Walter Hill – We Have Issues

Hard Times (1975) – Review

July 19, 2026 greigzilla

Sometimes it’s weirdly comforting when things don’t change – take Walter Hill for example. Famous for gritty, minimalist thrillers where talk is cheap and the

Tales From The Crypt – Season 3, Episode 12: Deadline (1991) – Review

May 8, 2026 greigzilla

While season three of Tales From The Crypt certainly has had its fair share of name directors (Tobe Hooper, Stephen Hopkins and Russell Mulcahy to

Tales From The Crypt – Season 2, Episode 3: Cutting Cards (1990) – Review

February 20, 2026 greigzilla

While I’ll freely admit that every episode of Tale From The Crypt has something worthwhile lurking within its creaking tomes, there’s some that tend to

Tales From The Crypt – Season 1, Episode 1: The Man Who Was Death (1989) – Review

December 19, 2025 greigzilla

Oh sure, HBO managed to change the face of television with the Sopranos, but when it came to altering the type of content you could

Another 48 Hrs. (1990) – Review

July 23, 2024 greigzilla

Way back in the dark ages – or more accurately, 1984 – a movie arrived that not only teed up Lethal Weapon to perfect the

48 Hrs. (1982) – Review

July 10, 2024 greigzilla

There are many things that set 48 Hrs. apart from the crowd. One is that it’s the film that shuffled the tropes of the buddy

Trespass (1992) – Review

June 17, 2024 greigzilla

Walter Hill has always been a filmmaker who has always worn his heart – not to mention his influences – plainly on his sleeve, be

Last Man Standing (1996) – Review

June 12, 2024 greigzilla

What is it about Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo that demands that it got numerous remakes in other forms? Well, that’s an easy question to answer: it’s

Southern Comfort (1981) – Review

June 7, 2024 greigzilla

Sometimes, you get a couple of films that are so similar, even the slightest chance of coincidence is all but utterly impossible. However, it takes

The Warriors (1979) – Review

May 20, 2023 greigzilla

Here’s a message for all you boppers out there… Walter Hill was a filmmaker that enjoyed toying with stories that concerned themselves with unabashed alpha

The Driver (1978) – Review

March 17, 2023 greigzilla

Walter Hill’s 1978 thriller is one of those movies that’s managed to affect popular culture without being that well known to the general public. Not

‘Dead For A Dollar’ – Official Trailer

September 2, 2022 Paul Wilkinson

The trailer has been released for Walter Hill’s new western ‘Dead For A Dollar’. Veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he

Extreme Prejudice (1987) – Review

July 16, 2022 greigzilla

Walter Hill’s desire to make almost everything he’s ever directed feel like an impossibly gritty western is well documented, but with his dusty, bullet casing

The Long Riders (1980) – Review

July 22, 2021 greigzilla

Y’know, it’s surprising that Walter Hill didn’t make more straight up westerns during the earlier part of a career literally busting at the seams with

Red Heat (1988) – Review

April 11, 2021 greigzilla

“I give up, this whole thing’s very Russian!”So speaks Jim Belushi’s swaggering Chicago cop Art Ridzic near the end of this typically brutal action romp