Doctor Who
The Star Beast or “How Doctor Who got its groove back.” Guess Who’s back? And, more importantly, back where it belongs: prime Saturday tea time telly? That’s right, it’s DOCTOR WHO and everything old is new again as a brand new era begins with more than one blast from the past as THE STAR BEAST ..
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The Wolf Man (1941) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad! (1988) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Halloween Kills (2021) clumsily slaughters any lingering enthusiasm for this storied slasher franchise. One of the things I liked most about 2018’s HALLOWEEN was the satisfying, definitive sense of closure it seemed to give the characters and story, earning its desire to excise all previous sequels and take a direct line from Carpenter’s seminal 1979 ..
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Show Dogs (2018) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Malcolm’s in the middle…of an existential crisis as Frankie Muniz unwisely pulls on The Black String As he’s made clear in responses to online trolls, Frankie Muniz, has no need to work for the rest of his life. All the more interesting then to see the roles he chooses to take on, especially when he ..
Star Trek
Craggus’ Trek Trek: Now, Voyager! Vol 18 was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Snatched (2017) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Jurassic World: Battle At Big Rock (2019) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Tobe Hooper gets the Brits out for the lads in madcap 1980s space vampire flick Lifeforce God bless Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. And God bless Cannon Films and whatever dealer provide the mountain of cocaine which fuelled the decision to make a film as silly and sexy and flat out bizarre as 1985’s “Lifeforce”. ..
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Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets is a ray of sci-fi sunshine Luc Besson’s Space Oddity opens with a suitably inspirational opening as the story of Alpha (the eponymous City Of A Thousand Planets) is told through an evolutionary montage which nods to both Kubrick and Zemeckis. En route to Alpha to begin ..
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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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Happy Star Wars Day! No – not you, Expanded Universe. Actually, we need to talk. It’s…it’s not working out, I’m afraid. I think we should see other plotlines. For the first time in many years, this ‘Star Wars Day’ feels like it genuinely offers A New Hope. The cast has been announced bringing back many ..
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The Good Liar (2019) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Arthur Christmas (2011) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Rediscovering Star Wars *SPOILERS* Rediscovering? Yeah, right. An old geek like me had forgotten “Star Wars”. Of course not, I still remember the giddy, obsessive adoration “Star Wars” produced. I remember buying a copy of The Sun on the way to school in late 1982 because it had an article about what was rumoured to ..
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If this film was a candy cottage, it would be made entirely of humbugs Ugh. What an absolute mess. Jumping on the (largely so far unsuccessful) Hollywood bandwagon of modernising fairy-tales comes “Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters”, a desperately uneven film that seems equally uncertain in both tone and execution. With a premise designed to ..
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The Belko Experiment (2017) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
Christmas
Doctor Who brings us ‘Alien-Thing-ception on 34th Street’ for Christmas A festive special which is unlikely to reconvert any of those who checked out during the last season, “Last Christmas” still offered us a rich and fruity plum pudding of entertainment, perfect for a Christmas Day tea time. There wasn’t, to be honest, a lot ..
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Sweetie G and I can’t see the wood for the trees in our Dark Forest reviews It’s not often that Sweetie G and I disagree strongly about a movie, except of course for “World War Z” but we don’t have time to get in that here. Suffice to say, when we were asked to take ..
James Bond
Nobody does it better. ‘It’ being hubris, that is. Production on the 20th (Official) James Bond film was delayed for a year so that the release would line up with the 40th anniversary of “Dr. No” and give the franchise an opportunity to highlight and celebrate its enduring legacy. On something of a roll, the ..
Star Trek
Craggus’ Trek Trek: Now, Voyager! Vol 1 was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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The stoner movie to end all stoner movies – literally Seth Rogen’s latest is a drug, alcohol, sex and Milky Way-fuelled comedy blowout with an apocalyptic bite as he sends up himself, his friends and the celebrity LA lifestyle. This Is The End could be the perfect watch for those who like to smoke cannabis, ..
Shark Weak
It’s oh, sharks! in the Ozarks as a family vacation turns into a summer shark attack Having consulted Google Maps and confirmed that, yes, a shark in the Ozarks in technically possible, let’s dive head first into not horror fiction, but horror fact as a family vacation to the Ozarks takes a bloodthirsty turn when ..
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I got what I most wanted from A Most Wanted Man – an engrossing thriller I didn’t really warm to 2011’s “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”, the last John le Carré adaptation to hit the big screen. A too star-laden cast self-consciously playing 1970’s dress up proved to be an irritating distraction and overpowered the intricate ..
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Team America: World Police (2005) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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The Giver (2014) Review was last modified: May 6th, 2025 by Craig Holton
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Werewolf By Night sees the MCU sharpen the claws of its horror credentials. Ditching the tights and flights fare of the MCU to date, WEREWOLF BY NIGHT sees the comic book titan embrace its pantheon of horror characters and bring some real darkness into their sprawling cinematic universe. It’s also a welcome change of tone ..
