Tag Archives: Cinema Crusaders

Review: Candy Land

As a whole I can say that Candy Land might well be the most brutal film I’ve ever seen. That’s saying a lot when I’ve entertained such fare as The Exorcist, Saw, the French horrors Inside and Martyrs and Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist and even the notorious Serbian Film.  However. I find that Candy Land… Read More »

RETRO MOVIE REVIEW: Willow (1988)

When one mentions the name of George Lucas, one of two franchises typically will come up immediately, usually Star Wars or Indiana Jones. However, Lucas also was involved with films that branched outside of his usual serial-style adventure tales, most notably THX-1138, American Graffiti and Red Tails. Willow tends to fit more within Lucas’s traditional… Read More »

MOVIE REVIEW: Black Panther : Wakanda Forever

If 2018’s “Black Panther” was not enough to expose the incompetencies of The Panther Tribe after the death of King T’Chaka in 2016’s “Civil War”, then Coogler’s second offering in the land of Wakanda in 2022 brought a point home that the United Nations would love to deliver : that countries they deem third world… Read More »

MOVIE REVIEW: Terrifier II

If “Smile” is the renaissance of the psychological thriller and “Don’t Look At The Demon” takes the spirit of the demonic possession trope in horror to new levels then Damien Leone’s “Terrifier II” is the modern crown jewel of instant cult classic horror cinema. David Howard Thornton is both imposing and humorous as Thornton’s Art… Read More »