No one does sprawling crime epics quite like Martin Scorsese. Throughout the length and breath of his illustrious career, he’s cast his cinematic eye over
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American Made (2017) – Review
Stories of spectacular rags to hideous riches are as American as apple pie – after all, what signifies the American dream more than someone making
Filth (2013) – Review
Just because Danny Boyle found the cheat code on how to adapt Irvine Welsh with Trainspotting (see also David Fincher cracking Chuck Palahniuk with Fight
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) – Review
Since he first wordlessly threw off members of the Thromby clan by simply hitting a single key on a piano, famed, verbose detective Benoit Blanc
Revolver (2005) – Review
It’s not easy to break out of a box you’ve put yourself in, but after Guy Ritchie’s third film – Madonna/Ritchie vanity project Swept Away
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (2025) – Review
I have to be honest, while the Now You See Me movies may walk that perilous tightrope between flashy and obnoxiously smug, I’ve kind of
Now You See Me 2 (2016) – Review
When it came to glossy, enjoyable and utterly ludicrous nonsense that still, inexplicably made you want to punch the air with glee, the 2013 heist
Innocent Blood (1992) – Review
When it comes to the all time king of spectacular movie concepts that didn’t quite come off, surely squatting awfully close to the throne has
The General’s Daughter (1999) – Review
Where do you go after crafting ludicrously entertaining action romp Con Air? Well, for director Simon West you apparently shoot for the complete tonal opposite
Righteous Kill (2008) – Review
It’s an inescapable fact that nobody’s perfect. Think of your most cherished cinematic idol and chances are they screwed the pooch at least one time
The Nice Guys (2016) – Review
Films come and films go, and while some that barely seem worthy of attention get franchises that seemingly twirl off into infinity, other, more worthy
The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974) – Review
There’s something about a 70s thriller that just hits different. Maybe because it was a decade so utterly berefted of sanded down edges that just
Caught Stealing (2025) – Review
Surely I can’t have been the only one to notice that there’s been a clutch of modest thrillers popping up that’s hoping to bring the
The Thursday Murder Club (2025) – Review
We all love a whodunit now it seems, and whether it’s Kenneth Branagh’s version of Hercule Poirot, or Daniel Craig’s lusciously accented Benoit Blanc, there
Hell Or High Water (2016) – Review
Back in the days of the classic western, the division between the black and white hats who would clash over the law were as clearly
Man On Fire (2004) – Review
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
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) – Review
Depending on where you sit on the rise/fall of the spoof comedy in American cinema, the third and final cinematic outing of Leslie Nielsen’s Frank
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell Of Fear (1991) – Review
If you ever needed evidence that writing spoof comedy is like walking a razor, all you have to do is look and the microscopic differences
The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad! (1988) – Review
There’s an old adage that reads “at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” and despite the comedic team of ZAZ (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker) nailing
Dick Tracy (1990) – Review
Passion projects, especially ones set in a more fantastical realm, rarely ever go well, but even so, Dick Tracy must have looked like a sure
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