Posts tagged action movie
Review: Road House (2024)
Review: Road House (2024)

The best part of the Road House remake is Jake Gyllenhaal, who makes his bouncer-warrior another one of his dark loner characters.

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Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromRoad House, remake, reboot, Doug Liman, Anthony Bagarozzi, Charles Mondry, Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams, Joaquim de Almeida, Hannah Lanier, Conor McGregor, action movie, bar fights, bouncer, Florida Keys, UFC, mixed martial arts, The Third Man, Patrick Swayze, Neo-WesternComment
On Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Genre Reflections, and the Franchise Reboot
On Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Genre Reflections, and the Franchise Reboot

Anton explores the dinosaur franchise, its science fiction themes, and the nature of the reboot.

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Essays, Movies TodayAnton BergstromJurassic World, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jeff Goldblum, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Rafe Spall, Isabella Sermon, B. D. Wong, Toby Jones, Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow, science fiction, Gothic, adventure, action movie, blockbuster, summer, reboot, genre, diegetic reboot, clonesComment
James Bond 007: The Living Daylights (1987)
James Bond 007: The Living Daylights (1987)

Consider Dalton an injection of energy.

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Reviews, James Bond 007, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton Bergstrom1980s, action, action adventure, action movie, Afghanistan, Andres Wisniewski, arms dealing, Art Malik, Caroline Bliss, Cold War, colonialism, Czechoslovakia, defection, Desmond, espionage thriller, Euro-thriller, Geoffrey Keen, Ian Fleming, James Bond, James Bond 007, James Bond 007 Retrospective, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker, John Glen, John Rhys-Davies, Maryam d'Abo, Michael G- Wilson, Richard Maibaum, Robert Brown, sniper, spy movie, The Living Daylights, Thomas Wheatley, Timothy Dalton, USSR, Walter Gotell Comment
Roundtable: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Roundtable: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

The 3 Brothers discuss the fifth and possibly best installment in the franchise.

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RoundtablesAnton Bergstromaction, action cinema, action film, action movie, Alec Baldwin, America vs- Britain, blockbuster, car chase, Casablanca, Christopher McQuarrie, female characters, fun, James Bond, Jeremy Renner, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, motorbike chase, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Simon Pegg, spy movie, summer, Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames Comment
Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)

Pretty focused and compelling, despite being just "Part 1."

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Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton Bergstromaction, action movie, adaptation, Donald Sutherland, dystopia, Elizabeth Banks, Francis Lawrence, hero, heroine, images, Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman, propaganda, rebellion, revolution, science fiction, Stanley Tucci, Suzanne Collins, symbols, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, war, Woody Harrelson, YAComment