Cowboys & Aliens (2011) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Ingredients for anticipated success: take a director, John Favreau, with a couple of smash hits and proven way of contouring …
Action Film
When Eight Bells Toll (1971) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Long before The Silence of the Lambs (1991) finally made him a household name, Anthony Hopkins had built a formidable …
Thor (2011) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Kenneth Branagh’s reassertion of his claim to a place in the movie mainstream after some notable failures to make good …
Attack the Block (2011) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
A more timely film in late 2011 is hard than this enthusiastic paean to the untapped potential of miscreant British …
Ironclad (2011) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Bloody, vigorous, and as subtle as a mace in the face, Jonathan English’s third feature film is a balls-and-all parade …
The Viking Queen (1967) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
The Viking Queen was described by Hammer Films historian Marcus Hearn as the daftest work the studio ever produced, so …
Machete (2010) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Robert Rodriguez can, when he wants to, make excellent, funny, tongue-in-cheek action-adventure films. More often than not, however, he slaps …
The Beastmaster (1982) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Directed by Don Coscarelli, straight off the cult success of his no-budget horror epic Phantasm (1979), The Beastmaster is, in …
Black Rain (1989) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
After the sluggish box office of Blade Runner (1982) and the painful failure of Legend (1985), Ridley Scott crawled his way …
Salt (2010) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Angelina Jolie’s struggle to find a career niche, in spite of, and because of, her colossal magazine-cover stardom, has led …
