FAST & FURIOUS 6 (2013) Dir: Justin Lin

I've been seriously lacking in the review writing department these last few weeks, my last review was the slightly terrible Gangster Squad which I wrote about a month ago. But I've returned with a new review, this one is for Fast & Furious 6. Check out my review after the jump...

WARNING! REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS 

Categories: action, Car Stunts, Explosions, Fast and Furious 6, guns

THE GIANT SPIDER (2013) Dir: Christopher R. Mihm

Sci-Fi had it's golden era during the 1950s with films like Invaders From Mars, War Of The Worlds and Tarantula!. Shawn Francis brings us his look at low-budget B-Movie homage, The Giant Spider from director Christopher R.Mihm. Check out Shawn's review after the jump...

Categories: b-movie, Giant Spider, Homage., horror, sci-fi, Spoof. 1950s

DEAD MINE (2012) Dir: Steven Sheil U.S DVD Review

Action Horror review now from Shawn Francis who takes a look at DEAD MINE from HBO and Director Steven Sheil. This looks action packed, with some great make up FX and starring The Raid and Fast & Furious 6's Joe Taslim. Check out Shawn's review after the jump...

Categories: action, Dead Mine DVD Review, horror, mutant samurai, Zombies!

GANGSTER SQUAD (2013) Dir: Reuben Fleisher

It's been a while since my last review and this was due to the lack of films that I had been watching because of work being done to my house. But I decided to take time out and watch GANGSTER SQUAD, Director Reuben Fleisher's third feature after the great Zombieland and the not so great 30 Minutes Or Less, but was Gangster Squad any good?...Check Out my review after the jump...

Categories: 1940s, action, CRIME, Gangster Squad, guns, L.A, Period

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (2004) Dir. Hayao Miyazaki U.S BLU-RAY REVIEW

Anime time again courtesy of Shawn Francis, this time Shawn takes a look at the U.S Blu-Ray release of Studio Ghibli's HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE from the Japanese Disney, Hayao Miyazaki. It's a wonderful film and for U.K readers, you can already get this film on Blu-Ray over here. Check out Shawn's review after the jump....

Categories: Anime, Blu-Ray, Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle

INUYASHA: THE MOVIE COMPLETE COLLECTION -BLU RAY REVIEW

Anime time again courtesy of Shawn Francis, this time he takes a look a popular classic anime, InuYasha, based on the Manga by acclaimed writer/artist Rumiko Takahashi, creator of the equally popular Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura. Here focusing on the the complete movie collection Blu-ray, released stateside by Viz. Check out Shawn's review after the jump...

Categories: Anime, Blu-Ray, Inuyasha, movie collection, Rumiko Takahashi

THE COLLECTOR (2009) Dir: Marcus Dunston

Horror movie time now, I've not watched a decent horror flick in a good while due to the majority of most moder horror movies being, well, crap, but I decided to take a chance on this one. It's called The Collector and it's from the writers of a few of the Saw films and to be honest I kind of enjoyed it. Check out my review after the jump...

Categories: horror, Marcus Dunston., Slasher, The Collector, Torture

EVIL DEAD (2013) Dir: Fede Alvarez

It was only a matter of time until Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD got it's self a remake/re-do/re-imagining and with it upon now, is it any good? does it taint the originality of the first film? well here with the answers is EVIL DEAD fan Richard Long with his thoughts on this new EVIL DEAD. Check out Richard's words after the jump...

Categories: Book Of The Dead, Deadites, Evil Dead 2013, Gore, horror, remake, REVIEW, violence

BERSERK: GOLDEN AGE ARC I - THE EGG OF THE KING (2012) BLU-RAY ANIME REVIEW

Anime review time courtesy of Shawn Francis, this time looking at BERSERK, a bugnuts mental looking anime spawned from the series from the late 90s. Boasting some stunning animation courtesy of Studio4C, the guys behind the stunning Katsuhiro Otomo flick, Steamboy. Check out Shawn's words after the jump.

Categories: Animation., Anime, Berserk Review, Studio 4C, violence

THE FOUR (2012) Dir: Gordon Chan & Janet Chun U.S BLU-RAY REVIEW

This review comes from Shawn Francis who takes a look at the new Chinese martial arts fantasy The Four from director Gordon Chan who made the awful Jackie Chan film The Medallion which features Lee Evans. This one looks a little more traditional than The Medallion. Check out Shawn's review after the jump....

Categories: action, Anthony Wong, fantasy, Gordon Chan, Martial Arts, The Four

THE BLACK HOLE (1979) Dir: Gary Nelson

Next up is sci-fi film, The Black Hole, Disney's first foray into intelligent science fiction aimed at kids, what were they thinking? It's not a good film and its going to be really hard for kids to actually understand the plot as it's not exactly the easiest film to understand. Check out my words after the jump...

Categories: disney, Robots, sci-fi, space-time., The Black Hole

THE SORCERER AND THE WHITE SNAKE (2012) Dir: Sui-Tung Ching

Shawn Francis brings us his look at a new film featuring Jet Li, The Sorcerer And The White Snake, known in the U.K as The Emperor and The White Snake, Aparently it suffers from an over use of CGI, but don't take my word for it, check out Shawn's words after the Jump..

Categories: Asian action, Jet Li, Martial Arts, Sorcerer And The White Snake

LIFEFORCE (1985) Dir: Tobe Hooper

Lifeforce is one of those films that at first glance, you haven't got a clue as to what the hell is going on, but you cannot look away because there is so much stuff happening that you find yourself glued to the screen to see what else they can come up with next, but the more you watch it the more you realise that it is in fact a great unexpected film, Well I watched Lifeforce for the 4th time this morning and I still found it very very enjoyable so I  wrote some words which you check out after the jump...

Categories: 80s, Lifeforce, London., Space Vampires, Tobe Hooper, Vampires

THE EVIL DEAD (1981) Dir: Sam Raimi

Having not written a review in a while I decided to jot down my thoughts on the original 1981 horror fest, The Evil Dead. A gloriously colourful horror flick from Spider-man director Sam Raimi. I know that regular reviewer Rich Long has this as his favourite film so i'm hoping my words do this film justice. Check out my review after the jump...

Categories: 1981., Bruce Campbell, Classic, Evil Dead, horror, Sam Raimi

HAMMER FILMS 3 FILM COLLECTION - U.S REGION 1 REVIEW

As a horror fan myself I came rather late to the awesomeness of Hammer films, the British film studio famed for it's Dracula and Frankenstein movies that gave us the wonderful pairing of Sir Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Shawn Francis brings us his look at Millennium's U.S release of Hammer Triple feature. Check out Shawn's words after the jump...

Categories: british horror, Christoper Lee, Dracula, Frankenstein., HAMMER, Peter Cushing, Vampires