Getting Too Old For This Shit? – The Rise of the Geri-Action Star Phil W. Bayles September 18, 2019 Analysis, Close-Up, Features 1 Comment Poor Roger Murtagh wouldn't last long in Hollywood today. Played by Danny Glover in the Lethal Weapon movies, the cop was complaining about getting on in years at the tender age of 50 - which makes him a...
Creed II – Review Tom Bond November 30, 2018 Reviews Creed managed the rarest of things, successfully handing the franchise baton on to a new generation. In comparison, surely Creed II should be an easy knockout? The screenwriting team hit fundamental...
Don’t Call it a Comeback: Ryan Coogler’s Creed Rachel Brook February 12, 2018 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia The release of Black Panther this week need not only be marked on the calendars of Marvel super-fans. It’s good news for fans of director Ryan Coogler’s previous output, and not just because he’s brought...
Your Week In Film: Creed, Cronkite, Crushing Business Acumen Stephen O'Nion December 15, 2017 News 1. The tale of the mouse, the fox and $52.4 billion… The Walt Disney Co. has, at last, concluded a deal to buy a whole lot of 21st Century Fox. Fox, a substantial arm of the Murdoch media empire, is...
Your Week In Film: Trainspotting, Escape Planning, Snow Whiting and more! Stephen O'Nion November 4, 2016 News 1. The Flash loses its director. Again. Just four months after jumping on board, Rick Famuyiwa has departed Warner Bros’ adaptation of The Flash citing “creative differences”. According to The...
Rocky: The Southpaw That Transformed The Movies David Brake January 15, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Star Wars: The Force Awakens will likely become the highest-grossing film of all time come February. A wondrous return for the space opera: aliens, foreign lands, spacecrafts, lasers, and lots of bright...
The Expendables 3 – Review Stephen O'Nion August 16, 2014 Reviews Much of the dialogue is incomprehensible, the young blood is bland (though ninety seconds of screentime apiece doesn't help), and the acting comes down to a game of smirk or grimace - but The Expendables 3 is...
Have We Seen The Last Of The Action Hero? Patrick Taylor May 26, 2014 Analysis, Features, Opinion Hollywood has not always been synonymous with originality. Nowhere is this more obvious, however, than the return to our screens of some of the greats of the action genre. The genre which made stars of...
Grudge Match – Review Stephen O'Nion January 24, 2014 Reviews Being a fan of boxing and craptastic puns, a film with the tagline “Grudgement Day” doesn’t have to do much to win me over. And Grudge Match doesn’t do much either; De Niro and Stallone fight a bit...
Best Films Never Made #1: Sylvester Stallone’s Poe David Brake March 28, 2013 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 5 Comments John Rambo, Rocky Balboa, Lt. Raymond Tango – Sylvester Stallone has been an icon of cinema for almost 40 years, keeping his '80s troupe current through the Expendables franchise. Yet behind all his bravado...
