Articles Tagged Action

PODCAST: ABC 774 – 7th November

In this week’s Friday Film segment I discuss Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s The Young & Prodigious T.S. Spivet, and the Keanu Reeves-led hard-boiled hit-man film, John Wick. Plus, talkback on ‘cinematic overachievers’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

PODCAST: ABC 774 – 25th July

This week on Friday Film I discuss the post-apocalyptic socio-political action film, Snowpiercer, and the latest cinematic retelling of Hercules starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Plus, talkback on your ‘favourite train scenes/films’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

PODCAST: ABC 774 – 6th June

This week on Friday Film I discuss the latest Tom Cruise-led blockbuster, The Edge of Tomorrow, and director Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson. Plus, talkback on ‘extra-terrestrial films’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

PODCAST: ABC 774 – December 7th

In this week’s Friday Film, Raf & I discuss the reincarnation of Red Dawn, the upcoming Disney animation Wreck-It Ralph and the reboots that worked and the films that should never be remade, on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – December 7th Episode (.MP3)

REVIEW: Shooter

There’s something perpetually disappointing about the films of Antoine Fuqua – often they begin with what seems like a serious premise; racism and corruption in Training Day, and civil war and U.S. military responsibility in Tears of the Sun. However such pretexts quickly fall by the wayside in preference for prolonged and extraneous violent action […]