Director John McTiernan’s 1992 adventure stars a pony-tailed Sean Connery as Dr Robert Campbell, a drug company’s eccentric scientist who has discovered a cure for cancer in the South America tropical rain forests, but he cannot replicate […]
Director Frank Borzage’s 1937 drama Mannequin is the only pairing of Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy, which is a great shame because they are so good together. Crawford is comfortably cast in her tailor-made regular […]
Writer/ producer/ cinematographer/ director Peter Hyams’s entertaining, undervalued sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was expertly delivered by the film-maker to an underwhelmed public. A beautifully crafted movie, it was nominated for five Oscars – Best […]
Director Peter Hyams’s exciting 1999 Sci-fi thriller stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, still in his prime as he takes on his biggest foe yet – Satan – played with great aplomb by Gabriel Byrne. Schwarzenegger’s character Jericho […]
Director Peter Hyams’s 1988 The Presidio is routine action stuff, though the movie is sparked up by Sean Connery’s gruffly winning performance and some lively chases. But just what happened to Larry Ferguson screenplay? It […]
Skillfully written and directed by Peter Hyams (The Presidio), this invigorating 1977 action adventure thriller supposes that NASA’s first manned mission to Mars is actually an American Government hoax simulated in a TV studio. But […]
Director Dante Lam [Lin Chaoxian]’s spectacular real-life Chinese battle movie Operation Red Sea is absolutely brilliantly staged at great cost ($70,000,000) and on an epic scale (140 minutes). Despite its positive and up-beat nature, the […]
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