Our in-depth analysis of the latest films as well as retrospective analysis of older or classic movies.
The ever versatile Bryan Cranston is Howard Wakefield, a successful attorney, husband and father who, on the outside at least, appears to have it all. But a darkness secretly fills… Continue reading "Wakefield (2016) – Review."
The original RoboCop is my personal favourite movie and has been since I first saw it 28 years ago and it’s hard to believe that the 2014 remake/reboot is already… Continue reading "As RoboCop turns 30, we take a look back at the 2014 Remake."
RoboCop 2 has a small but fervent fan base that I’ve become increasingly aware of in recent years and am somewhat perplexed by. In my humble opinion it’s very clear that… Continue reading "As RoboCop turns 30, we look back at the ill-fated RoboCop 2 (1990)."
A welcome to the Jungle for a new action hero. With a few hundred channels and countless DVDs/Blu Rays to watch I recently found myself channel hopping having decided I… Continue reading "A look back at The Rundown (2003)."
A long time ago during those first flourishes of cinephilia that would consume my life, I made it my duty to watch as many films as I could. I wanted… Continue reading "Rashomon (1950) – Akira Kurosawa & the language of Japanese Cinema."
“That woman deserves her revenge and… we deserve to die.” In the first half of Quentin Tarantino’s rip roaring tale of revenge we saw Uma Thurman’s character of The Bride… Continue reading "Quentin Tarantino’s first 25 years, Part 5 – Kill Bill: Vol 2 (2004)."
“Revenge is a dish best served cold.” – Ancient Klingon Proverb The quote that opens Quentin Tarantino’s fourth feature film, Kill Bill Vol. 1 is taken from Star Trek II: The… Continue reading "Quentin Tarantino’s first 25 years, Part 4 – Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)."
1950s Japan was a very fertile period in time for movies with some of the greatest, most artistic films ever made being released. It was a time of Kurosawa, Ozu, Mifune, Honda and Mizoguchi, filmmakers… Continue reading "Seven Samurai (1954) – Kurosawa’s Beautiful Action Epic."
5 years and two films into his directing career Quentin Tarantino unleashed his third feature film upon salivating audiences. His first incendiary film Reservoir Dogs exploded onto screens in 1992… Continue reading "Quentin Tarantino’s first 25 Years, Part 3 – Jackie Brown (1997)."
Occasionally I’m required, and sometimes just compelled, to write about movies that are so iconic and so engrained in popular culture that it’s difficult to know how best to… Continue reading "Quentin Tarantino’s first 25 Years, Part 2 – Pulp Fiction (1994)."
