Action… Movie #11 2021: Calm With Horses (2019) 17 Jan 202112 Jan 2021 Fancy a punch in the gut? Look no further. Calm With Horses is the feature length directorial debut from Nick Rowland. Set in rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong (Cosmo…
Action… Movie #10 2021: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 16 Jan 202112 Jan 2021 Surprise! I went back-to-back Indiana Jones on you. Although, I am yet to see The Last Crusade, so bear with me on that one... As with Raiders of the Lost…
Action… Movie #9 2021: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 15 Jan 202110 Jan 2021 Nope, I've never seen a single Indiana Jones movie before in my life. Don't be surprised though - I'd never seen a single Star Wars movie before 2016 either. (Don't…
Action… Movie #6 2021: The Long Goodbye (1973) 12 Jan 20216 Jan 2021 Robert Altman is a director that has so far eluded me. Whilst his 1975 musical comedy-drama Nashville is top of my watchlist, it never seems to be available anywhere, so…
Action… Movie #3 2021: Carlito’s Way (1993) 9 Jan 20215 Jan 2021 One day, I will have watched every single Al Pacino film. There's no secret that he's one of my favourite actors of all time, and I gain yet another knot…
Action… Movie #366 2020: Tenet (2020) 31 Dec 202030 Dec 2020 Here it is: the only blockbuster of the entire year to be released in cinemas. And what a risk that was. Although it only made a 'modest' $162 million in…
Action… Movie #361 2020: Now You See Me (2013) 27 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 I suppose you could label this movie 'Films to Watch Over Christmas With Your Teenage Kids'. It's not 'childish' enough for them to not want to watch it, and it's…
Action… Movie #360 2020: Speed (1994) 26 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Well, that's Christmas over and done with. I do hope you all had a lovely day considering the circumstances. Does that mean the end of the Christmas film at The…
Action… Movie #349 2020: Last Action Hero (1993) 14 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Oh, Arnie. Back he is again, with more of his action shenanigans. Last Action Hero is an action parody movie of sorts. Well, it's a movie within a movie that…
Action… Movie #329 2020: Patriot Games (1992) 25 Nov 202024 Nov 2020 With all the election excitement this year, I was completely glued to CNN. And after that week long hoo-ha surrounding Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin etc etc, I had no idea…
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