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Notebook Reviews: PRIMARY COLORS

Mike Nichols – 1998. The great Mike Nichols delivers an interesting political satire in the shape of Primary Colors. The film features an excellent cast and John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton and Kathy Bates all dive head-first [...]

February 15, 2022

Notebook Reviews: ARMAGEDDON

Michael Bay – 1998 Michael Bay‘s Armageddon is totally preposterous – but it’s great fun. You need to embrace the concept or you’ll never enjoy this Jerry Bruckheimer produced disaster movie. This oil-riggers on an [...]

June 28, 2021

Notebook Reviews: BANDITS

Barry Levinson – 2001 Bandits is an enjoyable comedy from Barry Levinson, but it’s somehow lacking that magic spark to make it a truly great one. It’s a well made Hollywood production featuring good turns from Bruce Willis, Billy [...]

March 20, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: David Hackl’s INTO THE GRIZZLY MAZE

David Hackl’s Into The Grizzly Maze is a rollicking B-movie fun. The film sees Thomas Jane, James Marsden and Billy Bob Thornton face-off against one mean Grizzly Bear. Yes it’s Jaws in the woods – but how can that not make you want to [...]

December 13, 2020

Notebook Reviews: PUSHING TIN

Mike Newell – 1999 The ever-reliable John Cusack stars in this witty black comedy from director Mike Newell. Pushing Tin features some great performance and it has some truly hilarious moments. Billy Bob Thornton is good as the psycho air [...]

October 8, 2020

DVD Review: MANEATER Features An Unnatural Killer Polar Bear

It looks like 2015 is the year of the killer bear movie. We’ve already had Thomas Jane and Billy Bob Thornton in Into The Grizzly Maze, Leonardo DiCaprio is tacking the fury killer in The Revenant and now Maneater (also known as Unnatural) has [...]

December 7, 2015

Trailer And Poster For Political Satire OUR BRAND IS CRISIS Starring Sandra Bullock

George Clooney and Grant Heslov love a good political satire, so it’s no surprise they’re the producers of the forthcoming Our Brand Is Crisis. David Gordon Green directs Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in the Peter Straughn [...]

September 13, 2015

DVD Review: Thomas Jane And Billy Bob Thornton Face JAWS In The Woods With INTO THE GRIZZLY MAZE

Into The Grizzly Maze is a rollicking B-movie fun. The film sees Thomas Jane, James Marsden and Billy Bob Thornton face-off against one mean Grizzly Bear. Yes it’s Jaws in the woods – but how can that not make you want to watch it? Thomas [...]

August 15, 2015

Amazon’s TRIAL Scores Billy Bob Thornton As A Replacement For Kevin Costner

Amazon has scored Billy Bob Thornton as the lead in Trial, the new 10-part legal drama from David E. Kelly. Kevin Costner was previously in negotiations for the part; however the online behemoth was unable to convince him to sign-on. Fellow country [...]

July 24, 2015

1999: A Movie Year In Review (Part Two)

Welcome to Part 2 of our 1999 Movie Retrospective. The final year of the last century was one hell of a cinematic ride and it offered some outstanding films for lovers of cinema. Now be aware that this is not a definitive list of the films released [...]

May 15, 2012