In the 1960s United Artists was making truckloads of money with their James Bond films so every other studio worth its salt were looking for their own secret agent to milk the spy craze with, which led to such offerings as Dean Martin’s Matt Helm and James Coburn’s Derek Flint, but today we will be…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) – Review
“A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo Silver! The Lone Ranger!” and it was with these thrilling words that millions of children became riveted to their television sets each and every week to follow the adventures of The Lone Ranger and his faithful sidekick Tonto. Needless…
Angel (1984) – Review
“High School honour student by day. Hollywood hooker by Night” One has to admit that is a great tagline and not only did this film offer audiences a salacious premise it also hinted at a darker tone than what was offered from the popular teen comedies of the time, and that tagline belongs to Angel…
Steel and Lace (1991) – Review
Revenge movies have been a staple of horror films since almost the beginning of the genre itself, one could even say James Whale’s Bride of Frankenstein had an element of revenge to its story, and today we will be looking at another type of “Frankenstein Monster” revenge tale, and this one that takes the premise…
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986) – Review
Running from the late 1950s to the early 1960s there was a Western television series called “Wanted Dead or Alive” which was about a Confederate soldier turned bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s starring Steve McQueen, flash forward to the late 1980s and we have a movie dealing with the descendant of…