Action
Cliffhanger
After having rather unsuccessfully tried to wet his feet in more comedic roles, in 1993, actor Sylvester Stallone decided to return to the action roots that made him a Hollywood superstar. The vehicle that should take him back into the throne he had held [...]
Lethal Weapon
Currently, Warner Home Video is going through a phase in which a number of titles that had originally been released when DVD was first introduced are now re-released to the format. DVD as a platform has grown significantly in the past three years and to [...]
The Guns Of Navarone
"The Guns of Navarone" is widely hailed as one of the greatest adventure films of all time. And it’s no wonder, considering the wealth of talent that was involved in its production. Starring Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn; [...]
Conan The Barbarian
As we all know, genre-cycles come and go in Hollywood. In the early ’80s, there was an insurgence of mythical fantasy films, which came to be known as "sword & sorcery" movies. This trend was no doubt influenced by the popularity of the [...]
Dreamscape
Thanks to films such as the "Nightmare on Elm Sreet" series and "An American Werewolf in London", today’s audiences are accustomed to the seamless incorporation of dream sequences into movies. While movies have always featured dreams [...]
Fight Club
A lot of controversy has surrounded the release of "Fight Club" both as a novel and the subsequent film by David Fincher. While the reason for the controversy can be easily spotted in the works, I found it generally less problematic after seeing [...]
The World Is Not Enough
For the third time Pierce Brosnan is taking on the part of Ian Fleming’s James Bond in the 19th installment of the highly successful series of movies, "The World Is Not Enough." Progressing with the notion to develop Bond a little further, [...]
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
After Sean Connery resigned as James Bond, finishing "You Only Live Twice, " the men behind the highly successful series of James Bond movies, Harry Salzman and Albert R. Broccoli, faced the challenge to find an actor who could fill Connery’s [...]
The Man With The Golden Gun
After making his first appearance as James Bond in "Live And Let Die" Roger Moore came back to play the smart secret service agent in 1974 in "The Man With The Golden Gun." Starring opposite of horror legend Cristopher Lee, Roger Moore [...]