In 1996 Tom Cruise starred in the Brian De Palma directed Mission: Impossible as its central protagonist Ethan Hunt and now, twenty-two years later, we once again join Hunt’s continuing… Continue reading "Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)."
It’s kind of a given that Hollywood loves nothing better than a remake these days, but let’s be honest, how many actually work out for the best? Beloved classics such… Continue reading "Warner Bros want Deadpool 2 director David Leitch to helm Enter The Dragon remake."
Recently news emerged that the long in development sequel to the 1980’s favourite Top Gun is actually going to happen and it was also confirmed that the long in gestation… Continue reading "Top Gun 2 casts Miles Teller in an intriguing key role."
It would appear that Sylvester Stallone is set for a revival of another one of his most iconic roles. With Rocky Balboa set to return to the big screen later this… Continue reading "Rambo 5 set to begin get filming in September with Stallone returning as the iconic Vietnam veteran."
The career of Bruce Willis has taken something of a nosedive in the last decade or so. Confined to straight to DVD features, with badly photoshopped covers, with the only… Continue reading "Death Wish (2018) – Review."
25 years on, Sylvester Stallone’s futuristic action/sci-fi romp seems more relevant than ever. The start of the 1990’s were a strange and unfamiliar time for Sylvester Stallone. He’d seen his… Continue reading "Demolition Man (1993)."
In news that you probably never saw coming, a sequel to the Jean Claude Van Damme VHS rental favourite Lionheart (or A.W.O.L as it was known is some countries) has… Continue reading "Sequel to the Van Damme “classic” Lionheart (A.W.O.L.) announced."
From the early 1980s through to the mid ‘90s there were really only two real big hitters when it came to the action movie genre. Sure you had Van Damme,… Continue reading "Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Face/Off and a possible alternate reality."
For those who’ve been following Film ‘89 since it went live, it will come as no surprise whatsoever that we’re all big fans of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 Action/Sci-fi classic RoboCop.… Continue reading "A new RoboCop film is in the works. Here’s some suggestions…"
In this regular Film ‘89 feature we put a classic film or TV show under the microscope to unveil some juicy trivia. Some of these facts you may already know… Continue reading "Fact File – No.6 – Lethal Weapon (1987)"
