RONIN (1998)
by Films and cars used to have a love affair that had cooled off a bit during the 80s and 90s. But in 1998 John Frankenheimer, …
FIGHT CLUB (1999)
When FIGHT CLUB hit cinemas in 1999, the world as we knew it was changing. There was no Cold War, pop culture had gained an …
JOKER (2019)
Why are some people fortunate and others miserable? What makes some prosper but most despair? And what defines good and bad people. Seeing the bigger …
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT (2006)
It is safe to say only a chosen few could’ve expected the staggering success of the FAST & FURIOUS franchise when it debuted. The first …
IT: CHAPTER TWO (2019)
Praise was high when Stephen King’s IT returned to cinemas in 2017 making use of latest special effects and cinematic trends. Split in two parts, the …
BATMAN (1989)
Back in the 80s, superheroes weren’t ubiquitous in cinema just yet. The beginning of the all-conquering comic book adaptation wave at the start of the …
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2019)
Only film geeks prefer the making-off documentary on APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) over the actual film. In fact, only film geeks have seen it. But when …
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (2009)
The vast majority of films on WWII have been made as plausible and accurate accounts of what has been or could’ve been. Expanding the boundaries …
JAY’s ABATTOIR: a hard-boiled novel
SILENCE FOLLOWED PURGATORY. IT WAS EVEN MORE DEAFENING THAN THE NOISE OF THREE TOMMY GUNS DISCHARGING ALL THEIR FIFTY BULLETS EACH AT RAPID FIRE… The …
THE MUMMY (1999)
It is often difficult for audiences to match a film with the producing studio. Actors, directors and screenwriters appear much more influential than the enormous …