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The Essential Action Movies of 1986

January 18, 2026 by Tom Jolliffe

We journey back 40 years (yes… really) with the essential action movies of 1986… In an era when a half-decent action film is becoming rarer than the dodo, and practical stunts and effects even more so, I often find myself venturing back to action films of yesteryear. Some of the very best of years gone […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: A Better Tomorrow, Aliens, Armour of God, Avenging Force, Big Trouble in Little China, Black Moon Rising, Cobra, Firewalker, Highlander, Raw Deal, Righting Wrongs, The Delta Force, the wraith, Wanted: Dead or Alive

John Woo’s Hard Boiled and A Better Tomorrow Trilogy set 4K Ultra HD releases

September 15, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Having acquired the rights as part of its acquisition of the Golden Princess library, Shout Studios begins to bring the Hong Kong back catalogue of legendary filmmaker John Woo to 4K Ultra HD in November with the release of deluxe editions of Hard Boiled and the A Better Tomorrow Trilogy in November; check out the […]

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The Essential Films of John Woo

October 7, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up an essential John Woo selection… John Woo has been a little quiet of late, but the legendary Hong Kong filmmaker is set to make his Hollywood return this year with his “comeback” movie Silent Night, which has just received its first trailer this week.  To the uninitiated, John Woo was once […]

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