Six of the Best – Movie Monsters
Our cinematic love affair can be traced all the way back to 1915 and The Golem. A silent movie, it was one of the first to feature a “creature” – a clay statue brought to life to protect the Jewish p...
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Godzilla II: King of the Monsters – Review
When Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla landed in 2014, it looked to right the wrongs of Hollywood’s previous take on the legendary Kaiju. The 1998 film saw Roland Emmerich’s effort was so lambasted that Godzi...
Jaws
In 1975 a movie was released that terrified audiences from going into the water. Much has been said how it killed the tourist trade of some beach towns and demonised the shark so much that we saw an ...
The Last Shark
When Jaws surfaced in 1975 it smashed box office records and is credited for inventing the summer blockbuster. Imitation is the greatest form of cashing in and shark films soon flooded the market, an...
Six Of The Best : Movie Monsters
Over the years there have been plenty of giant, terrifying beasts that have been concocted in the imaginations of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers. Having graced the silver screen, many of the...
Six Of The Best: All At Sea
Only the grandest of adventures are fit for the seafaring. Filled with heart and imagination, Swallows and Amazons is reminiscent of swashbuckling adventures such as Treasure Island and Pirates of t...
Six Of The Best: Shark! Shark!
Since Steven Spielberg’s Jaws took a chunk out of the box-office in 1975, shark films have become a genre in their own right. It’s because of the way they’re shown on screen that sharks have a reputa...
Shark Lake
Shark films inhabit an incredibly popular genre of movies that make up in entertainment for what they often lack in originality. Whereas most movies just rip off Jaws, the much loved Sharknado franch...
Blake Lively Fights a Shark In The Shallows
The hugely popular Sharknado series has taken the world by storm (sorry) injecting some much needed fun into shark films. The Shallows looks to instill some horror back into the genre as Blake Lively...
Welcome…to Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park was released twenty two years ago. Does that make you feel old? In that time some of you will have went to high school, university and maybe even had a couple of kids. What I’m getting ...