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Backdraft (1991) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Backdraft (1991) Directed by Ron Howard. With Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert DeNiro, Donald Sutherland, Scott Glenn and Rebecca De Mornay. From the pen of Highlander writer, Gregory Widen, Backdraft is a big Universal studio film that feels part theme … Continue reading

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The Hateful Eight (2015) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

The Hateful Eight (2015) Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, James Parks and Bruce Dern. To the accompaniment of Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight opens with a … Continue reading

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Bone Tomahawk (2015) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Bone Tomahawk (2015) Directed by S. Craig Zahler. With Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins. Director S. Craig Zahler proves himself one to watch with his debut big screen offering, Bone Tomahawk, a descent-into-hell western starring Kurt Russell as … Continue reading

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Tango & Cash (1989) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Tango & Cash (1989) Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. With Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher and Jack Palance. The wave of buddy-cop action-comedies of the 1980’s culminates with Tango & Cash. Sylvester Stallone is ‘Tango’ and Kurt Russell is ‘Cash’, … Continue reading

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Silkwood (1983) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Silkwood (1983) Directed by Mike Nichols • With Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell and Cher Based on true life events surrounding the life of nuclear power plant whistle-blower, Karen Silkwood, Mike Nichols’s Texas-set drama is host to a trio of fine … Continue reading

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The Thing (2011) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

The Thing (2011) Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen. This prequel to John Carpenter’s film of the same name plays as a functional and meticulously loyal companion to the … Continue reading

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