The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (henceforth to be referred to as Pelham in this review) is something of an oddball movie because at times it isn’t sure quite what it’s meant to be. Is it an action movie, thriller, character piece? More on that in a moment. This re-imagining (which is Hollywood’s latest [...]
It’s one of those “blogging about not blogging” posts today, sorry about that. It’s probably seen as “meta” or some such nonsense, but I like to try and keep posts like this to a minimum. The truth is, I haven’t really got anything to write about at the moment. Or rather, nothing particularly that I [...]
Released back in 2004, the first Punisher was very much a Marvel property given a cautious outing. The budget was relatively low by both comic adaptation and Hollywood standards, and while it wasn’t a particularly great movie (you can read my review of the very shoddy UK Blu-ray release here) it had its moments. Particularly [...]
As long as there are movies that require a rather dishevelled looking, likeable figure that isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty, Clive Owen will always be in work. In The International he plays Louis Salinger, an Interpol agent who is working to bring down one of the world’s most powerful banks, the IBBC. For [...]
If there is a list of movies that define many thirtysomethings childhoods then that list will always contain mainstays such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Ghostbusters. The 1984 action comedy is regarded as one of the finest geek movies ever made, a true classic of action, comedy and science fiction. The entire script is [...]
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New year, new tech toys to play with. Here’s a brief look at what I’ve been investigating this week. First up, this all-in-one Sony VAIO desktop PC. Just before Christmas I installed the top of the range version of this machine for my boss. That one was £1,700 worth of the cream of the crop [...]
Before Michael Bay spent a gazillion dollars on the Transformers franchise he made a series of somewhat clichéd action movies, but the one that has always stuck out for me is Bad Boys (his first feature film). Give Bay a relatively small budget and a paper thin plot (two cops bust drug dealers and cop [...]
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