For HCMovieReviews: “The Predator”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi (spoiler free) Over thirty years since the release of the original ‘Predator’ movie, Shane Black returns to the franchise with the latest installment and sequel, ‘The Predator’. Lacking an A-List name to establish ‘The Predator’ as a star vehicle, can the new … Continue reading For HCMovieReviews: “The Predator”

For Ultimate Action Movie Club: “7 Reasons ‘Last Action Hero’ Is Arnold’s Ultimate Cinematic Achievement”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi My debut piece for Ultimate Action Movie Club… My first listicle… My second favourite Schwarzenegger film. View here: http://ultimateactionmovies.com/last-action-hero-1993/ This article’s featured image: By Source, Columbia Pictures, Fair Use, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Last_action_hero_ver2.jpg Continue reading For Ultimate Action Movie Club: “7 Reasons ‘Last Action Hero’ Is Arnold’s Ultimate Cinematic Achievement”

For SetTheTape.com: “Lucid – SCI-FI LONDON Film Festival”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Ah, the trope of the eccentric mentor and his young, naive pupil. Billy Zane (posh guy from Titanic) and Laurie Calvert respectively star as Elliot and Zel in exciting less-than-90-minute adventure, Lucid. Zel is a loner, shy and generally weird. He works … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Lucid – SCI-FI LONDON Film Festival”

For SetTheTape.com: “The Nightshifter – Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi To put it lightly, The Nightshifter (original title Morto Não Fala) is really out there – it’s wild. Ticking all the boxes to be both a hipster’s favourite and cult film, The Nightshifter is world cinema/foreign language, has a distinct colour palette, … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “The Nightshifter – Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “The Bouncer – Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Across his 30+ year career, Jean-Claude Van Damme has been the Kickboxer, the Universal Soldier and the Replicant, but now, in his best lead role since JCVD, he is The Bouncer. Opening with a magnificent following shot of Van Damme’s Lukas, the … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “The Bouncer – Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “8mm – Throwback 20”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi So, what happens when you mix a post-Con Air Nicolas Cage with a post-Batman & Robin Joel Schumacher and a story involving underground porn and snuff films? You have 1999’s 8mm. 20 years on from its release, 8mm is far from being … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “8mm – Throwback 20”

For SetTheTape.com: “The Haunting of Sharon Tate – Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Yes, The Haunting of Sharon Tate IS a real film, and starring none other than Lizzie McGuire star, Hilary Duff, in the titular role. In what is a revisionism of the tragic Manson murders of 50 years ago, this (slightly?) based-on-true-events story … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “The Haunting of Sharon Tate – Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “Payback – Throwback 20”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi On the posters, they said, “Get ready to root for the bad guy”. A remake of the New Hollywood era, John Boorman led Point Blank, starring Lee Marvin, Payback was its stylish 1999 counterpart, dismissive of the motifs displayed back in 1967. … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Payback – Throwback 20”

For SetTheTape.com: “Twins – Throwback 30”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi In Rocky III, Hulk Hogan’s Thunderlips once said “the ultimate male” and “the ultimate meatball” to describe both himself and Rocky Balboa respectively. Fast-forward to 1989 and those two descriptions are perfectly applicable to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Julius Benedict and Danny DeVito’s Vincent … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Twins – Throwback 30”

For SetTheTape.com: “The Mule – Film Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi At the age of 88, four-time Oscar winner Clint Eastwood makes his on screen return in crime drama The Mule, inspired by a New York Times article. Replacing the .44 Magnum (“the most powerful handgun in the world…”) with gardening scissors, Eastwood’s … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “The Mule – Film Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “Backtrace – Film Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Bouncing between franchise revival films and the horrific Escape Plan 2, Sylvester Stallone stars alongside Stranger Things’ Matthew Modine in Backtrace – more appropriately direct-to-the-rubbish-bin than direct-to-video. Backtrace opens during the car journey home after a robbery or heist of sorts, and … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Backtrace – Film Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “Moonwalker – Throwback 30”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Moonwalker, released during the singles run of Michael Jackson’s Bad album, is one of the wildest films of the 1980s. From MJ transforming into a car to Joe Pesci sporting a vertical ponytail, Moonwalker is full of mad sh*t. Sadly, for those … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Moonwalker – Throwback 30”