Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire review: A bright, brawling blockbuster

May 16, 2024 | Ivan Radford

This uneven but ambitious sequel is a bright, brawling blockbuster that’s bursting with energetic world-building.Read More

VOD film review: Godzilla vs Kong (2021)

April 1, 2021 | David Farnor

This monster mash is a hugely entertaining blast of cinematic mayhem.Read More

VOD film review: King Kong (1976)

March 31, 2021 | David Farnor

“Put me down you goddamn chauvinist pig ape!” That’s the sound of King Kong getting an update to the 1970s in a remake that’s certainly bigger but not exactly better.

Produced by a confident Dino de Laurentiis and directed by … Read More

Beauty and the beast: Looking back at 1933’s King Kong

March 29, 2021 | David Farnor

“It wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.” Those are the iconic words that close out 1933’s King Kong – and not only gave us one of cinema’s most definitive fabled monster movie romances, but also ushered in … Read More

VOD film review: Kong: Skull Island

August 16, 2017 | David Farnor

This vibrant, violent King Kong reboot mixes the thrill of monsters and the fun of world-building in one hairy package.Read More