Horror
#WhatAreYouAfraidOf? Tedious and unnecessary remakes, mostly. The original “Poltergeist” is a marvellous, curious thing: a playfully upbeat and sunny film which steadily darkens, fiendishly subverting its very Spielbergian sense of wonder. The only sense of wonder here is the audience wondering why they bothered remaking it. Instead of the close knit and generally happy Freeling ..
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Cast your mind back to The Scopia Effect The current renaissance in independent British genre films shows no signs of abating with psychological sci-fi horror “The Scopia Effect”, available now exclusively on iTunes. Marking the feature debut of writer/ director Christopher Butler, the film takes us on a transcendental journey into the mind of Basia ..
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See it on as big a screen as possible and in as many dimensions as you can Any lingering concerns you may have had about another director named George revisiting a trilogy after thirty years have gone by can be laid to rest. “Mad Max Fury Road” is a triumph: a perfect demonstration of how ..
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What We Do In The Shadows (2014) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Dinosaur 13 (2014) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Spooks: The Greater Good isn’t great, but it’s pretty good if you were a fan of the TV show Swapping Black Crows for Black Ops, Kit Harrington finds he still knows nothing as he runs around London trying to unravel Harry Pearce’s latest Gordian knot of conspiracy and double crosses in “Spooks: The Greater Good”, ..
Horror
Monsters (2010) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Big Game (2015) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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The Adventurer: The Curse Of The Midas Box (2014) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Which wolf will you feed? After “The Iron Giant” and “The Incredibles”, I’ve got a lot of faith in Brad Bird. “Tomorrowland: A World Beyond” certainly tests that faith at times but ultimately rewards and renews it too. When Casey Newton (Britt Robertson), an idealistic high school student is arrested trying to sabotage the dismantling ..
James Bond
A more elegant plot from a more civilised age. Before the fake news times, before the election interference: From Russia With Love Although initially written by Ian Fleming as an intended ‘final’ novel killing off James Bond, “From Russia With Love” was chosen to be the second Bond movie after United Artists, pleased with the ..
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San Andreas (2015) Review was last modified: September 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
Horror
Vampire Academy (2014) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Monsters: Dark Continent (2015) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
Television
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014) Review was last modified: August 29th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Kung Fury (2015) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
James Bond
Craggus’ Bond Voyage begins! After seeing it for the first time, James Bond creator Ian Fleming reportedly declared “Dr. No”, ‘Dreadful. Simply dreadful.’ He was being more than a little unfair. The very first theatrical James Bond adaptation is a decent spy thriller, imbued with a few stylistic flourishes new to the genre and a ..
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Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton