Da 5 Bloods, 2020. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, Jean Reno, Jonathan Majors, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Clarke Peters, Mélanie Thierry, Norm Lewis, and Van Veronica Ngo. SYNOPSIS: Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of […]
Video Review – Da 5 Bloods (2020)
EJ Moreno reviews the new Spike Lee Joint, Da 5 Bloods… Spike Lee is back with another powerful, thought-provoking film. This time, he tackles PTSD and the Vietnam War with Da 5 Bloods. Going straight to Netflix allows Spike Lee to create one of his most experimental and brutal films in quite some time. There’s […]
Movie Review – Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Da 5 Bloods, 2020. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, Jean Reno, Jonathan Majors, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Clarke Peters, Mélanie Thierry, Norm Lewis, and Van Veronica Ngo. SYNOPSIS: Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of […]
A Double Hit of Luc Besson Assassin Films: Nikita and Leon
Tom Jolliffe double bills Luc Besson’s Nikita and Leon… Think back to the 90’s. A transitional time for action films. It was also an era that saw a French director hit it big in Hollywood. Then think about the best assassin films of the decade. Chances are when piling up candidates, you’re likely to have […]
Movie Review – Waiting for Anya (2020)
Waiting for Anya, 2020. Directed by Ben Cookson. Starring Anjelica Huston, Jean Reno, Thomas Kretschmann, Sadie Frost, Noah Schnapp, Elsa Zylberstein, Urs Rechn, Lukas Sauer, Tómas Lemarquis, Nicholas Rowe, Gilles Marini. Joséphine de La Baume, William Abadie, Jean-François Balmer, and Frederick Schmidt. SYNOPSIS: During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the […]
Jean Reno and Sarah Lind star in trailer for action thriller Cold Blood
With less than a month to go until Cold Blood arrives in cinemas and on VOD, Screen Media has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming action thriller. Written and directed by Frederic Petitjean, the films stars Jean Reno as a hitman who has to choose to risk his own life to save an […]
Katie Holmes to star with Jean Reno in female-led action thriller Doorman
Variety is reporting that Katie Holmes and Jean Reno have signed on to star in the female-led action thriller Doorman, which is set to be helmed by Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura (Downrange). The film, penned by Lior Chefetz, Joe Swanson and Harry Winer from a story by Greg Williams and Matt McAllester, follows “an officer in the […]
Blu-ray Review – Ronin (1998)
Ronin, 1998. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Sean Bean, Michael Lonsdale, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, and Skipp Sudduth. SYNOPSIS: A group of mercenaries are hired by Irish terrorists to retrieve a case to stop it falling into Russian hands. In case you didn’t know, ronin are Samurai warriors whose […]
Movie Review – The Promise (2017)
The Promise, 2017. Directed by Terry George. Starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez-Cacho, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Numan Acar, Michael Stahl-David, Rade Šerbedžija, Abel Folk, Andrew Tarbet, Angela Sarafyan, Armin Amiri, Tom Hollander, Jean Reno, and James Cromwell. SYNOPSIS: Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a […]
Movie Review – The Sweeney: Paris (2015)
The Sweeney: Paris, 2015. Directed by Benjamin Rocher. Starring Karl Amoussou, Féodor Atkine, Jakob Cedergren,Stefi Clema, Oumar Diaw, Alban Lenoir, Jess Liaudin, Caterina Murino, Thierry Neuvic, Sabrina Ouazani, .and Jean Reno SYNOPSIS: A ragtag squad of French cops, whose old-fashioned protocol infuriates the commissioner, recognises a series of bank and jewellery heists that have the hallmarks of […]
