Death Wish (2018) – Review.
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."
Tag: Action
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Demolition Man (1993).
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)."
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Sequel to the Van Damme “classic” Lionheart (A.W.O.L.) announced.
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."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Face/Off and a possible alternate reality.
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."
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A new RoboCop film is in the works. Here’s some suggestions…
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…"
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Fact File – No.6 – Lethal Weapon (1987)
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)"
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Fact File – No.5 – First Blood (1982)
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.5 – First Blood (1982)"
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Atomic Blonde (2017) – Blu-Ray Review.
Charlize Theron carries on where she left off by taking on another central, female action lead after 2015’s Mad Max Fury Road (where she very much was the lead) with… Continue reading "Atomic Blonde (2017) – Blu-Ray Review."
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Baby Driver (2017) – Review.
As a huge fan of his collaboration with Nick Frost and Simon Pegg on their Coronetto Trilogy of films and their cult TV series Spaced, I’ve always been an ardent… Continue reading "Baby Driver (2017) – Review."
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Starship Troopers (1997) – Review.
Paul Verhoeven’s misunderstood sci-fi satire re-examined for it’s 20th anniversary. In 1997 acclaimed Dutch director Paul Verhoeven hoped to return to the success of his first three Hollywood films after… Continue reading "Starship Troopers (1997) – Review."