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Simon pays tribute to a truly classic creation

OBEY “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum!” declares the heavily armed protagonist of John Carpenter’s They Live (re-released this week) just before he...

In 1968, George A. Romero established the modern zombie film with his raw and terrifying debut The Night of the Living Dead, one of the most well-regarded and influential horror movies of all time. He...

John Carpenter is considered to be a horror director, which is a fair comment in the main. But with films like Starman, Memoirs of an Invisible Man and Big Trouble in Little China also under his belt, he is...

John Carpenter's take on the Stephen King novel gets the thumbs up

By Jake Sapsford Following the releases of both Shaun of the Dead in 2004 and Hot Fuzz in 2007, my interest peaked as a teenager and I started to be heavily invested in the work of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost...

By Casey Evans Why subtlety is key for the Clown Prince of crime... In the entirety of Batman’s Rogues Gallery, the Joker has always stood out as the prime example of the perfect villain; an antithesis...

I've always viewed Clive Owen as something of a 'nearly man' - he has headlined numerous enjoyable films (the likes of King Arthur and Shoot 'Em Up spring to mind), often bringing a world-weariness to other...

A look back at Joe Dante's monster movie classic

With the Soskas now knee-deep in their work on the Rabid reboot, and the film in question readily available, I wanted to remind everyone about my favourite film of recent years without question and, I firmly...

Sometimes in life it just clicks: the stars align, quirks of fate occur, everything comes together and out of it all you’re left with a film that simply works. Towards the beginning of the summer ‘88...

‘The Invasion’ is the fourth and most recent screen adaptation of Jack Finney’s 1954 novel ‘The Body Snatchers’ (retitled ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ for its 1956 cinema release, ostensibly...

Martin Scorsese’s 1995 movie Casino had “classic” written all over it from the moment it was announced. A director at the top of his game, Hollywood darlings Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone in lead roles...

Simon offers up his love for movies set in the Major (and Minor) Leagues

Jason’s mother was the killer, Bruce Willis was dead all along and aliens suffer from aquagenic pruritus, apparently. Most of us know the biggest twists of the horror movie world - but a few genius narrative...

If there’s one movie genre that’s pretty much guaranteed to keep cinema-goers on the edge of their seats as they follow their hero’s escapades, it’s the sporting genre – just think of all those...

Horror movies are a popular movie genre for many different reasons. Audiences find them rather thrilling and able to elicit a range of emotions. In order to do this, writers of horror movie screenplays...

Clint Eastwood became the name that he is largely through two roles: Harry Callaghan (the no-nonsense cop who made his debut in 1971’s Dirty Harry) and The Man with No Name (the lone gunfighter who first...

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee investigate a series of mysterious deaths

“This is the Universe. Big, isn’t it?” a voice intones at the start of A Matter Of Life And Death as we drift through the Cosmos, through the Milky Way, our Solar System, past the Moon, down through our...

Matt Damon is one of the most iconic Hollywood A-listers currently working in the movie industry. He has some outstanding films to his name as an actor, producer, and writer and remains one of the most...