While I won’t indulge in the seemingly endless debate of whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not (it totally is and fuck anyone
Tag: Action
A View To A Kill (1985) – Review
And so finally (and some would say mercifully) we come to the final film in Roger Moore’s impressive seven film run as 007 – licence
For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Review
After Moonraker had rudely shoved it’s way to the front of the line to get filmed and succeeded in pushing England’s favorite secret agent into
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) – Review
After dipping Bond’s manicured pinky into a different exploitation genre with Live And Let Die, the filmmakers at Eon Productions figured that if dumping 007
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) – Review
If you needed only three words to describe Sean Connery’s return to the character that made him famous (after only one film away) then you
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) – Review
The times were a’ changing and Sean Connery, whose smirking visage had impishly eyed many women from his vantage point of being swaddled in a
You Only Live Twice (1967) – Review
It’s a true fact that nothing lasts forever and that sooner or later Sean Connery’s reign as cinema’s premiere super spy would have to come
Mission: Impossible III (2006) – Review
It wouldn’t be a million miles from the truth to say that the third outing for Tom Cruise’s flippy/dangly super spy Ethan Hunt is probably
Thunderball (1965) – Review
Where do you possibly go after Goldfinger? After nailing its formula and sealing it solid with concrete, steel and other tough compounds to further illustrate
Goldfinger (1964) – Review
Growing up, Goldfinger was always that film my dad would go on about that he would always fall asleep in front of on Bank holidays
Mission: Impossible (1996) – Review
The shift of gears that took Tom Cruise from smug-faced lead to smug-faced mega star can be traced right back to here. Sure, Top Gun
Punisher: War Zone (2008) – Review
By the time we got to the third swing at capturing the criminal slaughtering, skull shirted vigilante that is known as The Punisher, there was
From Russia With Love (1963) – Review
For Bond’s sophomore effort you can really tell that the producers wanted to double down on double 0 with what they had previously achieved with
The Punisher (2004) – Review
In Hollywood’s seemingly neverending quest to successfully transfer Marvel Comic’s The Punisher to celluloid, we eventually come to it’s second attempt in 2004. Hower, instead
Dr. No (1962) – Review
The year is 1962 and woman plays baccarat in a casino. The man she is playing against is cool, calm and – most importantly –
The Punisher (1989) – Review
Why is it so fucking hard to get The Punisher right?After four separate actors have been hurled at the role like sacrifices dumped into a
Maniac Cop 3: Badge Of Silence (1993) – Review
You’d think that being an undead, practically unkillable engine of destruction would garner you certain privileges in the world of the horror franchise but it
Maniac Cop (1988) – Review
Just outside the inner circle of horror icons who have become household names, lurk the also-rans. Where your Freddys and Jasons and Michaels and Leatherfaces
Starship Troopers (1997) – Review
After giving deleriously bullet drenched, 80’s face lifts to cyberpunk (Robocop, Total Recall), Paul Verhoeven’s third highly satirical, stunningly violent science fiction epic may just
Gemini Man
Ang Lee is no stranger to blockbusters where the main lead struggles with a digitally manipulated, darker version of his id – after all the
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