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Movie Review – John Wick (2014)

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John Wick, 2014. Directed by David Leitch and Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane and Lance Reddick. SYNOPSIS: An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. Since that fateful day when Keanu […]

Video Game Review – 5 Star Wrestling

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Tom Jolliffe reviews 5 Star Wrestling… Wrestling has been immensely popular over the last thirty years. Once a bastion of Saturday afternoon entertainment on TV during the 2-3 three channel days, it then became less sport and more entertainment focused. A living, athletic and slightly sweaty soap opera, full of drama, twists, turns and budgie […]

Movie Review – Run All Night (2015)

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Run All Night, 2015. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Boyd Holbrook, Common and Holt McCallany. SYNOPSIS: Mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie: with his estranged son, Mike, whose life is in danger, or his longtime […]

Movie Review – The Ninja Immovable Heart (2014)

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The Ninja Immovable Heart, 2014. Directed by Rob Baard and John Balazs. Starring Danny Glover, Rob Baard, Roger Neave, John Balazs, Cassandra Gava. SYNOPSIS: Reeve is a member of an elite covert group thought not to exist anymore, he is captured, beaten and brutally tortured, by the very Governments he used to work for. With […]

DVD Review – Bloodshot (2013)

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Bloodshot, 2013. Written and Directed by Raoul Girard. Starring Danny Dyer, Keith Allen, Zoe Grisedale, Craig Conway and Jason Durr. SYNOPSIS: A young man who works for horror and action films falls in love with a strange and gorgeous model just arrived from America. However this mysterious woman hides a dark, moving secret in her […]

BFI’s Sci-Fi Season: Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)

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Blade Runner, 1982. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah and Edward James Olmos. SYNOPSIS: A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator. As part of the BFI’s Science Fiction season, […]

Movie Review – The Expendables 3 (2014)

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The Expendables 3, 2014. Directed by Patrick Hughes. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Kellan Lutz, Kelsey Grammer, Glen Powell, Ronda Rousey and Victor Ortiz. SYNOPSIS: Barney augments his team with new blood for a personal battle: to […]

My Favourite Christmas Movie – Rocky IV

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The Flickering Myth writing team count down to Christmas by discussing their favourite festive movies; next up is Tom Jolliffe with Rocky IV…. When considering my favourite Christmas film, my thoughts weren’t first cast to movies about Santa, or Christmas spirit, or a kid left alone by unfit parents to protect the house against Joe […]

Movie Review – The Expendables 2 (2012)

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The Expendables 2, 2012. Directed by Simon West. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Yu Nan and Scott Adkins. SYNOPSIS: After taking on a seemingly simple job, Barney Ross and the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge […]