Latest movie reviews.
Mar 04
As I have said before in the Geek review for “Friday the 13th” (link) the world has become a lot more desensitized as years have passed. What would have terrified a child in the 90s is now regular viewing in some households, and films that would have genuinely scared us are now used for light …
Feb 09
The film that made Schwarzenegger an action star! Sure he had starred in “Conan the Barbarian” (1982), “Conan the Destroyer” (1984) and “The Terminator” (1984) before this, but it was “Commando” that allowed him to be the true action hero. In this film, Arnold was just a super commando, not a villainous robot killer or the …
Feb 03
I was one of the first to say that the trailer for this film looked interesting, but then the reviews started to come in and I found that there were many other films that I would rather pay for than this one. I finally caught up with “Skyline” directed by The Brothers Strause and I …
Feb 03
Weren’t the 80s – 90s a cool time for action films? It was a period where excess was an unwritten rule. CG was still barely in use meaning car crashes and explosions were usually real, action stars were damn near superhuman and the word “terrorist” was used to remove any wrong feeling from shooting people. …
Feb 02
We reviewed “Piranha 3D” on Film Actually a few months ago (on episode 98) and at the time I think I said that it was basically trashy fun. The other day on my way to the screening of “Faster” I bought the Blu-Ray of “Piranha” and watching it again I have to say I had such …
Feb 01
For the last few years Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has been languishing in family film hell. The former wrestler was once the great hope for action fans and had starred in “The Rundown” (2003) (AKA “Welcome to the Jungle” in Australia), “The Scorpion King” (2002) and “Doom” (2005). In 2005 he proved he had great …
