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Tag Archives: Action Movies
Juxtaposin’: First-Person Shooters
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:
Posted in Computers, Games, Movies, Trends
Tagged Action Movies, Chad Stahelski, doom, John Wick 2, Juxtaposin', keanu reeves, lame contemporary movies, Video Games
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Notes on “The Last of the Mohicans”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This 1936 adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s frontier classic was directed by George B. Seitz, a veteran of the silent serials, and in its simplicity and rat-a-tat pacing it’s likely to appeal most to young boys … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Action Movies, Film, George B. Seitz, James Fenimore Cooper, movies, Philip Dunne, Randolph Scott, The Last of the Mohicans
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Super-Hero Fatigue is Real: My Thoughts on “Avengers: Age of Ultron”
Sax von Stroheim writes: Back in 2008, A.O. Scott wrote a think piece about how, in the wake of movies like The Dark Knight, which, according to him, took the genre as far as it could go, audiences were going … Continue reading
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Seen today, the most notable aspect of the 1982 “The Road Warrior” is its starkness. It’s built on simple cues and oppositions, and many of its visuals have the it’s-all-there eloquence of comic book panels. Even … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Action Movies, charlize theron, Film, George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road, movies, Tom Hardy
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Notes on “First Blood”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The 1982 “First Blood” has much in common with the Kirk Douglas vehicle “Lonely Are the Brave,” made 20 years earlier. The heroes of both movies are veterans and pariahs, and they duke it out with … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Action Movies, Film, First Blood, movies, Rambo, Sylvester Stallone, Ted Kotcheff
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Trolling Movie Critics
Sax von Stroheim writes: I thought Mad Max: Fury Road was a well-made action movie, but that it was wildly overpraised by critics and movie geeks. A wise friend said: “Give nerds an opportunity to think their tastes are sophisticated … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Action Movies, Feminism, George Miller, Joe Dante, Mad Max, Michael Bay
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Notes on “John Wick”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As John Wick, the titular assassin of the 2014 action film, Keanu Reeves has a grave physicality. He moves like he has weights in his shoes, and his face, always beautiful, has a hardness, like it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Action Movies, Chad Stahelski, Film, John Wick, keanu reeves, movies
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Notes on “Vendetta of a Samurai”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Kazuo Mori’s semi-satirical action flick pops the bubble of valor surrounding the samurai genre. Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura – they’d later be featured in “The Seven Samurai” – play best friends who find themselves on opposite … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Action Movies, Akira Kurosawa, Film, Japan, Kazuo Mori, movies, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Vendetta of a Samurai
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“Pacific Rim”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Pacific Rim” comes across as a dream project for director Guillermo del Toro, his chance to blow his geek-visionary load while fireworks explode on the soundtrack. The concept is suitably awesome: giant robots battle giant monsters in an apocalyptic … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Movies, Technology
Tagged Action Movies, cgi, Film, Guillermo del Toro, Ishiro Honda, Michael Bay, movies, Pacific Rim, Ray Harryhausen, Science Fiction, special effects, Transformers
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“Parker”
Paleo Retiree writes: Jason Statham and J-Lo directed by Taylor Hackford, in an adaptation of one of Donald Westlake’s “Parker” novels. For me the film straddled the line between “an OK watch” and “an unfortunate misfire.” It’s full of lively … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Movies, donald westlake, J-Lo, Jason Statham, movies, Taylor Hackford
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