Re-Viewed/Re-Assessed
Re-Viewed/Re-Assessed: Ken Russell’s GOTHIC (1986)
‘It began on a dark and stormy night’ is an overcooked opener these days bordering on outright cliché. However, such a dramatic setting helped birth
Re-Viewed/Re-Asssesed: THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight (2008) takes the crime epic to new heights. Although based in the comic book milieu Gotham City very much looks
Re-Viewed/Re-Assessed: BATMAN BEGINS (2005)
As film fans might be aware The Dark Knight Rises, the third (and according to director Christopher Nolan definitely his last) Batman film, is unleashed
Re-Viewed/Re-Assessed: 1990: THE BRONX WARRIORS (1982)
Although directed by cult legend Enzo G. Castellari, lensed by Sergio Salvati with a script co-written by Dardano Sacchetti, 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982), is
Re-Viewed/Re-Assessed: KEOMA (1976)
Enzo G. Castellari’s 1976 Spaghetti Western, Keoma, is a divisive film among cult cinema enthusiasts. For those who enjoy its unique approach some kind of
Re-Viewed/Re-Assessed: Brian Yuzna’s SOCIETY (1989)
Once seen, Brian Yuzna’s 1989 satirical horror film, Society, is never forgotten. This is partly down to memorable effects work by Joji Tani (AKA Screaming
Re-Viewed/Re-Assessed: DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST (2005)
A rather peculiar thing happened to the much anticipated fourth film in The Exorcist series. Producer James Robinson, having hired the well respected screenwriter and
Re-Viewed/Re-Assessed: Walter Hill’s STREETS OF FIRE (1984)
Walter Hill’s Streets of Fire (1984) was marketed as a summer blockbuster, which, with the benefit of historical hindsight and inspection, seems a rather bizarre
Re-Viewed/Re-Assessed: SORCERER (1977)
William Friedkin’s 1977 picture Sorcerer is seen as an expensive flop from a director who was asking for it. It represents, in the history books,
Re-Viewed/Re-Assessed: PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965)
A crew of astronauts in deepest, darkest space receive a distress signal from what is assumed to be lifeless planet. The team discover, on the










