While it wouldn’t be entirely fair to credit Die Hard entirely for the superstardom of Bruce Willis (does Moonlighting mean nothing to anyone anymore?), watching
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The Die Hard Films Ranked
The Die Hard film series, beginning with the original movie released in 1988, has become a defining franchise in the action genre. Starring Bruce Willis
The Sixth Sense (1999) – Review
For the longest time, I’ve tried to ignore the beautifully subtle lure of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense for the most ridiculous of reasons
Last Man Standing (1996) – Review
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
Red 2 (2013) – Review
Some films ingrain themselves on your psyche with the intensity of a laser aimed at a secret agent’s crotch and creates an indelible core memory
Death Wish (2018) – Review
Action movies are literally stuffed with main characters taking the law into their own hands and yet most of the time, when a cop has
Red (2010) – Review
Proving that not every adaptation of a DC comic has to be dripping with spandex and capes; 2010 saw Warren Ellis and Cully Hammer’s limited
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) – Review
Back in 2005, Robert Rodriguez managed to do the impossible and bottle the impossibly gritty lightning of Frank Miller’s cult, hyper-noir comic, Sin City. He
Sin City (2005) – Review
Even during a decade where comic book movies rose to prominence like never before, Sin City still felt like a lead pipe to the back
The Fifth Element (1997) – Review
The nineties were a weird, vibrant time for blockbusters as CGI came of age and the only thing that could stop you from realising your
Looper (2012) – Review
Before the resplendent debut of the drawling Benoit Blanc in Knives Out and even the crowd dividing majesty of The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson was
Pulp Fiction (1994) – Review
What would you consider to be the ultimate Quentin Tarantino movie – not necessarily the best, but the one movie from the auteur’s filmography that
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
Top 5 Bruce Willis Films
Bruce Willis has retired from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia. This brings and end to a film career that defined the late 80s to
The Last Boy Scout (1991) – Review
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
Death Becomes Her (1992) – Review
Wedged somewhat awkwardly in Robert Zemeckis’ filmography between the blockbuster majesty of the Back To The Future trilogy and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and the
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
The Expendables 2 (2012) – Review
Bigger, better, faster is usually the go to phrase when crafting a sequel to an earlier hit, but when your first film contained the most
The Expendables (2010) – Review
They’re aren’t many movies that can take a critical licking and yet can keep on ticking, but those that do are usually deemed “critic proof”
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) – Review
So I think we can all agree that the live action bow of Hasbro’s 3.75-inch, square jawed global enforcers could hardly be described as a
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