Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes lopes into theatres this weekend, an epic ape odyssey with classic themes, nostalgic visuals, and the sort of male hero’s journey which is far too often lacking in modern cinema. Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings) does not return as ‘Caesar’ in Kingdom, but white male actor […]
Movie Reviews
RE:View – Predator
Dark Herald reviews the original Predator movie. Does it hold up? On April 30th, 1975, Saigon fell to North Vietnam. The pictures of Americans being evacuated from the roof of the embassy couldn’t have been a clearer image of defeat for the United States of America. This was as close as America ever got to what […]
The Dark Herald Does Not Recommend Rebel Moon – Part 2: The Scargiver
There is an annual contest for writers to come up with the most hackneyed and cliched opening sentence they possibly can. They come up with gems like “She was a beautiful woman; more specifically she was the kind of beautiful woman who had an hourlong skincare routine that made her look either ethereal or like […]
RE:View – Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
Gerry Anderson’s Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, also known as Doppelganger, was his only production to grace the silver screen. If you were growing up in the Seventies and had been cursed with a love of science fiction, your battle cry was, ‘you get what you get and you don’t get upset.’ There […]
RE:View – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The Dark Herald Reviews, and gives inside details on the best of the Star Trek Movies, The Wrath of Khan! Most sequels follow in the footsteps of a massively successful first movie. This film, on the other hand, was born from the ashes of Star Trek the Motion Picture. Wrath of Khan is not a continuation of […]
RE:View – Star Trek The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is one of the most interesting films in existence, especially in the Star Trek Universe. Dark Herald reviews the sci-fi movie. One of my earliest memories is the landing of Apollo 11. My parents woke me up for it and dragged me downstairs so that I could wobble bleary-eyed on […]
Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’: The Poor Man’s John Wick Fighting For Transgender People
Set in India, Monkey Man, directed by Dev Patel, draws inspiration from the legend of Hanuman and the John Wick series. Patel also stars in this R-rated revenge-thriller as an unnamed young man known as Kid who earns his keep in underground fight clubs. Wearing a gorilla mask, Kid stumbles upon an opportunity to seek […]
The Dark Herald Recommends: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
The Dark Herald reviews Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. I’ll begin with the obvious: This film is no Godzilla Minus One. It’s not even close to that good, but you knew that just looking at the trailers. However, this is a completely different kind of movie meant for a different audience. If you watched […]
The OG Godzilla X Kong
In a pre-Star Wars universe, guys in silly rubber costumes tramping around flimsy sets were awesome. Godzilla x Kong, in its original form, demonstrated this. Give a kid a bunch of cardboard boxes and a crayon, and within minutes, there would be a Tokyo skyline—all ready to be stomped flat by a hunched-over boy, who […]
The Dark Herald Recommends: Cixin Liu’s The Wandering Earth
With 3 Body Problem having been launched on Netflix, I thought the time was right to dig up my review of the movie version of The Wandering Earth. The premise for the film is big and perhaps a little ridiculous but I can accept it for a couple of reasons. One, you have to start […]
Road House – Hilarious Sigma Male Action Flick So Bad It’s Good
Amazon Prime’s Road House is a refreshing change of pace from the woke epidemic of modern entertainment, belonging in the same category as high-testosterone productions like Reacher and The Terminal List. There is barely a whiff of woke in Road House, with its remarkably modest plot about a fictional former UFC champ who takes a […]
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Review
The new Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire movie is out, and fans are wondering what to make of the new installment of this tired franchise. It feels like the previous entry in the oddly handled Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which didn’t get a very warm reception from stalwart fans or anyone in particular, but it must have done well […]
