Marvelous Videos presents twelve great female assassin movies… The cold-blooded assassin archetype is one of the oldest in cinema, yet it remains as potent as ever due to how malleable its premise is. You can adapt an assassin to any time period, setting or demographic and still make an entertaining flick out of it. Women, […]
Nikita vs Anna: When Luc Besson Retraced His Steps
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the film which broke Luc Besson out to the world, and his more recent and pale imitator, Anna… Cinema is almost bereft of an original idea these days. There are very few that arrive which feel like something unique, and even then, the smart-arses among us might start pinpointing similarities […]
The Problem With East Asian Action Cinema Today
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at recent trends in East Asian Action Cinema… I’ve seen a lot of action films in my time. From all over the world. From the biggest blockbusters, to the straight to VHS specials that used to regularly populate your nearest video store. Whether it was the latest mega budget Schwarzenegger […]
Luc Besson’s The Big Blue and Nikita get Blu-ray steelbooks
Two of director Luc Besson’s most acclaimed films are getting the Blu-ray steelbook treatment over at UK web-based distributor Zavvi, with both Nikita and The Big Blue set for release this month with exclusive editions. Limited to a 2,000-steelbook run, the films are set for release a week apart from each other, with The Big […]