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Dust in the Eye: Ten Tear-Jerking Moments in Action Movies

September 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at ten tear-jerking moments from an eclectic mix of action movies (with major spoilers)… Action movies are exciting, sometimes empowering, often chaotic and move at a breakneck pace. The primary directive of an action film is to invest you enough into the characters’ quest that you care what happens, but usually only […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: A.W.O.L., Best Of The Best, Leon: The Professional, Lionheart, Road House, RoboCop, Seven Samurai, Spoiler, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Killer, Top Gun: Maverick

Michael Fassbender is The Killer in trailer for David Fincher’s new thriller

August 29, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its world premiere this coming Sunday at the Venice Film Festival, Netflix has debuted the first trailer for The Killer, director David Fincher’s upcoming thriller based on Alexis Nolent (a.k.a Matz) and Luc Jacamon’s graphic novel series. The film sees Michael Fassbender leading a cast that includes Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sophie Charlotte […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, David Fincher, Michael Fassbender, netflix, Sophie Charlotte, The Killer, Tilda Swinton

First poster for David Fincher’s The Killer slays us all

August 28, 2023 by EJ Moreno

David Fincher knows a good thriller. Throughout his illustrious career, the filmmaker has crafted some notable genre pieces and is back with a brand-new thriller. The Killer is an upcoming release by Fincher, set to be released through Netflix this fall. Leading this psycho-thriller is Michael Fassbender in a first-time meeting with the director. Joining […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: David Fincher, Michael Fassbender, The Killer

The Essential 80s Action Movies

May 2, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe with his picks of the essential 1980s action movies… Cheesy, excessive, over the top and funny. Something about the 1980s action movie marks it as the most extravagant, bold and explosive era of the genre. The 90s infused MTV stylistics into the genre and certainly went for a flashier style of shooting and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Above the Law, Armour of God, Bloodsport, Commando, Death Wish 3, Die Hard, Invasion USA, Lethal Weapon, Police Assassins, Rambo: First Blood Part II, red scorpion, Road House, The Killer, Yes Madam

Movie Review – The Killer (2022)

March 20, 2023 by admin

The Killer, 2022. Directed by Jae-Hoon Choi. Starring Jang Hyuk, Bang Ui Gang, Seo-young Lee, Tae-Hyun Cha, and Chae-Young Lee. SYNOPSIS: A retired hitman is brought back into active duty when the teenager he is babysitting gets involved in a human trafficking ring. Okay, let’s get this out of the way first – Korean action […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Bang Ui Gang, Chae-Young Lee, Jae-Hoon Choi, Jang Hyuk, Seo-young Lee, Tae-Hyun Cha, The Killer

Terrible Remake Ideas: Past, Present, Future

February 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at ten unnecessary remakes from the past and coming soon that no one asked for… Hollywood is full of interesting and original ideas. Studios are actively looking to pursue new concepts and move away from simply repackaging or updating existing IPs. Okay, I’m fibbing. Hollywood is desperately scraping any old idea they […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Conan the Barbarian, Highlander, Ocean's Eleven, Point Break, Psycho, Road House, RoboCop, The Crow, The Hitcher, The Killer, Total Recall

First look at Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon, David Fincher’s The Killer and much, much more in Netflix’s 2023 preview trailer

January 18, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Netflix has dropped a ‘Save the Dates” trailer for their impressive slate of 2023 offerings, that includes first glimpses at David Fincher’s return to the world of serial-killers with The Killer, Zack Snyder’s sci-fi action film Rebel Moon, David Yates’ big-pharma drama The Pain Hustlers, which stars Chris Evans and Emily Blunt, and sequels to […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: A Family Affair, Extraction 2, Leave the World Behind, Luther: The Fallen Sun, Murder Mystery 2, netflix, rebel moon, The Killer, The Pain Hustlers

The Essential Films of John Woo

November 1, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up an essential John Woo selection… John Woo has been a little quiet of late. There have long been rumours but finally it seems that his The Killer reboot is being produced by Peacock. This comes hot on the heels of his “comeback” movie Silent Night which should be out some time […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Better Tomorrow, Blackjack, Broken Arrow, Bullet in the Head, face/off, Hard Boiled, Hard Target, John Woo, Mission Impossible 2, Red Cliff, The Killer, Windtalkers

Omar Sy to lead John Woo’s reimagining of The Killer

August 8, 2022 by Gary Collinson

Back in May it was announced that legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo is bringing some Heroic Bloodshed to Peacock with an English-language reimagining of his action classic The Killer, and now comes word that Woo has found his lead for the remake. As announced by Peacock and Universal, The Intouchables and Lupin star Omay […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Chow Yun-Fat, John Woo, Peacock, The Killer

John Woo to remake The Killer for Peacock

May 7, 2022 by Gary Collinson

Peacock has wooed John Woo into directing an English language remake of his 1989 Hong Kong action classic The Killer, the streamer has announced. One of Woo’s early heroic bloodshed hits, The Killer saw Chow Yun-Fat starring as an assassin who ends up accidently blinding a nightclub singer on what is meant to be his […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Uncategorized Tagged With: John Woo, Peacock, The Killer

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