Classic – Thief
In 1981, the debut film from Hollywood director Michael Mann was released. Starring James Caan, Thief, is a hell of a first film.
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Review – The Batman
Batman is back on the big screen, and this time it’s the turn of Robert Pattinson to don the cowl of the caped crusader in the murky world of Gotham City
Read moreReview – The Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie returns to his cult cockney gangster genre with a surprisingly entertaining film that reaches near parody at times, but is easily justified by the work of Hugh Grant and Colin Farrell
Read moreReview – The Old Man and the Gun
‘The Old Man and the Gun’, which may be the last Robert Redford lead role before retirement, delivers a thoroughly enjoyable and suprisingly nostalgic crime story
Read moreReview – Once Upon a Time in Venice
Directed and written by debut filmmaker brothers Michael and Rob Cullen, who had previously penned the script for Cop Out the 2010 Kevin Smith cop crime action comedy. In the same vein, is the 2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice. Steve Ford is an ageing private detective, with the only local real family being a sister in law (Famke
Read moreReview – Jackie Brown
Quentin Tarantino’s third film Jackie Brown is the film we go to for ‘J’ in this year’s Alphabet challenge. The film, based on Elmore Leonard’s book Rum Punch came out in 1997 and was the first film that the director made that was not an original creation of his own work. The film centres on Jackie Brown (played by Pam Greer),
Read moreReview – Point Break (2015)
The 2015 film Point Break is a remake of the 1991 classic Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze extreme sports crime caper movie. Directed by Ericson Core in his second full movie after 2006’s Mark Wahlberg Invincible. In this version we meet extreme sports athlete and motocross expert Johnny ‘Utah’ Brennan who 7 years after the death of his friend, has
Read moreReview – Fargo
For the 6th day in the Alphabet challenge, we’re off to Minneapolis, Minnesota for the film 1996 film ‘Fargo’. Directed and written by the Coen brothers, this classic comedy / drama / thriller film is the tale of a a kidnapping and subsequent events that spiral out of control. It went on to reap a number of awards including 2
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