Movies centering around a lone man standing up against insurmountable odds is about as old as cinema itself, from Westerns to cop dramas the stoic hero has been a staple of the film industry, but then in the 80s that simple concept met the action genre and that combo exploded onto the scene with the…
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For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Review
After the rather over-the-top science fiction adventure that was Moonraker, the producers decided maybe a return to a more down-to-Earth setting was in order, something more in keeping with the novels written by 007 author Ian Fleming, and thus in this entry Bond hangs up his laser gun and tackles KGB agents and a revenge-seeking…
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) – Review
There are a lot of action movies released that are a “one and done” and thus often forgotten about, especially action movies released nowadays, but when John Wick was released back in 2014 it instantly became memorable for those who saw it for the phenomenal action and great revenge tale it was. Fast forward to 2019…
Supergirl (1984) – Review
It was in the year 1984 that we saw Supergirl’s first appearance outside the pages of DC comics, which was pretty sad considering her cousin Superman had been appearing in serials, cartoons, television shows and movies dating as far back as the 1940s. Yet it wasn’t until the Christopher Reeve movies started to show diminishing…
Proud Mary (2018) – Review
In 1969, the song “Proud Mary” was written by John Fogerty – for his band Clearance Clearwater Revival – but aside from the title character of this movie being named Mary, there isn’t much else they have in common. The original song was about a woman who worked as a maid for rich people –…