Tag Archives: Jason Statham

Review: The Beekeeper

Posted on January 2, 2025 by philipbrasor

Director David Ayer should have checked out some Korean revenge flicks before taking on this Jason Statham vehicle. The Koreans have produced hundreds if not thousands and in the process had to think up new and more interesting reasons for … Continue reading →

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Review: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Posted on October 12, 2023 by philipbrasor

Though I sort of consider the movies in the Mission: Impossible series comedies, this Guy Ritchie frivolity is more serious about taking the piss since it comes across as a straight sendup of the current species of international espionage blockbuster. … Continue reading →

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Review: Meg 2: The Trench

Posted on August 23, 2023 by philipbrasor

The enduring commercial viability of shark movies, almost fifty years after Jaws, mirrors the enduring commercial viability of zombie flicks, though no one, as far as I know, has ever compared the two. As terrifying adversaries go, both sharks and … Continue reading →

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June 2014 movies

Posted on May 28, 2014 by philipbrasor

Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the June issue of EL Magazine, which was distributed in Tokyo last weekend. The Grand Budapest Hotel It’s telling of Wes Anderson’s curious ouevre that his best films are set in an … Continue reading →

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October 2012 movies

Posted on September 25, 2012 by philipbrasor

Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the October issue of EL Magazine, which is being distributed in Tokyo today. The Bourne Legacy Tony Gilroy was a very capable scriptwriter before he was a director, and his addition to … Continue reading →

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