I’m just about old enough to remember the Edward Woodward television programme, The Equalizer, a drama about a former intelligence operative who acts as a private avenger saving downtrodden New Yorkers from various evil-doers. For the late 80s the show was remarkably violent…
Olympus Has Fallen
17 April 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s a relatively common event for films to come out in pairs – when one studio has an idea for a blockbuster movie you can bet a rival studio is having the same idea at the same time. Asteroid disaster movies Armageddon and Deep Impact were both released in 1998, volcano films Volcano and Dante’s Peak were both 1997…
Brooklyn’s Finest
9 September 2011 by Leave a Comment
I quite like choosing movies ‘blind’. That means I look at what’s on special offer and buy any which look interesting – if they’re cheap they’re often worth a punt. That’s how I got hold of Brooklyn’s Finest.