While rarely hitting the commercial heights of pre-1970s Hollywood, the western has nonetheless continued to chart a long-running course of well-liked, entertaining films and television dramas well into the 21st century. The mythologised ‘Old West’ remains an evocative setting for … Continue reading REVIEW: Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Let us talk about filmmaker Roland Emmerich. Born in Germany, but with the bulk of his career spent in the USA, he is the director of numerous big-budget films including Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1997), and The Patriot (2000). Emmerich is big on visual effects-driven spectacle, and … Continue reading REVIEW: Stargate (1994)
Los Angeles, 1992. In a cheap motel, and as the television news reports on the not-guilty verdict of the Rodney King trial, police detective Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell) loads both a pistol and a shotgun before stepping out into the … Continue reading REVIEW: Dark Blue (2002)
In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunter John “The Hangman” Ruth (Kurt Russell) rides a coach towards the town of Red Rock, where he intends to deposit his prisoner Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) with the local sheriff in return for … Continue reading REVIEW: The Hateful Eight (2015)
While undertaking a secret government mission, Dominic Torretto (Vin Diesel) abruptly betrays his loose family of high-speed racers and goes rogue with a EMP generator. While his friends reel from his betrayal, they are forced to track him down and … Continue reading REVIEW: The Fate of the Furious (2017)
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