Country: South Korea Director: Jeong-beom Lee Starring: Bin Won, Sae-ron Kim, Tae-hoon Kim, Hee-won Kim, Seong-oh Kim, Jong-pil Lee Writer: Jeong-beom Lee Music: Hyun-jung Shim There’s a tough little sub genre of spy films, I like to call the ‘messed with the wrong guy’ spy film. It usually features a band of villains picking on [...]
11May13
The Man From Nowhere (2010)
9May13
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
Country: United States Director: Mike Nichols Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman Writers: Aaron Sorkin (screenplay) / George Crile (book) Music: James Newton Howard Charlie Wilson’s War cops a lot of flack for being revisionist view of America’s involvement (or lack thereof) when the USSR invaded Afghanistan. It’s sort of along [...]
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Tagged Comedy, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks
Tagged Comedy, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks
7May13
Cypher (2002)
Country: United States / Canada Director: Vincenzo Natali Starring: Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu, Nigel Bennett Writer: Brian King Music: Michael Andrews AKA: Brainstorm A film like Cypher is almost impossible to describe in a few short paragraphs – in fact discussing the style, plot twists and machinations, and underlying themes could fill a small book. [...]
17Apr13
Skyfall – Pretitle Sequence
Skyfall was released on DVD and Bluray in Australia, just a few weeks ago, and naturally in that time I have had an opportunity to watch it a few times. And I have to say, it is one of the most enjoyable of all Bond films. But films and books are very different things – [...]
13Apr13
Hearts and Armour (1983)
Country: Italy Starring: Rick Edwards, Barbara De Rossi, Tanya Roberts, Ron Moss, Leigh McClosky, Tony Vogel, Maurizio Nichetti, Zeudi Araya Director: Giacomo Battiato Writer: Giacomo Battiato, Sergio Donatti Cinematographer: Dante Spinotti Music: Cooper and Hughes Producers: Nicola Carraro, Franco Cristaldi Original Title: I Paladini – storia d’armi e d’amori Hearts and Armour is essentially a [...]
11Apr13
The Hand (1981)
Country: United States Starring: Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe, Bruce McGill, Viveca Lindfors, Rosemary Murphy, Mara Hobel Writer: Oliver Stone Director: Oliver Stone Cinematograher: King Baggot Music: James Horner Producer: Edward R. Pressman The great thing about watching a Michael Caine film is that you do not know what you are going to get. [...]
Country: United States Director: Cedric Sundstrom Starring: Michael Dudikoff, David Bradley, James Booth, Dwayne Alexandre, Robin Stille, Ken Gampu, Jody Abrahams, Franz Dobrowsky Writer: David Geeves (James Booth) Music: NictenBroek Sheik Ali Maksood (Ron Smerczak) has a grudge against the West. He also has a nuclear device that will fit into a suitcase (which he [...]
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Tagged American Ninja, David Bradley, Michael Dudikoff, Ninjas
Tagged American Ninja, David Bradley, Michael Dudikoff, Ninjas
21Feb13
Derailed (2002)
Country: Aruba / United States Director: Bob Misiorowski Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tomas, Arana, Laura Harring, Susan Gibney, Lucy Jenner, Jessica Bowman, Kristopher Van Varenberg, John Bishop, Dayton Callie, Jimmy Jean-Louis Editor: Marc Jakubowicz, Fernando Villena Writers: Boaz Davidson, Jace Anderson, Adam Gierasch Cinematographer: Ross W. Clarkson Music: Serge Corbet Producers: Kathy Brayton, Boaz Davidson, [...]
Every Sunday, we’ll be looking at the Harry Palmer series of novels (in which the character doesn’t actually have a name), their author — Len Deighton, the films based on them, the star of those films — Michael Caine, and the television movies that followed, and giving my thoughts on all I encounter. I’ll inevitably [...]
Every Sunday, we’ll be looking at the Harry Palmer series of novels (in which the character doesn’t actually have a name), their author — Len Deighton, the films based on them, the star of those films — Michael Caine, and the television movies that followed, and giving my thoughts on all I encounter. I’ll inevitably [...]
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Tagged Harry Palmer, Len Deighton, Michael Caine, Mister 8, The Ipcress File
Tagged Harry Palmer, Len Deighton, Michael Caine, Mister 8, The Ipcress File
