23rd Jul2025

‘Guns Up’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Kevin James, Christina Ricci, Luis Guzmán, Melissa Leo, Timothy V. Murphy | Written and Directed by Edward Drake It’s not often that a modern independent action thriller surprises you in all the right ways, but Guns Up manages to do just that. Directed by Edward Drake, whose resume includes collaborations with Bruce Willis on […]

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17th Jul2025

‘Guns Up’ Video Review

by Kevin Haldon

Guns Up is an action comedy film directed by Edward Drake and starring Kevin James and Christina Ricci alongside Maximilian Osinski, Luis Guzmán, and Melissa Leo. The film follows Ray Hayes (James), a former cop turned mob henchman who must keep his family safe after his final job goes wrong. On the brink of leaving […]

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02nd Apr2025

‘Long Gone Heroes’ Review

by Kevin Haldon

Stars: Frank Grillo, Eden Brolin, Melissa Leo, Andy Garcia, Mekhi Phifer, Beau Knapp, George Carroll, Josh Hutcherson, Juan Pablo Raba | Written by John Swab, Santiago Manes Moreno | Directed by John Swab Long Gone Heroes is an action thriller directed by John Swab, this being his fifth collaboration with the always-awesome Frank Grillo. As […]

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24th Sep2024

‘Long Gone Heroes’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Frank Grillo, Eden Brolin, Melissa Leo, Andy Garcia, Mekhi Phifer, Beau Knapp, George Carroll, Josh Hutcherson, Juan Pablo Raba | Written by John Swab, Santiago Manes Moreno | Directed by John Swab Long Gone Heroes marks the fifth collaboration between director John Swab and actor Frank Grillo beginning with Body Brokers and most recently […]

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22nd Aug2024

‘The Clean Up Crew’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Melissa Leo, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ekaterina Baker, Swen Temmel, Antonio Banderas, Matthew Tompkins | Written by Matthew Rogers | Directed by Jon Keeyes If you were part of the clean-up crew taking care of a murder scene, and you found a suitcase full of cash, what would you do? If you have an IQ […]

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13th Dec2018

‘The Equalizer 2’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Melissa Leo, Orson Bean, Bill Pullman, Jonathan Scarfe, Kazy Tauginas, Garrett Golden, Sakina Jaffrey, Tamara Hickey, Karen Strong | Written by Richard Wenk | Directed by Antoine Fuqua Denzel Washington returns as ultra-violent vigilante Robert McCall in this slick sequel that marks the actor’s fourth collaboration with director […]

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17th Aug2018

‘The Equalizer 2’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Melissa Leo, Orson Bean, Bill Pullman, Jonathan Scarfe, Kazy Tauginas, Garrett Golden, Sakina Jaffrey, Tamara Hickey, Karen Strong | Written by Richard Wenk | Directed by Antoine Fuqua Denzel Washington returns as ultra-violent vigilante Robert McCall in this slick sequel that marks the actor’s fourth collaboration with director […]

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20th Apr2018

First look at ‘The Equalizer 2’

by Phil Wheat

Sony Pictures have released the first trailer and poster AND a handful of images from the forthcoming Equalizer sequel, which sees director Antoine Fuqua return – along with with stars Denzel Washington, Melissa Leo and Bill Pullman; who are joined by Pedro Pascal and Ashton Sanders in the film which sees Washington reprise the role […]

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05th Apr2017

‘Snowden’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Nicholas Cage, Rhys Ifans, Tom Wilkinson, Joely Richardson | Written by Oliver Stone, Kieran Fitzgerald | Directed by Oliver Stone It seems the perfect time to be releasing Snowden on DVD and Blu-ray, we are constantly hearing about how hacking has influenced events in America. With Oliver […]

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14th Apr2015

‘Wayward Pines 1×01: Where Paradise Is Home’ Review

by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Stars: Matt Dillon, Carla Gugino, Toby Jones, Shannyn Sossamon, Reed Diamond, Tim Griffin, Charlie Tahan, Juliette Lewis, Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard, Hope Davis, Siobhan Fallon, Sarah Jeffery | Created by Chad Hodge “People are objects that aren’t really there.” It’s a line that’s used to describe a breakdown, a lapse in reality, experienced by the […]

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24th Mar2015

Preview: Get lost in ‘Wayward Pines’

by Gretchen Felker-Martin

FOX’s Wayward Pines stars Matt Dillon as rugged secret service agent Ethan Burke. Investigating the disappearance of two fellow agents, Burke finds himself marooned in a middle-of-nowhere town after a car wreck kills his partner and leaves him dashingly banged up. Early comparisons to Lost and Twin Peaks don’t look far off the mark, with […]

05th Jun2014

‘The Angriest Man in Brooklyn’ Review

by Dan Clark

Stars: Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, James Earl Jones, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, Richard Kind, Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Written by Daniel Taplitz, Assi Dayan | Directed by Phil Alden Robinson A great deal can change in twelve years. Societal shifts adjust the mindset we have when consuming all aspects of entertainment. Certain approaches […]

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25th Apr2013

‘Oblivion’ Review

by Dan Clark

Stars: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo, Zoe Bell | Written by Joseph Kosinski, Karl Gajdusek | Directed by Joseph Kosinski Joseph Kosinski is clearly a director who has a large fondness and respect for the Science Fiction genre.  His first directorial effort Tron: Legacy continued the saga of one of […]

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06th Apr2013

‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Review

by Dan Clark

Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Finley Jacobsen, Dylan McDermott, Rick Yune, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser | Written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt | Directed by Antoine Fuqua For the last few decades there have been a number of action movies that followed the Die Hard  formula. Films like Speed […]