I must say, Kevin James: Action Star wasn’t exactly on my bucket list for this year, but that is exactly what we get with his recent outing, the violent crime thriller Guns Up (2025). To be fair, some of James’ previous features have involved some level of action, with the likes of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Here Comes the Boom (2012) and especially True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016) showing James to be surprisingly physical. I suppose it helps that he had a

With no real fanfare, it was almost a fluke that I stumbled upon director Jesse V. Johnson’s latest Thieves Highway (2025). Being a fan of Johnson, I did know some information about the film’s production, but it was only by chance that I found myself noticing that it had been given its premier in the UK through Sky Cinema. While not a platform I regularly use, seeing as it was a new Johnson film, I just had to. Sharing its title with Jules Dassin’s fantastic 1949 film Noir,

Considering the quality of some of the films in his back catalogue, it is ironic that these days James Foley is best known for helming...

The name Cliff Twemlow may not be exactly recognisable to most moviegoers. Something of a cult figure, especially in his native...

With the announcement earlier in the year of Bruce Willis’ retirement due to his diagnosis of Aphasia, it became clear why there had been...

I had initially put up these small capsule reviews on my Facebook page, with me deciding to watch and review a horror film each night...

Created by crime writer Raymond Chandler, Private Detective Philip Marlowe has been solving big screen mysteries since the early 40’s. Portr

The list below isn’t really in any specific order, other than perhaps Limbo which comes first which was truly one of the best crime...

In regards to his personal life, this hasn’t exactly been the best year for actor Andy Lau. At the start of the year Lau was filming a...

Whilst he never became an A lister the likes of Jean Claude Van Damme, British Martial Artist Gary Daniels still managed to rack up quite...

Recently the majority of Mel Gibson’s movies have been going the DTV route. Like his contemporary Bruce Willis, these films all feature...

Initially called Tomb of the River when released in its native South Korea, Paid in Blood (2021) has gone through something of a name...

Made as part of the BBC’s Play for Todays, Just a Boys Game (1979) marked the third and finest collaboration between director John...

I must admit, I wasn’t exactly aware of the Russian WW2 movie The Pilot: A Battle for Survival (2021) before being offered the...

When it comes to sequels, there are those that standout as being equal if not better than the original. Some of the more obvious choices...

Made over seven years ago, it isn’t hard to see why it took so long for Nico Sentner’s Atomic Eden (2015) to be released stateside. Made...

Ah, Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), the bastard stepchild of the Halloween franchise. Unfairly maligned upon release it has...

Michael Myers returns for more of his crazy adventures in Rick Rosenthal’s Halloween II (1981), with him seemingly brushing off the six...

With the upcoming release of Halloween Kills (2021), I thought this would be the perfect time to revisit one of the most influential...

The world of wrestling seems to be a fine brewing ground for action stars. The most obvious recent example would have to be Dwayne “The...