Murder On The Orient Express (2017) – Review

Kenneth Branagh was once hailed as the successor to Laurence Olivier as the greatest, Shakespearean actor of his generation, but as dear old Kenny persued

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The Way Of The Gun (2000) – Review

Before Christopher McQuarrie became Tom Cruise’s number one stunt enabler, he was most famous for penning the labyrinthian screenplay for Bryan Singer’s The Usual Suspects

Cop Land (1997) – Review

Over the years, Sylvester Stallone’s career has taken more dips than a communal pot of salsa at a Nacho festival and yet, like the actor’s

The Driver (1978) – Review

Walter Hill’s 1978 thriller is one of those movies that’s managed to affect popular culture without being that well known to the general public. Not

‘Boston Strangler’ – Official Trailer

Hulu has released the trailer for ‘Boston Strangler’. The film follows Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley), a reporter for the Record-American newspaper, who becomes the first

The Raid 2 (2014) – Review

In 2011, Gareth Evans hauled off and smashed us in the face with The Raid, a stupendously brutal, high-energy action masterpiece that quickly crawled it’s

Collateral (2004) – Review

I’m of the admittedly mistaken belief that thanks to the God-tier quality of his 1995 crime epic Heat, everything Michael Mann has produced since has

The Raid (2011) – Review

I’m always curious to see where the next action sensation comes from, but even I was surprised by The Raid. Erupting from under the radar

Pain & Gain (2013) – Review

After nearly burning himself out on three gargantuan Transformers movies in a row, it’s telling that Michael Bay’s idea of a smaller, intimate movie is

Death Sentence (2007) – Review

After making his seismic impact on the horror genre with 2004’s Saw, there was the nagging suspicion that fledgling frightmaker James Wan had absolutely no

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) – Review

The only thing that was surprising about insanely influential screenwriter Shane Black making the long overdue jump to directing was that it took so bloody

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) – Review

Emerging from the seemingly never ending critical chaos after the release of The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson recovered with style by turning around and casually

A History Of Violence (2005) – Review

It may be a slightly immature take, but I’ve always gravitated more towards David Cronenberg’s earlier, genre work than his later, more… well, not conventional

Escape From Alcatraz (1979) – Review

Over four collaborations that had started in 1968 with Coogan’s Bluff and ended in 1971 with the seminal Dirty Harry, the team of Don Siegel

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

Angel Heart (1987) – Review

Film noir has had some radical variations over the years; from Ridley Scott’s moody, future shock, extravaganza, Blade Runner, to Rian Johnson’s Raymond Chandler inspired

A Better Tomorrow II (1987) – Review

Those who have seen the original A Better Tomorrow would surely concur that that although it contained many of John Woo’s signature themes, it hadn’t

A Better Tomorrow (1986) – Review

These days, the many themes and visual tricks of action maestro John Woo are incredibly well known as his frenetic, slow motion gunplay, religious iconography

Crimson Rivers II: Angels Of The Apocalypse (2004) – Review

In 2000, Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel teamed up with La Haine director Mathieu Kassovitz to deliver The Crimson Rivers, a fidgety psycho thriller that

The Crimson Rivers (2000) – Review

After Thomas Harris’ Silence Of The Lambs erupted onto the scene and changed the face of serial killer thrillers forever (sorry, Manhunter), Hollywood has been

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