Where Eagles Dare (1968) – Review

The “men on a mission” movie has had some cracking entries over the years with everything from most of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible movies to

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Outside The Wire (2021) – Review

Another month and it yet another sci-fi action film materializes on Netflix with barely a week of fanfare to precede it. I’m not sure if

Fury (2014) – Review

David Ayer is a filmmaker that doesn’t deal in half measures. Responsible for either writing or directing a string of absurdly hard edged street thrillers,

The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot (2018) – Review

Genre mashing is one of the greatest things there is about genre cinema – a cinematic practice of squishing different types of movie together to

Midway (2019) – Review

There’s a saying that goes: those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. It’s a wise saying as sayings go and

Battle: Los Angeles (2011) – Review

In the years since Independence Day cornered the market on crowd pleasing, flag waving alien invasion movies it seems that Hollywood has been trying to

Dunkirk (2017) – Review

Before we get things started, I’ve a quick point to make: can we stop describing every movie with a sizable budget that goes for a

1917 (2019) – Review

The war film has been getting some esoteric entries over the past couple of years what with Christopher Nolan’s time twisting Dunkirk doing the rounds

Jojo Rabbit (2019) – Review

The final days of World War II seem like an odd stomping ground for broad humour, I mean even Life Is Beautiful was crammed with

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

Overlord (2018) – Review

Sometimes fun is all you need. No big stars, no huge talent calling “action” (unless you count J.J. Abrams with a weighty producers credit, and

Edge Of Tomorrow (2014) – Review

In a summer full of sequels and reboots, and sequels of reboots, it fairly often pays to keep an eye out for any movies out

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) – Review

Star Wars spinoffs are a risky thing. For every TV show that hits a Wamp Rat dead centre we get servings of excruciating awfulness like

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) – Review

In a series of films that have so far contained a one percenter wearing a snug suit of techno-armour, a raging, green id monster and

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