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10 Essential Action Movies of 1996

March 4, 2026 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s stunts aplenty with spinning kicks and punches, as we travel back to 1996 with these essential action movies… The action movie landscape of 1996 was pretty interesting. It saw a noticeable shift in the genre, stepping noticeably away from the previous decade and early 90s reliance on muscle-bound heroes. The beefy big boys like […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Black Mask, Broken Arrow, Daylight, Eraser, Executive Decision, First Strike, Glimmar Man, Maximum Risk, Mission: Impossible, Riot, Sabotage, Silent Trigger, Sworn To Justice, the long kiss goodnight, The Quest, The Rock, The Sweeper, White Tiger

7 Kick-Ass Female-Led Action Movies

April 23, 2025 by Casey Chong

Casey Chong with seven female-led action movies that are worth your time… Action movies may have been traditionally dominated by men but the opposite sex have also had their fair share of notable efforts. From Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley taking down the Xenomorphs in the Alien movies to Uma Thurman’s The Bride slicing and dicing her […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies Tagged With: Angelina Jolie, Atomic Blonde, Bridget Fonda, Charlize Theron, Cutthroat Island, Doomsday, Geena Davis, Hanna, Point of No Return, Rhona Mitra, Salt, saoirse ronan, the long kiss goodnight

Blu-ray Review – The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

August 26, 2025 by Brad Cook

The Long Kiss Goodnight, 1996. Directed by Renny Harlin. Starring Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox, and David Morse. SYNOPSIS: This Blu-ray is a reissue of the one Warner Bros. released in 2011. Unfortunately, it doesn’t include any bonus features, although there is a 4K Ultra HD put out by […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Brian Cox, Craig Bierko, David Morse, Geena Davis, Patrick Malahide, Renny Harlin, Samuel L. Jackson, shane black, the long kiss goodnight

An Action Christmas: Ten Action Movies Set At Christmas

December 24, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up ten action films set at Christmas… It’s time to pull your cracker and polish your baubles. Yep, Christmas is upon us. This means a festive period with a watch list of decidedly Christmassy films. By law we’ll all be watching Home Alone, The Snowman and It’s a Wonderful Life. Christmas is […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Christmas Rush, Cobra, Dark Angel, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Invasion USA, Lethal Weapon, Project Shadowchaser II, Riot, the long kiss goodnight

Great Female Assassin Movies That Will Leave You Shaken!

September 1, 2021 by Red Stewart

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, […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: Atomic Blonde, colombiana, Hanna, kill bill, lady snowblood, Marvelous Videos, Ms.45, naked weapon, nikita, Salt, The Assassin, the long kiss goodnight, The Villainess

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