Half Past Dead
With the Expendables rumour mill working at full capacity there’s one name that’s not been mentioned for a while: Steven Seagal. Now we find out why. When I saw a […]
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Mysterious Skin
Mysterious Skin is a terrifyingly brilliant drama by Gregg Araki. Dealing with the difficult topic of child abuse, it follows two boys: nervous, quiet Brian (Bradey Corbet) who believes he […]
Is First Blood an anti war film?
First Blood follows John Rambo, a Vietnam veteran searching for one of his old army pals. The people of a small town don’t take kindly to Rambo, however, as the local police arrest […]
Once Upon a Time in America
This is Sergio Leone’s gangster tale of epic proportions which follows a group of friends from their New York childhood in the 1920s through their underworld dealings over the next […]
Once Upon a Time in the West
After he made the dollars trilogy, Sergio Leone could have been satisfied to leave the Western alone, having made arguably one of the greatest trilogies in cinematic history. He returned […]
Brazil
Much in the same way it’s uninteresting to review a film by Hitchcock or Kubrick and describe it as good, it’s equally a statement of the obvious to describe a […]
The Five Coolest Sci-Fi Exosuits
To harness and increase the power of human movement has been one of the great aspirations of sci-fi film makers. Here’s a look at a few of their attempts… 5. […]
Strictly Classified Part 5: Minority Report
Minority Report is set in a scary dystopian future where Tom Cruise is still in movies. The year is 2054, and Cruise is in charge of the precrime unit which […]
Strictly Classified Part 3: Enemy of the State
With the huge array of Hollywood films vilifying foreigners and foreign governments, it’s refreshing to see a thriller which looks closer to home for its antagonists. Tony Scott’s Enemy of the […]
Elysium
It’s been a sad summer for cinema. Several major Hollywood films have slumped at the box office like The Lone Ranger, After Earth and White House Down while those that have […]
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