Most action franchises, if they go on long enough, eventually stray so far from their source material that it's sometimes hard to even see the connective tissue under all the nonsense. Think about the chasm between the first Lethal Weapon and the farcical Lethal Weapon 4, or how Die Hard and whatever the fifth one is called aren't even in … Continue reading The RAMBO Revisit: RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II (1985)

Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood delivers everything you would expect from the pop pastiche auteur. That is to say you have no idea where he is headed, or how he's going to get there. This masterfully-constructed, melancholy ode to a city in which he grew up - a city that has longe since disappeared … Continue reading ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD is a Heartfelt, Hangout Masterpiece