Furious Cinema

STAR TREK – Into Darkness

BEWARE OF SPOILERS! I never reviewed J.J. Abrams first Star Trek (2009) film but I’ll just say that I thought he and the new cast did a fantastic job bringing the iconic pop culture sci-fi series into the 21st century. Amazingly they were able to keep the classic feel but also give it a modern twist that felt organic and was very entertaining. So what if J.J. loves those crazy [read...]

HOWARD HAWKS – Furious Filmmaker

When I was told about the Howard Hawks Blogathon by my friend Ratnakar of Seetimaar – Diary of a Movie Lover I was really happy because Hawks is a filmmaker I’ve been a fan of for many years now. I think what made Hawks’ work appealing to me was the fact he could take any genre and entertain you through his mastery of it. Whether it was comedy, adventure, western [read...]

BLU RELEASES: Death Hunt

One of our favorite furious films, Peter R. Hunt’s 1981 action-adventure DEATH HUNT is coming to Blu Ray from Shout Factory August 20th. Special Features will include an Audio interview with stars Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin, German Trailer, Original US Trailer and a Photo Gallery. Based on true events Charles Bronson stars as Albert Johnson, a Canadian trapper who rescues an injured German Shepherd from Hazel (Ed Lauter) a [read...]

Heavy Metal Marvel: THE IRON MAN TRILOGY

For most super hero movie geeks, Jon Favreau’s big screen adaptation of Iron Man (2008) basically blew most other films in that subgenre out of the water. While I loved Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight films, I’m still a Marvel devotee first. From a young age Spider Man was my favorite super hero. I really enjoyed Sam Raimi’s films and thought they did a great job bringing the character to the [read...]

50 FURIOUS FILMS: THE 1960s

Hello again to all you Mad As Hell Movie Fans! We’re back with another installment of our special decade themed listing of furious film classics. This time we’ve chosen 50 gems from the swingin’ 60s. Not only are they some really fantastic works of cinema but many also happen to be our “comfort movies”. You know, the kinds that you love to watch over and over and that make you [read...]

Fists of Fury: DONNIE YEN DOUBLE FEATURE

Donnie Yen is a highly accomplished Hong Kong action star. He’s made many acclaimed action films such as Ip Man and Hero and is among the ranks of Jackie Chan and Jet Li and yet I’d never seen one of his films. I’ve made it my mission to see a handful of them. I had already seen most of Ip Man so I decided to start with Flash Point and [read...]

CRIMEWATCH: Paper Moon

During the Great Depression young Addie Loggins (Tatum O’Neal) has been orphaned after her mother dies. At the funeral, Moses Pray (Ryan O’Neal) one of her mother’s ex-lovers, pays his respects. Addie seems to think that he could be her father, but he insists he’s not even though they’ve “got the same jaw”. Addie now has to go live at her Aunt’s home in St Joseph, Missouri so Moze kindly [read...]

FURIOUS POSTERS: Scarface

Brian DePalma and Screenwriter Oliver Stone’s 1983 update of the Howard Hawks gangster classic is one of our favorite furious films (READ OUR FULL REVIEW). The poster we’ve chosen is the alternate Australian design which recalls the illustrated kinds that were very popular in the 70s. We’ve also included the original iconic black and white poster that is an 80s New Wave spin on the film noir gangster aesthetic. [read...]

The Furious 70s: FAT CITY

In the town of Stockton California, Billy Tully (Stacy Keach) is an over the hill ex-boxer who lives alone in a dumpy little apartment and drinks too much. Since leaving the ring and getting divorced Tully has been working as a laborer on farms in the valley picking onions and other things to keep money coming in. One day while exercizing at the local gym he runs into a friendly [read...]