Tom Jolliffe takes on a double bill of overlooked thrillers from 1993 with Trespass and Judgment Night… 1993 was an odd year for movies. Looking back, there wasn’t a big selection of instant classics that might immediately jump out at you for their potential longevity. Some of the more pop culture films of the year […]
Shout! Factory brings Streets of Fire to 4K Ultra HD
Shout! Factory has announced that writer-director Walter Hill’s cult 1984 neo-noir rock musical Streets of Fire is set for 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Edition release this March; check out the cover artwork and details below… Amid a brooding rock & roll landscape, the Bombers motorcycle gang, led by the vicious Raven Shaddock (Willem Dafoe, John […]
Movie Review – Dead for a Dollar (2022)
Dead for a Dollar, 2022. Directed by Walter Hill. Starring Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Hamish Linklater, Benjamin Bratt, Guy Burnet, Brandon Scott, Scott Peat, Warren Burke, Luis Chávez, Gabriela Alicia Ortega, Jackamoe Buzzell, J.D. Garfield, Shawn-Caulin Young, Vic Browder, Alfredo Quiroz, Diane Villegas, Herman Johansen, and Fidel Gomez. SYNOPSIS: 1897. Dead for a […]
Trailer for Walter Hill’s new western Dead for a Dollar starring Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe and Rachel Brosnahan
Ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this coming Tuesday, a poster and trailer have been released for the western thriller Dead for a Dollar. Directed by legendary filmmaker Walter Hill, the film stars Christoph Waltz as a famed bounty hunter who encounters his sworn enemy (Willem Dafoe), an outlaw who he […]
Blu-ray Review – Extreme Prejudice (1987)
Extreme Prejudice, 1987. Directed by Walter Hill. Starring Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside, Rip Torn, William Forsythe, Clancy Brown, Marco Rodriguez. SYNOPSIS: A Texas Ranger ranger and a drug kingpin who used to be friends find themselves going up against one another. In Extreme Prejudice, Texas Ranger John Benteen (Nick Nolte) […]
Blu-ray Review – Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Another 48 Hrs., 1990. Directed by Walter Hill. Starring Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Brion James, Andrew Divoff, and Ed O’Ross. SYNOPSIS: Paramount has followed up its remastered Blu-ray release of 48 Hrs. with the same treatment for the underwhelming sequel, Another 48 Hrs., for its high-def debut. Like the first film, the sequel only has […]
Blu-ray Review – 48 Hrs. (1982)
48 Hrs., 1982. Directed by Walter Hill Starring Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O’Toole, James Remar, Sonny Landham, and David Patrick Kelly. SYNOPSIS: Eddie Murphy’s break-out hit 48 Hrs. arrives again on Blu-ray, this time sporting greatly improved image quality thanks to a new 4K remaster, along with two new bonus features. It’s a worthwhile […]
Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe to star in Western drama Dead For a Dollar from director Walter Hill
Deadline reports that Christoph Waltz (Spectre) and Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse) will star together in the Western drama Dead For a Dollar from The Warriors director Walter Hill. The film will see Waltz as a bounty hunter and Dafoe as an outlaw who Waltz previously sent to prison. Dead For a Dollar will be written by Hill and Matt Harris. […]
Three Rs with Arnold Schwarzenegger: Raw Deal, Red Heat and The Running Man
Tom Jolliffe looks back at three Rs from Arnold Schwarzenegger in Raw Deal, Red Heat and The Running Man… If you’re a physical media hound with a penchant for alphabetizing, who also happens to be a Schwarzenegger fan, chances are you’ll have three great Arnie flicks in close proximity to each other. In Arnold chronology […]
Seconds with Eddie Murphy: Beverly Hills Cop 2 and Another 48 Hours
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Eddie Murphy’s first two sequels, Beverly Hills Cop 2 and Another 48 Hours… With Eddie Murphy hitting the comeback trail recently, and venturing back to sequel territory with Coming 2 America, now’s a good time to look back at the beginnings of The Murphy Sequel. The standup comedian turned actor […]
