Every now and then a movie comes along that’s utterly unlike anything you’ve seen before, is both mind blowingly original and devastatingly intimate and on
Tag: Action
The Crow
In a tragic parallel to the movie itself, the accidental death of Brandon Lee on the set of 1994’s comic book adaptation of James O’
Tears Of The Sun
Whenever Hollywood decides to poke its nose into actual conflicts that rage around the globe, things can often get a little awkward. Sometimes we get
Dead Heat
The buddy cop movie has had some strange variants over the years with everything including dogs (K9), mom’s (Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot) and
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
Good God, has it really been nine whole years since Sam Raimi last directed a feature film (the defiantly “ok” Oz The Great And Powerful)
Top 5 Sam Raimi-est Sam Raimi Moments NOT From The Evil Dead Trilogy
I know there’s some out there who don’t want to hear it, but there’s more to Sam Raimi than the deranged pleasures of the Evil
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Jan De Bont’s 1994 thriller, Speed, is one of the greatest examples of the 90’s actioner that exists despite not featuring Nicolas Cage and it
Sudden Death
Now before you roll your eyes and complain that I’ve given way too high a rating to a film that’s not only a blatant Die
The Lost City
If there’s one genre I used to despise during my youth, it was the kind of goofy rom-com that tended to be so horrifically predictable,
The Northman
In merely two films, director Robert Eggers has positioned himself to being the go-to guy for traumatizing yet rich experiences in a period setting. 2015’s
The Last Boy Scout
After the glorious excesses of the 80’s, certain genres (let’s say the more far fetched ones) had to find a way to change with the
Top Gun
Anyone familiar with the comedy stylings of stoney faced, stand-up Rich Hall must be familiar with his bit about how Tom Cruise movies are all
The Protector
After his previous attempt to crack America with Battle Creek Brawl didn’t exactly set the world on fire, Jackie Chan took another swing at the
Morbius
Those confused by the continuing random randomness of Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man business plan aren’t likely to get a clearer view after a viewing of Morbius,
Ambulance
Anyone else get the feeling that Michael Bay was maybe getting past his prime?I realise it’s a weird question to ask when the majority of
The Adam Project
Blockbuster movies made for Netflix still haven’t quite managed to crack the level of quality you’d expect considering the sheer amount of cash the streaming
Clear And Present Danger
Having not been all that familiar with Tom Clancy creation and all round CIA boy-scout, Jack Ryan, I have to admit that Patriot Games had
Planet Terror (Grindhouse)
In my review for that other member of the Grindhouse double bill, Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, I briefly laid out the history of his and
Patriot Games
It’s actually pretty easy to forget that Harrison Ford has played played a returning character other than Indiana Jones, Han Solo and Deckard from Blade
Minority Report
Steven Spielberg, for a good chunk of his career, was the blockbuster king. If a genre busting, box office exploding, cinematic phenomenon appeared during the
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