Jack Coley

Personally, I found Halloween II the darkest of any Rob Zombie film, and certainly more menacing than any other Halloween film to date. It’s full of tortured, nasty, hateful, abhorrent, violent and crude characters, and that’s just the good guys! Mikey is back, in a big way. His look is a little different, but in a realistic “I’m-a-serial-murdering-insane-homeless-giant” kind of a way. And although the bleak, demoralising nature of the film made it painful to watch at times, I would say it was worth it overall. Featuring some strong acting, a surreal but accomplished script, an absolutely amazing soundtrack, and a totally absorbing storyline. I may be alone in thinking this, but to me, Halloween II is a worthy entry into one of the most successful horror franchises of all time. Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite.

How do you review a movie like The Warriors? I've got a real short way for ya: The Warriors is the best movie of the 1970s.

For a movie that's basically just Heat, Heat this ain't.

It kept seeming like it was just about to get real interesting, but then it never did... I can't really say that I didn't enjoy They Remain, but it was definitely wierd. Weird's fine, the problem is that it never capitalises on that weirdness. Was hoping to see something more from Chidi than plain faced reactions to awkward poetry. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

Better than the other Hills Have Eyes 2 but not as good as the second Hills Have Eyes... Man, movie title marketing is confusing... My roommate loves this one a lot because she has a hard on for military horror, and while I don't love it, I'm still happy to give it a regular re-watch. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.

The drama aspect isn't great, but the horror aspect sucks. I feel like I've not just seen this a lot before, but I've seen it a lot recently. Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.

I was very fond of Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson's first stop-motion animated faire. Isle of Dogs less so. It's most certainly not a bad movie, but my expectations were pretty midling and, personally, they were not met. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

Arguably one of those ones where I'm at the very least partly to blame, for not giving Bent 100% of my attention, but this seemed both pretty unclear and pretty... not... good... Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.

Every time Claire Foy is not on the screen, the calibre of acting in Unsane drops to laughable. I'm glad that Soderbergh is able to put together films for the seven figure price range, but the fact of the matter is that the camera on an iPhone just isn't that good. It's decent enough to (in most scenes) get the visuals across, but never decent enough to not be a distraction. Unsane's tale is relatively well told, but also something that's been done before, and considering the man in the director's chair, something that probably should have been done better too. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

It's nice to see a Shark-led Creature Feature that's actually got some money behind it, but The Meg is still really nothing special. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.