The Neon Lights of the 80's: J. Lee Thompson's Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Originally introduced to movie goers in Michael Winner’s Death Wish (1974), vigilante Paul Kersey has went on to become one of leading...
Late Night Horror: William Peter Blatty's Exorcist III (1990)
William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973) is arguably the finest horror film ever made, with it still having a power to shock 46 years after...
The Gritty 70's: Michael Crichton's Coma (1978)
Michael Crichton is probably one of the most well-known authors around, with his novels forming the basis of blockbusters like Jurassic...
The Neon Lights of the 80's: J. Lee Thompson's Murphy's Law (1986)
Coming from Cannon Films, Murphy’s Law (1986) marks the sixth collaboration between actor Charles Bronson and Director J. Lee Thompson....
The Wonderful World of DTV: William Kaufman's Sinners & Saints (2010)
Director William Kaufman originally burst onto the DTV market with his directorial debut The Prodigy (2005). While it had some issues, it...
The Changing 90's: Geoff Murphy's Freejack (1992)
Before transitioning to Hollywood features, director Geoff Murphy had already built up a great deal of critical acclaim in his native New...
The Old West: J. Lee Thompson's The White Buffalo (1977)
Having collaborated the year previously on crime thriller St Ives (1976), director J. Lee Thompson and Charles Bronson didn’t waste any time in teaming up again, following the witty crime story up with western hybrid The White Buffalo (1977). Produced by the infamous Dino De Laurentis, it was clear that he was in monster movie mode at this point in his career, with him turning out King Kong (1976) the year previously and then on to the frankly ridiculous Orca (1977). The Whit
The Changing 90's: Russell Mulcahy's Ricochet (1991)
Through his Silver Pictures production company, Joel Silver produced some of the most well-known and popular action movies of the 80's...
The Neon Lights of the 80's: J. Lee Thompson's 10 to Midnight (1983)
One of Hollywood’s most popular tough guys throughout the 70’s, Charles Bronson would show no signs of slowing down when the 80’s...
The Swinging 60's: Gordon Douglas' The Detective (1968)
The name Joe Leland may not be instantly recognisable among movie goers, but what about that of John McLane. Some may already know this,...
Late Night Horror: John Carpenter's The Fog (1980)
I thought that for my first horror review on this site that it should be for one of my favourites. Many would argue that Halloween (1978)...
The Gritty 70's: John Sturges' McQ (1974)
It's quite a well-known fact that before Clint Eastwood played the iconic Dirty Harry (1971) that a number of other Hollywood superstars...
The Neon Lights of the 80's: Max Reid's Wild Thing (1987)
Throughout the years multiple films have been based around Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan character, although it must be said that the...
The Old West: Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962)
When most people think of director Sam Peckinpah, they probably think of the slo-mo violence of The Wild Bunch (1969) or the depravity of Straw Dogs (1971). Before this however, he would direct one of the most elegiac American Westerns of the 1960's, the wonderful Ride the High Country (1962). While it may not feature the bloodletting of his later Westerns, it does share a lot of the same themes such as loyalty among men and aging heroes being outdated by time. Many of
The Changing 90's: Dan Aykroyd's Nothing but Trouble (1991)
When originally released, Nothing but Trouble (1991) was served with universally negative reviews, most famously from prolific film...















