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[Bea’s Reviews] Big Trouble In Little China [1986]

“When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol’ Jack Burton always says at a time like that: ‘Have ya paid your dues, Jack?’ ‘Yessir, the check is in the mail.’ Continue reading →

[Bea’s Reviews] Assault On Precinct 13 [1976]

“Got a smoke?” Continue reading →

[A.J and Bea’s Review Exchange] Die Hard With A Vengeance [1995] by Bea Harper

Dir.: John McTiernan Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Irons *Correction: The Rodney King incident took place in 1991 and the L.A Riots took place in 1992. Ahhhh, this movie. THIS. MOVIE. Die Hard With A Vengeance is my chicken soup, my rainbow, my hot chocolate on a cold, bone-chattering night. John McClane … Continue reading →

[A.J and Bea’s Review Exchange] Friday The 13th VI: Jason Lives [1986] by Bea Harper

Dir.: Tom McLoughlin Starring: Jason Voorhees Well, strictly speaking from my personal perspective and not as a huge Jason fan, this game-changer from 1986 did not just firmly state Jase was more than human, he was practically immortal. With a healthy snog on the mouth of classic Universal horror combined with self-referential cheese and surprisingly … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper

Published: 2013 Publisher: Penguin Although Forsaken still holds it’s position of being the zenith of Bowden’s compelling Assassin’s Creed adaptations, Black Flag is still enormously fun. Edward Kenway is an interesting creature, and while at his core he is a good man, it takes nothing short of several self-inflicted tragedies for him to realise. In … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] The Good, The Bad And The Ugly [1966]

Dir.: Sergio Leone Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach Sprawling views of a dead yet living landscape, extreme close up of desperate, savage eyes, pregnant pauses before moments of terrible violence and an unflinching majesty in a symphony of death, I just could not be as verbose as others who have also … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Assassin’s Creed: Forsaken [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper

Published: 2012 Publisher: Penguin Praise be to Grandmaster Haytham Edward Kenway, great be his name, considerable his wisdom and damn sexy be his face. May the Father of Understanding guide us. Undoubtedly the best of Bowdens’ adaptations of the Assassin’s Creed series not just in terms of character but also plot, despite being an agent … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Assassins’ Creed: Revelations [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper

Published: 2011 Publisher: Penguin The swan song of Ezio Auditore is all heart, but with very little purpose otherwise. While undoubtedly a personal and touching curtain call for the Man From Fierenze, the story itself, for all of its talk of conspiracy and political subterfuge feels almost redundant. Contrary to what the back cover would … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper

Published: 2010 Publisher: Penguin Down with the Borgia! The Man From Firenze returns, wiser, deadlier and stronger than before and with him comes not only a new, fierce enemy but now the responsibility of continuing the Creed. The Borgia have flung the once grand city of Rome into poverty, so it is up to Ezio … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Assassin’s Creed: Renaissance [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper

Published: 2009 Publisher: Penguin A long and perilous journey awaits young Ezio Auditore, a firey Florentine man whose name and family and snatched from him leaving him with only vengeance in his heart. Oliver Bowdens’ adaptation of 2009s’ mega-smash Assassins’ Creed II is rich and full of character-centric detail that the game could only hint … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Assassin’s Creed: The Secret Crusade [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper

Published: 2011 Publisher: Penguin Holy wars, sprawling desert vistas, whispers of scandal, class division, betrayal, double dealing and never ending power struggles denote but just some of the perils that Syrian Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad encounters as his full tale is finally exposed after years of being some sort of intangible yet inspirational legend, the very legend who … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Escape from LA [1996] by Bea Harper

Dir.: John Carpenter Starring: Kurt Russell, Cliff Robertson, Stacy Keach, Valeria Golino, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, Bruce Campbell, Pam Grier, Georges Corraface and AJ Langer While spanked like that red-haired stepchild you keep under the stairs and only let out at night, Escape From LA was a joke that nobody quite got upon its released … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] They Live [1988] by Bea Harper

Dir.: John Carpenter Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason and George ‘Buck’ Flower This is what happens when try to push your staunch political ideologies down Carpenter’s throat; you get a cinematic knuckle sandwich. After the terrible reception of Big Trouble In Little China, Carpenter was rather down on his luck and … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Escape From New York [1981] by Bea Harper

Dir.: John Carpenter Starring: Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Lee Van Cleef, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes (the DUKE of New York), Harry Dean Stanton and Ernest Borgnine When John Carpenter is mad or upset, that is arguably when he is at his finest. When it comes to giving his opinion, Carp ain’t one to mince his works … Continue reading →

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