Category Archives: Action

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For review

Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, adapting Frank Miller's series of graphic novels I wonder if there's a best before date for sequels. Perhaps if more than five years passes since the original's release, any plans for a sequel should be scrapped. Can anyone tell me about a sequel that showed up more than five…Read More

Lucy review

Written and directed by Luc Besson I don't think I've ever used the word "gawp" in one of my reviews, but here we go: I couldn't help but repeatedly gawp at the screen while watching Lucy. Early on, French director Luc Besson feels it necessary to splice a stock footage of a mouse approaching a…Read More

Snowpiercer review

Directed by Joon-ho Bong, written by Bong and Kelly Masterson, based on the graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, and Jean-Marc Rochette In the sea of summer releases—many loud, over-budgeted and over-marketed—it's sometimes easy to miss a gem that only gets shown in a few cinemas in North America before settling into…Read More

Edge of Tomorrow review

Directed by Doug Liman | Written by Christopher McQuarrie, and Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, adapting Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel All You Need Is Kill. Things I've learned about the source material for Edge of Tomorrow since I experienced — no, was assaulted by — the film last night at the Bayer's Lake IMAX: Author Sakurazaka named…Read More