"Tomorrow Never Dies" is a great Bond flick, much better than many others in the series and after watching it, its success is hardly surprising. The movie skillfully puts the finger on contemporary issues and presents us with a Bond that is more real and touchable than ever, substantially r...
Tomorrow Never Dies: Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. With Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher. James Bond sets out to stop a media mogul's plan to induce a war between China and the United Kingdom.
Martial arts specialist Michelle Yeoh gives Wai Lin an explosive on-screen presence in "Tomorrow Never Dies". Wai Lin is James Bond's opposite number in the Chinese People's External Security Force. She has access to her own version of Q-Branch equipped with the latest spy gadgets, including...
Edge of Tomorrow: Directed by Doug Liman. With Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton. A man fighting in a war against aliens must relive the same day every time he dies until he can find a way to stop their power source with the help of a
All this time, Cage has been promoting one heroic soldier and that’s“Sergeant Rita Vrataski”(Emily Blunt) who he will eventually encounter on the battlefield. Yes, he’s thrown right into battle, and let’s just say that things don’t work out too well. He dies, and then he dies...
Things have a way of clarifying in the face of imminent death. In “She Dies Tomorrow,” there is no collective experience. People do not huddle together for comfort. Contagion brings isolation (this has eerie resonance with what the world is going through right now). When you face death,...
+No slapsticky/manga style violence or humor (never really enjoyed it in the jdorama which is one of the main reasons I dropped the jdorama) +Because of the above, it feels more realistic instead of a caricature of real life. Things I thought could be improved: -Shim Eun Kyung's perf...
(this is one of those science fiction films in which soldiers wear clumping bionic suits festooned with machine guns and other weapons) he dies on the battlefield. Then he wakes up and starts all over. Then he dies again and starts over again. He always knows he’s been here before, ...
Lives, Dies, Repeats on 4K Ultra HD Doug Liman’s sci-fi action thriller remains one of the most enjoyable American blockbusters of the previous decade. Tom Cruise has never had, nor has he really needed, a McConaissance-style regeneration at any point in his privileged career path. ...
and tight-ass George Michaelesque jeans all scream 1980s. Part of the appeal of “The Killer,”“Hardboiled,” and even “ABT” is their timelessness. With a few exceptions, these films — and other greats like a “A Hero Never Dies” and anything by Wong Kar Wai — don’t FEEL lik...