Speed: Runaway Bus
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Photo: 20th Century Fox Here’s a now classic action movie that does its darnedest to make you stay away from public transportation. It starts with…
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Sean Boswell (Lucas Black), a 17-year-old juvenile delinquent, is left with a choice: either do time in prison or go to Japan and live with his strict father. That’s the…
Live Free or Die Hard
The FBI finds itself under cyber attack and John McClane (Bruce Willis) is ordered to pick up Matt Farrell (Justin Long), a brilliant hacker who might have something to do…
Terminator 2: Batting for the Other Team
Edward Furlong and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Photo: Tri-Star Pictures I was certainly part of the target audience for this film when it came out in 1991. I was 15 and the…
Terminator: The Deadly Energizer Rabbit
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Photo: Orion Pictures James Cameron has fought hard for The Terminator. He claims that the idea for the film came to him in a dream, but few question…
Spider-Man 3
Life is sweet for Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), but there’s clouds on the horizon in the shape of heartbreak, a strange force from outer space, and new villains. Spidey has…
The Matrix: Rage Against the Machines
Carrie-Anne Moss and Keanu Reeves. Photo: Warner When Larry and Andy Wachowski were working as screenwriters on a film called Assassins (1995), they showed producer Joel Silver another script. He…
Spider-Man 2: Doc Ock Rocks
Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. Photo: Columbia There are so many things to admire about the sequel to Spider-Man (2002), but I can’t help being fascinated by who wrote it.…
Spider-Man: Honing the Craft
Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing For many years, “Spider-Man” was a dream that many wanted to turn into reality. Several independent studios were interested in the…
Die Hard: Terror in a Highrise
Bruce Willis. Photo: 20th Century Fox Where would Bruce Willis be without this film? In 1988, he had spent several years charming viewers as a private eye on the hit…