Hard Times There may be no more enigmatic figure in the history of cinema than that of Charles Bronson. A guy who (even moreso than John Wayne) played all of his roles with a personality that matched his own real life one and was likewise known as being a straight shooting, no bullshit type that […]
Hard To Kill The Legend Of Steven Seagal is one that bears reminding even after his endless slew of recent direct to video action movies. Raised in the Far East and trained from childhood in the martial arts, he came to Hollywood with a shadowy past and a specialized mastery of both the Aikido and […]
Hardcore If anyone thinks that the world of hardcore pornography is bad in this day and age as it proudly records billions of dollars worth of profit on an annual basis, then they should see what the “adult industry” was like in the 1970s, a decadent wasteland where everyone involved were sketchy types at best […]
Harlem Nights After proving without a doubt that he was the undisputed box office champion of 80s movie comedy (with an output that was considerably less than most of his contemporaries like Chevy Chase), Eddie Murphy was finally given the chance to direct his own film, no expense being spared, no subject matter off limits. […]
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone In many ways, it’s hard not to appreciate the many production aspects of what went into a film like this (the first in the series from 2001): The special effects, costume design, cinematography, art direction, editing, and most anything else you can name are all top-notch, right down to […]
Hart’s War It’s probably never a good idea when you cast Colin Farrell, that most non-masculine of actors whose apparent “stardom” continues to cause this viewer a great deal of bewilderment, in what’s supposed to be a tough, gritty war film about the lives of American soldiers in a WWII POW camp. That, plus a […]
Heat In the history of Oscar Screwjobs, obviously that while it is well known that such things happen every year, it’s maybe once a decade that one occurs of such monumental proportions, that it casts shame and doubt upon the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences that can never, ever be erased. Such was […]
Heathers In the long gone era known as the 80s, a man named John Hughes managed to successfully bottle teen angst and sell it on the mass marketplace, making a legend for himself and giving teenagers an antidote for their anxieties to this day. But there was one movie from 1988 NOT made by Hughes […]