Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at 90’s video action specialists PM Entertainment and a penchant for enjoyable knock offs… I’ve oft shared my fondness for the work of PM Entertainment, headed by Joseph Merhi and Richard Pepin. Their company were prolific through the 90’s in producing straight to cable/video movies (predominantly action) that seemed […]
Die Hard on a Shoestring: The Low Budget Die Hard Clones
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at some low budget Die Hard clones… It may not have been the first of its kind, but when Die Hard came out, from the moment Bruce Willis entered the Nakatomi plaza, a new sub-genre all of its own was launched – ‘The Die Hard Movie’. None have compared, whether […]
Movie Review – Skyscraper (2018)
Skyscraper, 2018. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Noah Taylor, Hannah Quinlivan, Roland Møller, McKenna Roberts and Noah Cottrell. SYNOPSIS: A father goes to great lengths to save his family from a burning skyscraper. The plot for Skyscraper is unbelievably stupid and the various death-defying set pieces even more […]
Dwayne Johnson’s Skyscraper crumbles at the box office as Hotel Transylvania 3 takes off
In a rare box office misfire for Dwayne Johnson, his latest film Skyscraper has underperformed, with the film coming in under projects with $25.4 million in North America, placing it third in the weekend chart behind Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ($44.2 million) and Ant-Man and the Wasp ($28.8 million). Skyscraper marks Johnson’s lowest domestic […]
Movie Review – Skyscraper (2018)
Skyscraper, 2018. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Noah Taylor, Roland Møller, Hannah Quinlivan, McKenna Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Byron Mann, Matt O’Leary, and Chin Han SYNOPSIS: A father goes to great lengths to save his family from a burning skyscraper. “This is stupid” – Dwayne Johnson’s hostage rescuer turned one-legged […]
Second Opinion – Skyscraper (2018)
Skyscraper, 2018. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Noah Taylor, Roland Møller, Hannah Quinlivan, McKenna Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Byron Mann, Matt O’Leary, and Chin Han. SYNOPSIS: When former FBI agent Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) takes a lucrative building safety job at the behest of his friend Ben (Pablo Schreiber), […]
Skyscraper posters pay homage to Die Hard and The Towering Inferno
Following yesterday’s trailer for Skyscraper [watch it here], star Dwayne Johnson has shared two new posters for the action thriller which pay homage to the classic films Die Hard and The Towering Inferno; check them out here… I had these ultra cool vintage posters made paying homage to the two classic movies that inspired me […]
Dwayne Johnson’s Skyscraper gets a new trailer
With a little over a week to go until Skyscraper arrives in cinemas, Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for the Dwayne-Johnson headlined action thriller which you can check out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWOdwnB4okc Global icon Dwayne Johnson leads the cast of Legendary’s Skyscraper as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Ford, who […]
Get a look inside Skyscraper with new featurette
With just three weeks to go until Skyscraper arrives in cinemas, Universal Pictures has released a new ‘look inside’ featurette for the upcoming action thriller which includes interviews with stars Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber, and producers Beau Flynn and Hiram Garcia; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Dwayne Johnson stars in new Skyscraper […]
Dwayne Johnson stars in new Skyscraper trailer
Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for the Dwayne Johnson-headlined action thriller Skyscraper. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thruber, the film sees The Rock starring alongside Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Byron Mann, Hannah Quinlivan, Noah Taylor, Roland Møller and Chin Han as he battles a group of terrorists who take over a new highly advanced and […]