Action
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Incredibly silly comedy from director Fukuda Yuichi about a high school boy (Suzuki Ryohei) who inherits the twisted perversions of his parents (a masochistic cop and sadistic dominatrix respectively). When… Read More
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Gearing up to go and see the sequel to this amusing if somewhat forgettable animated action comedy, I suddenly discovered that my girlfriend hadn’t seen it. So we sat down… Read More
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Jet Li back doing action? Sounds great, but Badges of Fury proves to be more a goofy comedy for his co-star Wen Zhang than a kung-fu packed homage to old… Read More
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Plagued with problems every step of the way, running vastly overbudget, scraping and totally reshooting the entire third act, losing its core fanbase by largely disgarding Max Brooks’ source novel… Read More
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Andy Lau is part James Bond, part Ethan Hunt in so bad it’s almost worth watching spy thriller. Far and away the year’s most ridiculously stupidly incoherent blockbuster, and it… Read More
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Will Smith continues to create work for his son and heir, Jaden, this time playing on a decimated, post-apocalyptic Earth. As was the case with fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise’s recent… Read More
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Louis LeTerrier delivers an Oceans 11 style caper flick in the world of David Copperfield celebrity magicians, infusing an unashamedly ludicrous plot with enough sparkle, sheen and high energy razzle… Read More
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As someone with tenuous associations to the Alamo Drafthouse, I am somewhat ashamed that it has taken me this long to watch the flagship release of their Drafthouse Films label.… Read More
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As much as anything I selected this title purely for some brainless, Sunday afternoon fun. I understand that it basically lifts its storyline from a recent computer game – Lex… Read More
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Sometimes you just need to seek the comfort of an evergreen classic, and with Shane Black delighting audiences around the world with his box office smash, Iron Man 3, I… Read More
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Taking its lead from the phenomenally successful Fast Five, Furious 6 ploughs forward at law-breaking speed in the franchise’s newfound action movie guise. Gone are the car chases, save for… Read More
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Having never been much of a Star Trek fan, and emotionally underwhelmed by the 2009 re-boot, I had zero expectations from J.J. Abrams’ second outing with the crew of the… Read More
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I had heard decidedly mixed things about Ryu Seung-wan’s latest Korean action thriller, so was pleasantly surprised by this neo-Cold War tale of duplicitous North and South Korean agents working… Read More
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Venturing across the border I sought out the China version of Marvel’s Iron Man 3, complete with added Wang Quexi and Fan Bingbing. Was it worth it? Not at all. Read More
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There is lots to enjoy and plenty to discuss in Shane Black’s new addition to the growing cinematic incarnations of the Marvel Universe. Already breaking records around the world before… Read More
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It has probably been 20 years since I last watched this Eddie Murphy action thriller, but as I settled in for a nostalgic evening with Detectives Foley, Taggart and Rosewood,… Read More
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On this week’s show, Fernando reunites with James in Hong Kong to discuss Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster, Iron Man 3. In order to guide them through the intricacies of The… Read More
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Every now and then I like to treat my girlfriend to a bit of no-nonsense onscreen action, and these days “The Stathe” is often a good bet – especially when… Read More
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