If, like me, you survived the 1980s then Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo is more than just another big-screen action hero to you. With his rugged visage co-opted by such disparate organizations as Vietnam veteran groups and the Republican Party, Rambo [...]
There’s a reason why "Highlander II: The Quickening", "Highlander III: The Sorcerer", "Highlander: EndGame", "Highlander the TV series" and "Highlander The Animation series" exists. And the reason is [...]
After the incident on September 11, many studios reconsidered how to deal with certain films they had in their pipelines at the time, cautiously shuffling their release schedules in order to accommodate the healing process that was to follow the horrible [...]
Almost from the moment that fighting began in North Africa during the Second World War, Hollywood started churning out movies set in that desolate yet compelling environment. Something about the swirling desert sands and the rapid style of mechanized [...]
"Khartoum" is one of those classic, sweeping historical epics from the waning days of Hollywood’s golden years. Likely an attempt to follow on the heels of 1962’s critically-acclaimed "Lawrence of Arabia, " "Khartoum" [...]
It has been too long that Robert Redford appeared in a movie and as a result "The Last Castle" – along with "Spy Game" – was a movie I was really looking forward to. It is the story of highly decorated army general Eugene Irwin [...]
"Incredibly witty and funny!" is how I would describe "Bandits" in only a few words. The film has far exceeded my expectations and made me chuckle all the way through as Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchet bumble and [...]
As much as I enjoy watching Jet Li I have to admit that recently he has been used as fuel in a number of average movies, never really managing to secure a part the elevates him from the mediocrity of the films he’s associated with. After a mediocre box [...]
Ever since the advent of the motion picture it has been popular to turn beloved literary classics into movies. Among the most memorable of these are the lavish spectacles based on tales of grand adventure and daring-do. Alexandre Dumas’ "The Three [...]
The triad gangster film is a genre that has been around for many years in Hong Kong cinema, and it is hard to top some of its outstanding classics. With his 2001 film "Cop On A Mission" editor-gone-director Marco Mak has a good shot at becoming [...]
