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
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Planet Terror (Grindhouse) (2007) – Review
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 (1992) – Review
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 (2002) – Review
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
Uncharted (2022) – Review
Aw damn, we were getting so close…Over the last couple of years, the quality of video game adaptations was looking like it was finally getting
Dragonball: Evolution (2009) – Review
I’m sure many people will beg to differ (and I’m sure I’ve already mentioned this somewhere before), but accuracy isn’t strictly necessary in order to
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) – Review
Technically, Quentin Tarantino has never done a sequel – except that he has. When the bosses at Miramax mistakenly decreed that a general audience wouldn’t
Volcano (1997) – Review
During that mad rush in the 90’s where filmmakers rushed to take advantage of state of the art digital technology to realise every cinematic wet
The Wicked City (1992) – Review
One of the most fascinating ways to compare the differences in the way American movies approach their storytelling when put alongside their global counterparts is
Three Kings (1999) – Review
By 1999, movies involving the Persian Gulf war were usually ramrod straight dramas that treated the still-fresh struggle against Saddam Hussein with a grave respect
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time (2010) – Review
After bringing back the Pirate movie back from Davey Jones’ locker, super producer Jerry Bruckheimer then turned to the video game genre to try and
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) – Review
In many ways we all owe Jackie Brown a huge debt of gratitude…After Quentin Tarantino’s third film failed to make the same critical splash as
Fist Of The North Star (1995) – Review
You have to give the independent movie scene credit for trying to ride the wave of Anime’s global popularity during the 90’s. Attacking us with
Solomon Kane (2009) – Review
Most fantasy movies geared toward a mature audience usually stumble when trying to merge it’s more fantastical elements with more adult themes such as graphic
Bulletproof Monk
Wedged somewhere in the wide divide between Asian tinged 80’s fantasy flicks such as Big Trouble In Little China and The Golden Child and more
Street Fighter (1994) – Review
Anyone who has even a passing knowledge of the glorious maelstrom of chaos that could described as the making of Street Fighter must know that
Twister (1996) – Review
When’s the last time you last heard anyone mention Twister? Not the weirdly erotic game that forces people to become aspiring contortionists after a couple
Assault On Precinct 13 (2005) – Review
When casting an eye across the slew of remakes spawned from the movies of the gaggle of iconic directors who honed their genre craft in
Super Mario Bros. (1993) – Review
I may have mentioned this somewhere before, but I truly believe there’s a special breed of blockbuster that’s considered so bad, that I reckon they
The 355
When wondering which sub-genre of movie has had a sudden surge in entries, the “female led spy movie” suddenly seems to be everywhere. Joining such
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