“Some of the most refreshing aspects of Ghost Protocol are the ways in which it defies so many of the accepted conventions of modern action movies, most of which can probably be attributed to Bird’s economic and meticulous mise en scène.”
SF & Fantasy · Thrillers & Action
“Most of the major speaking roles are indeed pwned by people without color, to put it indelicately. But the rest are thankfully brought to life by a rainbow coalition of talent.”
Crime · Silents · Thrillers & Action
“The shadow of Mabuse falls over the 1926 Soviet adventure serial Miss Mend, too, but without the angst and gloom of Lang’s Der Spieler.”
Don’t worry or question; just consume – oh, and kill
Reviews · Thrillers & Action · War
“Tarantino thus concedes some of his omnipotence to the medium he so deftly manipulates.”
“This is the World War II film confronting its Jungian shadow, acknowledging its darkest impulses and finally purging them.”
“What is this New York-ness?”
“To be a star, or thought of as a star, was not enough.”
“We have all the time in the world” A cult audience was [. . .] recruited when the National Film Theatre ran a season of Bond films in 1980. Of[…]
Asian · Essays · Exploitation & Erotica · Thrillers & Action
Rescuing feminism from rape and queer theory
Characters · Essays · Genres · Thrillers & Action
In which Lazenby, like Lazarus, is resurrected, along with the movie
“Into the 21st century, son. This is how wars are gonna be fought and life is gonna be lived.” 1967 was a fascinating year for thrillers. John Boorman sent Lee[…]
Reviews · Silents · Thrillers & Action
Please pay attention to the madmen behind the curtain “You have no existence except as my tool. The individual has no being except insofar as he is part of a[…]
Crime · Reviews · Thrillers & Action
Scorsese’s wiseguy gangsters as modern-day knights errant In medieval times there were no countries and few strong kings. Monks hid in fortress monasteries while marauding knights brutalized the peasants. Most[…]
A bottle of “Black & Beautiful” hair dye gives Harrison Ford his ticket to the demimonde When I saw The Fugitive, I watched it with a particularly critical eye. Earlier,[…]
