In 2015, Christmas comes a week early – if you care about Wookies, Ewoks and whether or not Han shot first. In which case, you should stop reading now. For the rest of us, particularly those that thought that Boba Fett was a type of cheese, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens is just […]
Author: Ian Watson
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20 Bizarre Horror Movies You Might Not Have Seen
According to that indispensable tome Midnight Movie Madness by Ian Watson (now available on Kindle), if you want to see a really weird horror movie, you have to look overseas. Bear in mind, we are not talking about those twee, underwhelming ghost stories that were popular in the early 2000s. You know: a young woman […]
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25 Cult Action Movies You Might Not Have Seen
Once you’ve seen enough bad action films, you acquire a taste for movies featuring bulletproof cops, invulnerable martial arts masters and disturbed, indestructible villains. These guys aren’t likely to be mistaken for, say, Douglas Fairbanks or Alan Ladd, their silly shenanigans are several rungs below Bond or Bourne, and the picture itself isn’t even “good” […]
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20 Lesser-Known Horror Movies Ideal For Halloween
So you’re looking for a horror film to watch this October 31st, and you’ve already seen Halloween, Friday The 13th and every other film with a date in the title. You even sat through Halloween: Resurrection, and were stunned when Busta Rhymes kicked down a door with the zinger, “Trick or treat, motherf**ker!” In terms […]
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The 20 Worst Movies Ever Made
“Not funny enough, or dramatic enough, or sexy enough, or bad enough, to qualify as entertainment in any category.” That’s Leonard Maltin’s verdict on Striptease (1996), a Demi Moore vehicle that proves not all bad movies are uproarious fun. Anyone who enjoyed Plan 9 From Outer Space or Troll 2 would go out of their […]
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20 Ideal Films For Your Bad Movie Night
So there you are with your popcorn and your enthusiasm, waiting for lightning to strike, but instead of being blown away by $200 million worth of spectacle you get Transformers: Age Of Extinction. Nobody goes to the multiplex for Great Art, but if you can’t get two hours of decent popcorn, what’s the point? You’re […]