If back in 2001 someone told me there would be six sequels and counting about an undercover cop and the world of street racing I’d have told them they’d been inhaling too much exhaust fumes, but low and behold the Fast and the Furious franchise is still going strong.
Category: Film
Movies
Thirst (2009) – Review
Over the years there have been many types of vampires depicted in the movies, from the classic opera cape-wearing Lugosi to the teenage-looking vamps who play baseball during thunderstorms, but lately, it’s been the ones from the foreign market that have been the more interesting, like the Swedish film Let the Right One In and now with…
The Tower (2012) – Review
Irwin Allen’s The Poseidon Adventure and Towering Inferno set the standard for disaster movies of the 70s, with some of the tropes of his films still surviving to this day, but it looks like South Korean director Kim Ji-hoon has taken up the mantle with this epic disaster film The Tower (aka Ta-weo).
Gator (1976) – Review
In 1973 Burt Reynolds had a hit with his southern action/drama White Lightning, so three years later the studios wanted to see if lightning could strike twice with Gator.
White Lightning (1973) – Review
Before the Duke Boys were jumping bridges in Hazard County there was Gator McKlusky, a true hero of the South in White Lightning. Made in 1973 this Good Ole Boy movie is not what one would expect from just looking at the poster. It is a surprisingly dark and thoughtful movie with Burt Reynolds showing…