Est. 1998
“The Expendables” is an old school badass Hollywood action flick, nothing less, nothing more. If it had come out in the 1980s, during the golden age of the genre, it wouldn’t be held up as a classic, nor would it have been forgotten. It’d be just another one of these titles that’s fun to rent or catch on TV once in a while for a…
Some movies have a way of really frustrating me. You know, when you see the potential for coolness but the filmmakers do everything to make their film suck. There is barely any fun or excitement in a film like “Grosse Pointe Blank”. We meet some guy named Martin Blank, a rather nice guy who just happens to kill people for a living. He left Detroit…
This is the third collaboration between action superstar Jackie Chan and director Stanley Tong. Their first film together was the explosive “Supercop”, a film in which Chan gets into lots of stunts, does some dumb humor, and bonds with the impressive Michelle Khan. This ain’t Chan’s best flick, but the finale, a 15 minute car/motorcycle/train/helicopter chase is a must-see. Then, there’s “Jackie Chan’s First Strike”,…
I never thought I’d come to write this: this is movie isn’t Hollywood enough. As you probably know, it’s based on the cult TV show of the same name. And even though this is supposed to be a big summer movie, it still feels like TV material with a bigger budget. There is a surprisingly low level of action scenes, FX sequences, or any kind…
In the little history of modern action cinema that I wrote a couple of years ago, I predicted that the future of Hollywood action flicks lied in Hong Kong. Indeed, a lot of the big Asian names are bringing their skills to America, from directors like John Woo and Tsui Hark to stars like Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat. This marriage of all-out Hong…
Ostensibly the final chapter in Robert Rodriguez’ drug-lord-killin’ trilogy, “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” is not so much a sequel as a different, more epic take on a familiar tune. The Mariachi With No Name (Antonio Banderas) is back, still alone and angry, determined to settle the score with drug lords again, but this time his beef is more specifically with a military general…
While it is indeed adapted from the 2006 Michael Lewis book “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game”, which explored how the left tackle has grown into being one of the most important parts of an American football team by using the example of Michael Oher, a homeless Black teenager who became a star left tackle, “The Blind Side” isn’t really about football. In fact,…
Movie Infos Title: AntZ Year: 1998 Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson Writer: Todd Alcott, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz Starring: Woody Allen Sharon Stone Christopher Walken Gene Hackman Sylvester Stallone … Time: 87 min. Genre: Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy Oh, don’t be fooled by the kiddy-flick look of this film: this ain’t no fluff! I almost avoided seeing this movie because I thought…
What a pleasant surprise! I’m not a kid, so these movies don’t specifically target me. Actually, even when I was a kid, I was much more into grown-up stuff like action flicks and rowdy comedies than into family films. Well, even though it does qualify as a family movie (obviously), “Over the Hedge” also packs non-stop laughs and thrills, with eye-popping visuals, songs by…
John Cleese wrote, produced and starred in this particular movie, and every critic flipped out. “The best comedy in years!” “Funny as hell!” Right? Wrong! It’s a caper about the theft of 13 million pounds in diamonds by 4 unlikely criminals. There’s Wanda, a sultry vamp who uses her sex appeal to get what she wants. She’s accompanied by her lover Otto, a mentally challenged…