30th May2022

Competition: Win 3 StudioCanal Cult Classics on Blu-ray

by Phil Wheat

STUDIOCANAL presents the brand-new restorations of two classics from legendary director Enzo G Castellari (The Inglorious Bastards) – the stunning Poliziotteschi crime thriller HIGH CRIME (1973), starring Franco Nero (Django) and said to have been inspired by Bullitt; and iconic Spaghetti Western KILL THEM ALL AND COME BACK ALONE (1968), starring Chuck Connors (Branded). And […]

07th Apr2017

‘Tomboy’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Caitlin Gerard, Tony Shalhoub, Terry Chen, Anthony LaPaglia, Paul McGillion, Paul Lazenby, Ken Kirzinger, Zak Santiago, Caroline Chan, Adrian Hough | Written by Walter Hill, Denis Hamill | Directed by Walter Hill Frank Kitchen is an assassin at the top of his game. When he’s double-crossed by a group of […]

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24th Mar2017

Graphic Novel Review: ‘The Assignment’

by Dean Fuller

Written by Walter Hill, Dennis Hamill | Adapted by Matz | Art by Jef | Published by Titan Comics Can lightning strike twice? The team of Walter Hill, Matz, and Jef did a great job on their Triggerman book, a book I really enjoyed reading earlier this year. This title, The Assignment, originally came out […]

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09th Feb2017

‘The Assignment #1 and #2’ Review

by Kevin Haldon

The Assignment #1 Written by Walter Hill, Matz | Art by Jef | Published by Titan Comics Hitman Frank Kitchen’s assignment to kill a celebrated fashion designer who’s fallen behind on his debts takes a turn when his victim’s sister, a sociopathic surgeon, decides to punish him in the unique way only she can. Abducted […]

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06th Feb2017

‘Triggerman #5’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Matz, Walter Hill | Art by Jef | Published by Titan Comics So, just as with the films it is so clearly inspired by, we come to issue 5 and the closing act. Triggerman Roy Nash has been the classic anti-hero. He’s an average guy who just happens to be a hitman. Although […]

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12th Jan2017

‘Triggerman #4’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Matz, Walter Hill | Art by Jef | Published by Titan Comics Triggerman so far has been a very nice ride indeed, throwing the reader into the world of ‘Machine Gun’ Roy Nash, a triggerman (a hit man to you and me) for the Mob. Every page so far has wallowed in its […]

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12th Dec2016

‘Triggerman #3’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Matz, Walter Hill | Art by Jef | Published by Titan Comics The first two issues of this book have been extremely cinematic in design, from the source material that inspired the story, to the way the panels are used as camera shots, to the overall tone and style of the writing and […]

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15th Nov2016

‘Triggerman #1 and #2’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Matz, Walter Hill | Art by Jef | Published by Titan Comics Who doesn’t like a little bit of noir and violent crime in their reading material? Certainly not me. Comics in the 1930’s in part sprang out of those old crime and noir pulps, so the genre has been tied to the […]

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22nd Nov2013

‘Streets of Fire’ Blu-ray Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Willem Dafoe, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan | Written by Walter Hill, Larry Gross | Directed by Walter Hill There are films that are said to be “ahead of their time”, this can often be an excuse for poor box-office sales or just the fact that the film was done in a style that people […]

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24th May2013

‘Bullet to the Head’ Review

by Jack Kirby

Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater, Sarah Shahi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Sung Kang | Written by Alessandro Camon | Directed by Walter Hill Bullet to the Head is the latest film to star ass-kicking pensioner Sylvester Stallone. He plays Jimmy Bobo (really), a hitman with morals – don’t they all – who gets himself in […]

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