Roger Crow

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Director: Adam MarcusCast: Erin Gray, Kane Hodder, Steven WilliamsCertificate:By Roger CrowI’m not sure we needed another Friday the 13th movie by the time Jason Goes to Hell cropped up in video stores, but commerce suggested otherwise. This is the Final Friday, as the subtitle suggests, but of course it was nothing of the sort. The Ts and Cs for any stalk and slash movie involves T and A early on. Topless and asinine gags involving well-worn mirror tricks.

2 months ago | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Jim IsaacCast: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa RyderCertificate: 15By Roger CrowThere’s something that happens to franchises once they reach the ninth or tenth movie. Writers, desperate to push things to the max, decide to launch their heroes, or anti-heroes, into orbit. It happened with The Fast and the Furious saga in film nine, and in 2021, Jason Vorhees also found himself lost in space.

2 months ago | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Charles BandCast: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Richard HerdCertificate: 15By Roger CrowTime-jumping, scar-faced bounty hunter Jack Deth zips back to 1984 to stop a criminal who can transform people into zombie-like creatures. That’s the premise behind this schlock sci-fi fantasy, which has been brushed up for a new audience, and a lot of original fans like me. One of the selling points is the refreshingly honest yack track between writer/director Charles Band and star Tim Thomerson.

2 months ago | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Kelly MarcelCast: Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, Chiwetel EjioforCertificate: 15By Roger CrowTom Hardy’s final turn as Eddie Brock, the journalist consumed by a shape-shifting ET, should have been just another fun knockabout threequel, but it turned out to be far more than that. Written and directed by Brit Kelly Marcel, one of the brains behind the first two Venom movies, she barely got a mention in UK media when the movie repeatedly topped the US box office last year.

Mar 8, 2025 | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Kim Tae-gonCast: Lee Sun-kyun, Ju Ji Hoon, Kim Hee-wonCertificate: 15By Roger CrowOne of the many things movies have taught us is that arrogant young men will get their comeuppance. So when one such speed racer puts his foot down in a car which looks like it escaped from a Fast and Furious movie, the scene is set for carnage reminiscent of Sylvester Stallone’s thriller Daylight. A fog-shrouded bridge near Incheon airport is the setting for a massive pile-up.