1930 DIRECTORS: Howard Hughes, James Whale & Edmund Goulding Big budget, elaborate air combat scenes which resulted in several deaths and Gimmick after gimmick... This has to be the Howard Hughes' World War 1 epic, Hell's Angels. Where to begin? Well, we follow the Routledge two brothers as they join the war effort and the… Continue reading HELL’S ANGELS
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WALL STREET
1987 DIRECTOR: Oliver Stone When looking to review a film like this, there are two distinct points of view to take in to a account: The first being the contemporary context. That being that this was made in 1987, at the height of the Wall Street boom and that, at the time, this must have… Continue reading WALL STREET
SING (3D)
2016 DIRECTOR: Christophe Lourdelet & Garth Jennings I admit, I went into this with low expectations. It looked like a karaoke kids movie from an animation studio that I do not rate that highly. But what do I know? Illumination studios have managed to rack up a "Stinker" on this blog with The Lorax (3D) (2012),… Continue reading SING (3D)
007 ~ DANIEL CRAIG
DANIEL CRAIG is Ian Fleming's 007 2006 - 2015 ??? #21 2006 - CASINO ROYALE Directed by Martin Campbell With Die Another Day signing off on Pearce Brosnan's Bond on a low note, well as fans were concerned (though I as not being a particular fan, I found this to be good fun), Casino Royale had… Continue reading 007 ~ DANIEL CRAIG
007 ~ PIERCE BROSNON
PIERCE BROSNON is Ian Fleming's 007 1995 - 2002 #17 1995 - GOLDENEYE Directed by Martin Campbell Bond is back, from a six year hiatus. Reborn and softly rebooted as Pierce Brosnon. The history of Bond is littered with long winded stories about the complicated production issued but suffices to say that Brosnon was long… Continue reading 007 ~ PIERCE BROSNON
007 ~ TIMOTHY DALTON
TIMOTHY DALTON is Ian Fleming's 007 1987 - 1989 #15 1987 - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS Directed by John Glen I am left eating my words as where Timothy Dalton's James Bond is concerned. Since I was a kid, and bare on mind that I was only 9 when The Living Daylights, Dalton's first of two… Continue reading 007 ~ TIMOTHY DALTON
007 ~ ROGER MOORE
ROGER MOORE is Ian Fleming's 007 1973 - 1985 #8 1973 - LIVE AND LET DIE Directed by Guy Hamilton The first of the Roger Moore movies, an era seen by many as the most silly, opens with Taro cards, Voodoo and a massive dose of Blacksploitation. But as the Bond series, now 11 years… Continue reading 007 ~ ROGER MOORE
007 ~ GEORGE LAZENBY
GEORGE LAZENBY is Ian Fleming's 007 1969 #7 1969 - ON HER MAJESTIES SECRET SERVICE Directed by Peter Hunt With Connery quitting the role after six years and five films, it was time, for the 007 franchises first real challenge, to recast Bond. Model George Lazenby wins the role and whether it he ultimately quit… Continue reading 007 ~ GEORGE LAZENBY
007 ~ SEAN CONNERY
SEAN CONNERY is Ian Fleming's 007 1962 - 1967, 1971 & 1983 #1 1962 - DR. NO Directed by Terrence Young The first of the big screen Bond film adaptations would spawn so many of the movie franchises tropes, not least the interpretation of Bond by relative newcomer Sean Connery, who whether he was helped along… Continue reading 007 ~ SEAN CONNERY
POLICE ACADEMY 5: ASSIGNMENT: MIAMI BEACH
1988 STINKER! DIRECTOR: Alan Myerson After four anarchic, gag laden films, the fifth entry into the ever self-referential Police Academy series may have tipped the franchise over the edge. Never claiming to be anything but a broad comedy, the first movie followed the recruits, lead by Steve Gutenberg's Mahony, as they learned the trade, whilst the… Continue reading POLICE ACADEMY 5: ASSIGNMENT: MIAMI BEACH