Thanks to movies like Taken, the subgenre of formerly dramatic actors suddenly becoming indestructible avenging angels have become a regular sight when someone wants to
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True Romance (1993) – Review
Back when Quentin Tarantino was only one movie deep into his two-film conquest of Hollywood, the assault was carried on in his stead by a
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
McBain (1991) – Review
Definitely to be filled under “Why the hell am I only seeing this now?”, James Glickenhaus’ noisy and immensely cheesy ode to American’s being awesome,
King Of New York (1990) – Review
To describe Abel Ferrara as something of a cinematic enfant terrible would be something of a devastating understatement. Hell, the fact that he made Driller
Dune: Part Two (2024) – Review
Back in 2021, director Denis Villeneuve took a massive risk by tackling one of the white whales of sci-fi literature, Frank Herbert’s Dune. Not only
The Rundown (aka. Welcome To The Jungle) (2013) – Review
As we gaze upon the blockbuster landscape of the present, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson not only stands as the most successful pro wrestler turned actor
Sleepy Hollow (1999) – Review
After his crazed satire Mars Attacks! crashed and burned at the box office and his proposed Superman movie flew headlong into the sun, Tim Burton
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
Christopher Walken To Play The Emperor In ‘Dune: Part 2’
Christopher Walken has won the prized role of Emperor Shaddam IV in the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of ‘Dune’. He joins the returning
The Dead Zone (1983) – Review
During the whirlwind of Stephen King adaptations that followed in the wake of Brian DePalma’s sublime Carrie, it seemed like everyone was wrestling to grab
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
Batman Returns (1992) – Review
After the movie Batman made the world at large ridiculously obsessed with a violent billionaire punching a mentally ill man in white-face, director Tim Burton
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