Category: Movies
Retro cult review: Escape from New York (1981)
Cinema gets one of its biggest badasses.
Movie review: The World's End
The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy comes to a somewhat disappointing close.
Van Dammage Report: Death Warrant
A dour and joyless entry in the Van Damme canon.
Then and Now: Revisiting Prince of Darkness
How does Carpenter's Satan film hold up all these years later?
Movie review: The Wolverine
This is the Logan solo film we deserved in the first place.
Movie review: Only God Forgives
I can understand why Only God Forgives has received a chorus of mixed reactions since its premiere at Cannes, where the film was reportedly booed….
The Movie Excitability Index, July 2013
Welcome to the Cult Spark Movie Excitability Index, a bimonthly chart where we rank upcoming films by order of just how excited we are to…
Van Dammage Report: Lionheart
By now we're starting to get a very good idea of the recurring themes that Van Damme is drawn to and will populate his films…
The Movie Excitability Index, June 2013
Welcome to the Cult Spark Movie Excitability Index, a monthly chart where we rank upcoming films by order of just how excited we are to…
The Movie Villain Hall of Fame: Dargent Peytraud
"You dreamt of me … and of the grave."
Movie Review: Fast & Furious 6
One of my all-time favorite musicians, the incomparable David St. Hubbins, once spoke of the fine line between clever and stupid. Justin Lin's previous entry…
Ride or Die: Gauging the Fast & Furious Franchise, Part 3
When the lights go down and Furious 6 roars to life in theaters this weekend, audiences will be watching a franchise that now only tangentially…
Ride or Die: Gauging the Fast & Furious Franchise, Part 2
In the intro to part one of this retrospective, I stated that the Fast & Furious franchise is bizarre. The series' third entry is why…
Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness (Colossal Team-Up Edition!)
Tim and Bob converse about the latest Trek flick.
Ride or Die: Gauging the Fast & Furious Franchise, Part 1
Stew re-examines the first two Fast & Furious movies.
Honoring Ray Harryhausen
Some footage of Ray's ground-breaking work.
Movie Review: Iron Man 3
Let's talk numbers. Three: The number of Iron Man films that Disney outfit Marvel has produced. Seven: The number of films Marvel has released in…
Marvel gets ballsy with their big-screen take on the Mandarin
Massive spoilers of Iron Man 3 to follow. Seriously, don't read this if you haven't seen the movie yet. In the Marvel Comics universe, the…
Van Dammage Report: Kickboxer
Van Damme finds his stride in this action classic.