Maintaining the equilibrium of an action movie is a surprisingly delicate business for a genre full of screaming bullets and crunching bone. James Bond is
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Wild Wild West (1999) – Review
Staggering into the infamously stacked blockbuster summer of 1999 like a washed up cowpoke with more whiskey in its body than blood came Wild Wild
The Vikings (1958) – Review
Watching the epics from cinema’s past is often a surreal experience as it’s kinda weird to see what trends were obsessing audiences during Hollywood’s many
Reign Of Fire (2002) – Review
There’s nothing quite more frustrating to a lover of crazy blockbuster cinema than a mouthwatering concept that isn’t quite executed as well as you’d hoped.
The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) – Review
After the frenetic action gumbo of The Mummy Returns – a hyperbolic action/adventure that placed exhausting action sequences next to career worst examples of CGI
Red Notice (2021) – Review
Much has been made of the fact that Red Notice is the most expensive movie Netflix has ever made (a rumoured $200 million no less),
Point Break (1991) – Review
Time catches up to all of us sooner or later and whether we care to admit it or not, most of us will grow to
Timecop (1994) – Review
You wouldn’t think that there would be much to thank the 1994 adaptation of Street Fighter for, but despite being a stunning turkey fueled by
Eternals (2021) – Review
It seems that everything there was to be said about Eternals – the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s 26th feature venture – had already been stated before
The Mummy Returns (2001) – Review
The early millennium must have been Willy Wonka’s Chocolate factory for any filmmaker with adolescent tendencies who had been hired to tackle a sizable summer
Shaft (2019) – Review
After remaining stubbornly dormant for nearly 20 years after Samuel L. Jackson slipped on the black turtle neck, I don’t think anyone was really expecting
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) – Review
Comic book movies based on established super-powered heroes (or anti-heroes being the case) lead somewhat of a charmed life – if your movie gets an
The Mummy (1999) – Review
Back in 1999, I remember emerging from the cinema feeling a little nonplussed about The Mumny, Stephen Sommers’ mega budgeted remake of the classic Universal
The Dead Pool (1988) – Review
Not to be confused with Ryan Reynolds’ notoriously hyper-verbal superhero, The Dead Pool proved to be the fifth and final case for Clint Eastwood’s ever
Brotherhood Of The Wolf (2001) – Review
When movies decide to try and pull off a mash up, the results, by definition, are usually a mixed bag. Sometimes the fusing together of
No Time To Die (2021) – Review
One of the many tropes that feels familiar from many a Bond film is the moment a villian settles back in a large armchair whilst
Sudden Impact (1983) – Review
Reviewing the sequels that followed in the wake of Don Siegel’s Dirty Harry is somewhat of a thankless task these days. Oh, don’t get me
The Three Musketeers (2011) – Review
It’s easy to picture the people who keep financing Paul W.S. Anderson’s forgettable movies as a smug cabal of European money men desperate to crack
Shaft In Africa (1973) – Review
Sequels, like the slick private dick that gets all the chicks himself, always have that pressure to perform when the heat is on. No matter
The Enforcer (1976) – Review
By the third time Clint Eastwood dusted off his 44. Magnum, pulled on a pair of $29.50 slacks and did that swept back thing with
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