The Hunt For Red October
John McTiernan’s Tom Clancy adaptation The Hunt For Red October (1990) is a “dad movie”. It’s the kind of film that you watch with your dad when you’re out sick… Read more »
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Deadly Hero
Deadly Hero (1975) is the antithesis of Dirty Harry (1971); taking shots at the systemic racism, misogyny, corruption and extreme brutality of the police. Deadly Hero is a small independent… Read more »
The Second Civil War
Joe Dante’s political satire The Second Civil War (1997), made for HBO, has become more relevant in the 2020s than it ever was in the waning days of the Clinton… Read more »
Patriot Games
Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to two Tom Clancy novels in the late eighties that they turned over to Phillip Noyce, a veteran director of thrillers, to direct as vehicles… Read more »
