Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind The Goonies as it celebrates its 40th anniversary… The Goonies was a movie that captured our hearts and minds as kids and continues to ensnare viewers with its magical nostalgia factor to this very day. As the unforgettable adventure comedy celebrates its 40th anniversary we look back at […]
Movie Review – Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
Bad Boys: Ride or Die, 2024. Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Nuñez, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Jacob Scipio, Melanie Liburd, Tasha Smith, Tiffany Haddish, Joe Pantoliano, Rhea Seehorn, Dennis Greene, Derek Russo, Dennis Greene, Quinn Hemphill, Fatima, Gabriel ‘G-Rod’ Rodriguez, Jenna Kanell, […]
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back in Bad Boys: Ride or Die trailer
Sony Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth instalment in the action-comedy franchise which sees the return of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as Detectives Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett. Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys For Life), the cast also includes Vanessa Hudgens, […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Fugitive (1993)
The Fugitive, 1993. Directed by Andrew Davis. Starring Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, and Jeroen Krabbé. SYNOPSIS: The Fugitive celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new 4K Ultra HD edition from Warner Bros. The film has undergone restoration work, leaving it in a condition that should be the final […]
Risky Business at 40: Tom Cruise’s Breakout Hit Revisited
We take a look back at Tom Cruise’s breakout hit Risky Business, which turned 40 this month… Tom Cruise is probably the last great movie star and still pulling in the big bucks with the latest in his Mission: Impossible franchise, which despite the naysayers, will still likely tip close to two-thirds of a cool […]
Revisiting Bound: The Wachowskis’ Stunning Directorial Debut
Ahead of The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Jolliffe looks back at Bound, the Wachowskis’ directorial debut, which remains essential neo-noir… They had written a Sylvester Stallone action picture. Assassins would prove somewhat underwhelming to critics and disappointed at the box office. It would undoubtedly have been a money spinning gig for Lana and Lilly Wachowski but […]
Running Scared vs Running Scared
Tom Jolliffe looks back at two films with the same title, Running Scared (1986 and 2006)… 2021 brought with it several significant anniversaries. Interestingly though it brought significant anniversaries to two somewhat underappreciated films that share the same title. First of all we have Running Scared, the Peter Hyams helmed action comedy from 1986. That […]
We Ride Together, We Die Together: Reviewing Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, and Bad Boys for Life
Shaun Munro reviews the Bad Boys trilogy… Bad Boys for Life has finally landed in cinemas some 25 years after Michael Bay’s original, comparatively “grounded” buddy cop actioner first hit screens and made its wilfully excessive director an overnight household name. What the Bad Boys franchise has always lacked in finesse and class, it’s stridently attempted […]
Movie Review – Bad Boys for Life (2020)
Bad Boys for Life, 2020. Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Joe Pantoliano, Charles Melton, Paola Nuñez, DJ Khaled, Jay Dubb, Kate del Castillo, Theresa Randle, Happy Anderson, Jennifer Badger, Melissa Kennemore, Bianca Bethune, Massi Furlan, Nicky Jam, Ivo Nandi, and Michael Bay. SYNOPSIS: […]
