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With its kinetic style, visceral approach, compelling storyline, and powerful social message, Fight Club makes a commanding case to be considered the '90s version of A Clockwork Orange. In a time when so few motion pictures leave an impact, Fight ...

I can hear the pitch now: “It’s like Bullet Train, only on a plane.” And there you have it – a low-rent version of the 2022 David Leitch thriller except, instead of speeding across Japan, this time things are happening in the not-so-friend...

From Rocky to Raging Bull, boxing movies with a variety of themes and intentions have been staples at Oscar time. On the one hand, there are the crowd-pleasing stories: tales of woebegone underdogs given a chance at redemption by going 15 rounds in...

Fighting with My Family is a fictionalized biographical look at how WWE performer Paige rose through the ranks of wrestling’s minor leagues to achieve her dream of winning a title bout on international TV. Although the bones of the film’s ...

I stand in awe of Final Destination - awe that a motion picture of such unmitigated stupidity could make it to the screen. One short week ago, I berated both Mission to Mars and The Ninth Gate for the lack of intelligence evident in their screenpl...

Having to rely on a middle-man sucks, even for Death. The problem is, while He gets His due, someone else – usually a guy in a hockey mask or wearing Lee press-on steel nails – steals all the credit. And at least one intended victim always ge...

With each new outing, the Final Destination movies are getting better. At this rate, by the fifth or sixth entry in the series, one of them will finish the year in my Top 10. Or maybe the films' relentless pursuit of creative mayhem and murder is...

The Final Destination movies represent a kind of comfort food for horror fans. Although it has been 14 years since Final Destination 5, the newest franchise entry, Final Destination: Bloodlines, picks up right where its predecessor left off with i...

Computer gaming fans have two reasons to rejoice during the summer of 2001: Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. However, although both are based on best-selling software, the approach taken by the filmmakers (Simon West for Tomb Ra...

No one could accuse David M. Evans of a lack of ambition. In The Final Season, he takes a standard sports cliché - the underdog team facing a big game - and grafts onto it countless mediocre subplots. There are so many, in fact, that it would tak...