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Darren Ashley
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Bleeding heart liberal, genre film nerd, full time basket case, sometime film-maker. Frightfest, LAFF and gym goer. He/Him.
Thanks. But I wasn’t referring to (or knew anything about!) any situation with Michael Biehn. More the Weinstein stuff, other people in the industry I’ve spoken to and the situation on Lady Bloodfight that clinched my opinion on him. There is more than enough smoke for me to believe the fire here.
July 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Feels like it’s the right time to end it now, it’s been a hell of a ride since that first DePalma rendition, but they’re getting a little too repetitive… and Cruise deserves a break from risking life and limb on the regular. Great time at the flicks, but doubt I’ll revisit the last 2 in the future.
June 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Didn’t have a problem with the first half, despite the exposition and callbacks/retcons it moved fast and had some cool fights interspersed. Felt it lagged on the middle (wasn’t THAT impressed with the submarine sequence, sadly) but that biplane ending went HARD! Left the screening with a big smile
June 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Crazy-Picked this up myself on Monday and enjoyed it even more on second viewing. Figured it’ll tide me over until the 4K upgrades of the HK classics. Sad there weren’t any extras (but as a streaming movie, am just grateful I could own it)-hoping for a disc of Silent Night to complete my collection!
June 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Always down to hear some Michael Kamen!
June 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I’ve learned something new today about BD-R - thanks Dalia! Heh, my own damn fault for paying for “unofficial releases” I guess. Can’t fucking wait for these new ones - been a LONG time since I’ve been this excited to add to the collection!
May 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Paid for both The Killer and Hard Boiled from HKR, after much chasing up I eventually got the disc of The Killer and it didn’t play in any of my 3 players 😫 SO happy to hear of these legit releases coming up - 2 of my favourite flicks of all time and my collection has been HURTING without them!
May 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Up there with director Paul Anderson in terms of versatility! 🤪
March 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Happy Birthday!!! 🥳
February 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Topped out at 13k views! A viral blockbuster? Hardly! 🤣 But for what it is we done good! During post I was convinced I was over the whole film making thing-but it’s part of my DNA. Will never make it to Hollywood-accepted that a LONG time ago. But I can have fun with my buddies exercising creativity
February 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In a country where we don’t have access to firearms,they’re pretty much a fantasy weapon like a lightsaber to us. It’s a trope of the genre (they’re basically fantasy movies anyway) so when we want to operate in that genre we lean into the tropes. Just one British action movie nerd’s opinion anyway!
February 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A Goddess! 🥰
February 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
GREAT picks! 🤘I caught Royal Warriors for the first time last week (and was appropriately blown away-easily makes my HK top 10 of all time!). Been meaning to revisit Sudden Death for a while-Cobra and BB2 are in my regular rotation (would say annually but I think it’s probably more often than that!)
February 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Fucking LOVED it! They gave away too much in the trailer but it’s emotionally engaging enough to look past it. Funny, bloody, sweet yet cynical at the same time and some social commentary tucked away in there too. The cast nailed it (Thatcher is gold!) and it’s beautifully put together. Total win! 🤘
January 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Oooh - he’s showing range! In the last 4/5 flicks he did, he spent most of his time sitting but NOT smoking a cigar! 😜 Best of luck with it - DMX’s few scenes made it just about watchable - one of my favourite movie lines from him in this one!
January 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM