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Dismissed at the time for going too far in its portrayal of an England fallen to fascist rule there, a decade and a half later, where you might be tempted to argue it didn’t go far enough. Disowned by a critical Alan Moore (yes, I know, shocking) for abandoning the graphic novel’s hyper-polarised conflict between anarchists and fascists in favour of a more contemporary critique of the brewing…
This Treehouse of Horror starts promisingly enough with a winding trip to Mr Burns’ crypt where he emerges as an ersatz Crypt Keeper but it all goes off the rails when the characters start bickering with each other or – worse – they start commenting on or explaining why the visual gags are clever/ funny. It’s actually a pretty good harbinger of what’s to come because, so far, this is the absolute…
Across The View Askewniverse: Clerks II (2006) #Review Paraphrasing French poet Paul Valéry, George Lucas once said ‘films are never completed, they are only abandoned’ (which he said before going back and making said films wish they had been abandoned) but the same must hold true for film universes because, five years after “
“Evil Aliens” is something of a Ronseal movie: it does exactly what it says on the tin. A gleefully grisly grindhouse indie sci-fi horror movie, it’s a shlockfest that revels in its sophomoric humour and vulgar splatter-movie aesthetic. Heavily – and obviously – influenced by Peter Jackson’s “Braindead” and Sam Raimi’s “The Evil Dead”, it also takes inspiration from “Predator”, “Predator 2”,…
Bad shark movies are a lot of fun, but behind all the hyped-up mega predator nonsense, the fact of the matter that when it comes down to it, it’s us humans who are the real monsters.
In 2006, Canadian diver and cinematographer Rob Stewart set out to study sharks in the wild and understand their role in the ecosystem. During the course of filming the documentary, Rob uncovers a massive shark…
A family-friendly horror movie seems like an oxymoron, but it’s exactly what 2006’s “Monster House” is. It has all the hallmarks and ingredients you’d expect from a really good haunted house movie, it’s structured exactly the way a ‘real’ horror movie would be, except you can watch it with your kids. When DJ, his best friend Chowder and Girl Scout Jenny realise the house across the street hides a…
For a studio which prides itself on its dedication to story crafting and world building, “Cars” is a curious beast. The world it presents and the way it presents it simply doesn’t make sense. Reportedly a passion project for keen petrol head and Pixar chief John Lasseter, it comes across as more of a vanity project given how blatantly it flouts the studio’s usually peerless focus on storytelling…
Ol’ blue filter’s back! That’s right, we’re back running with the night as we pick up with Selene (Kate Beckinsale), Michael (Scott Speedman) and all our other toothsome chums as we plunge back into the ongoing war between the Vampires and the Lycans. Picking up directly where “Underworld” left off, Death Dealer Selene and vampire/ werewolf hybrid Michael are on the run from both the Vampires and…
After the bloated extravaganza that was “Die Another Day”, the franchise had crashed back down to Earth. But for once, the behind the scenes legal wrangling would work to Bond’s advantage as a series of trades, deals and mergers finally unified the Bond film rights under a single studio. With Brosnan nearing his 50th birthday as the last Bond film was released, it was decided that what the series…
Even Craggus’ Christmas Countdown isn’t immune to the dark powers of Friday 13th which is why today brings us “The Town That Cancelled Christmas”. I don’t think it ever had a theatrical release and I don’t know whether to call “The Town That Cancelled Christmas” (known as “A Merry Little Christmas” in the USA) made for TV. In fact it’s near impossible to say what “The Town That Cancelled…
