Great poster. So-so film. “Saving the World Takes a Little Hart and a Big Johnson”. I doubt I have ever passed a film poster before and dissolved into paroxysms of mirth, so this film at least wins one award with me. The story is pretty inconsequential, and used as a framework to build set pieces … Read more
Political dithering and droning In “Air Force One” (1997) Gary Oldman’s hijacking terrorist rebuffs the President’s daughter’s claim that the two are unalike – “Why? Because he does it in a tuxedo with a telephone call and a smart bomb?”. Warfare has changed immeasurably in the last twenty years with the introduction of ever-more ingenious … Read more
I’m a child of the 60’s, and to me as a young boy the films of the 60’s and 70’s that really spoke to me were those involving cars doing dangerous things: Steve McQueen in ‘Bullitt’ tearing round the streets of San Francisco; the Love Bug; the Monte Carlo race in ‘Grand Prix’; Bond’s Lotus … Read more