Ronin, 1998.Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, and Jonathan Pryce.SYNOPSIS:John Frankenheimer was a master of thrillers in his day, and one of his last, Ronin, arrives again on Blu-ray with a new 4K scan of the film courtesy of Kino Lorber. It’s not a great […]
20 Epic Car Chases That Will Drive You Wild
Hit the pedal to the metal and practice your handbrake turns, it’s time for twenty epic car chases that will drive you wild…You can rely on the action genre to set your pulse racing with shootouts, fight scenes, foot chases and aerial duels. There’s another enjoyable kind of action sequence that genre fans love and […]
Vikings creator developing Ronin TV series
THR is reporting that Michael Hirst, creator and showrunner of The Tudors and Vikings, has launched his own independent production company Green Pavillion Entertainment, which has signed a first look deal with MGM Television and aims to produce high end dramas for global markets.The first project from the company will be a TV adaptation of […]
Blu-ray Review – Ronin (1998)
Ronin, 1998.Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Sean Bean, Michael Lonsdale, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, and Skipp Sudduth.SYNOPSIS:A group of mercenaries are hired by Irish terrorists to retrieve a case to stop it falling into Russian hands.In case you didn’t know, ronin are Samurai warriors whose masters have been killed, […]
