The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

I really only knew this Cold War-era psychological thriller from the peripherals of my pop culture awareness, with the closest association I DID have being Tony Scott’s fascinating cinematic failure of 2005, Domino, which was a HIGHLY fictionalized account of the true-life bounty hunting exploits of Manchurian co-star Laurence Harvey’s badass (and unfortunately deceased before […]

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Or, as the onscreen title proclaims it – David Lean’s Film of Doctor Zhivago For years, the only relation I had with Doctor Zhivago was the title’s prominent usage in my Second Favourite Movie Ever – True Romance (1993), inserted by Quentin Tarantino and Tony Scott as a clandestine place-holder for character conversations revolving around […]

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)

For those who didn’t want to dive into that original Den of Thieves review from years gone by, I can summarize it this way – when I first opted to check that first installment out on the Big Screen, very much on a whim, I’d gone in with next to no expectations. However, much like […]

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)

If that title is posed as a question, I say – Die. A lot. As a brand that has now CLEARLY outstayed it’s welcome, the smart move on the part of long-time series super-producer and franchise champion Jerry Bruckheimer (Black Hawk Down) would be to take these Bad Boys out to the pasture and quickly […]