100 Words or Less Games – Canabalt (Steam Version)

Title – Canabalt Genre – Action, Indie Developer – Finji , Kittehface Software Publisher – Finji Release Date – 30 Apr, 2015 Platform – PC (Steam) Review – You probably remember Canabalt. You can go play it for free right now. But is it worth paying for? Well, yes, I think it is. The game itself is excellent, a crazy one-button game […]

100 Words or Less – 3000 Miles to Graceland

Title – 3000 Miles to Graceland Released – 2001 Director – Demian Lichtenstein Starring – Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater Review – In a word: unpleasant. 3KMTG is weird, horrible in every way yet exceptionally entertaining. The cast is amazing, the action is hyperviolent and explosive and the Elvis impersonations are spot-on. It’s over the top and unsure what […]

CeX Review – Fury

This is my review of the excellent Fury I wrote for CeX. Fury (2014) Review Out now on DVD and Blu-ray we have Fury. A film the quote on the case says is “the best war film since Saving Private Ryan and Platoon”. That’s lofty praise. Does Fury live up to it? Fury follows an American tank crew […]

100 Words or Less – Basic

Title – Basic Released – 2003 Director – John McTierman Starring – John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson Review – Basic should have been awesome. John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson? John McTierman? At least it should have been goofy fun. And it is for the most part, at least up until the last 15 minutes. Never before have I […]

100 Words or Less – Edge of Tomorrow

Title – Edge of Tomorrow (or ‘Live Die Repeat’ I can’t keep track) Released – 2014 Director – Doug Liman Starring – Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton Review – Edge of Tomorrow captures the feeling of playing video games, you fail, die and respawn. It probably speaks to a certain group of people, and it is excellent. Tom Cruise […]

100 Word or Less – The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

Title – The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Released – 2002 Director – John Stainton Starring – Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, David Wenham Review- The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course is a weird movie. Half wildlife documentary (basically Steve Irwin’s show from the early 2000’s) and half zany spy thriller. And y’know what? It sort of works. Steve Irwin plays a fictional […]

100 Words or Less – Walking Tall

Title – Walking Tall Released – 2004 Director – Kevin Bray Starring – Dwayne Johnson, Johnny Knoxville, Michael Bowen. Review – Do you smell what the Rock is cooking? Something awesome apparently as he beats up a whole group of guys armed with nothing more than a bit of wood. Walking Tall is a surprisingly well-made action/revenge film that […]

100 Words or Less – Safe

Title – Safe Released – 2012 Director – Boaz Yakin Starring – Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon Review – Jason Statham goes up against the Russian mafia, Triads and dirty cops in order to save a super clever little girl, Mei, in this surprisingly good action thriller. Full of awesome shootouts and some really brutal fistfights, Safe reminds us that Statham […]

100 Words or Less – Hitman

Title – Hitman Released – 2007 Director – Xavier Gens Starring – Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko. Review – By far the best video game adaptation, though that’s not saying much, Hitman has a great cast and some really kickass shootouts. Based on the amazing game series it’s fun seeing Agent 47 on film (though movie 47 lacks the stealth of […]

100 Words or Less – Once a Thief

Title – Once a Thief Released – 1991 Director – John Woo Starring – Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Kenneth Tsang. Review – A ‘crime caper’ by John Woo. Like The Killer or Hard Boiled but with more comedy. Comedy which often fails to translate. But even the failed jokes are hilarious in their own way. Seeing Chow Yun-Fat throwing a baby is funny […]