …

A Trope By Any Other Name

Tackling the Trope: Final Boy vs Final Girl

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Final girl/boy (definition)the last character, be it male or female, left alive to confront the killer, usually the one left to tell the story. This is a theme of horror and slasher films I have covered previously in my review of Evil Dead in reference to Ash. It is …

To Remake or Not To Remake

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels vs The Hustle

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers This is something I like to call a gender-swap remake, a little like Ghostbusters. Chris Addison has taken the original story, told it almost frame by frame, the only difference being that the lead characters are female instead of male (and about 20 minutes of run time). Let’s look …

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