Bruce Willis

Is Hans Gruber the ultimate cinematic embodiment of capitalism?

By Sam Moore

Alan Rickman’s iconic Die Hard baddie is a faux-revolutionary motivated purely by financial gain.

The films of M Night Shyamalan – ranked

By James Slaymaker

From Signs to Split, The Sixth Sense to The Happening, we survey this divisive director’s surprisingly varied career.

Glass

By Hannah Strong

M Night Shyamalan gets the gang back together for the bizarre finale to his “Eastrail 177 Trilogy”.

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How Twelve Monkeys built on the legacy of La Jetée and Vertigo

By Adam Scovell

Themes of memory and death lie at the heart of Terry Gilliam’s dystopian time travel saga.

When Deep Impact and Armageddon hit Hollywood

By Harry Harris

Though similar, there are marked differences between these twin films – and the fates of their respective directors.

Death Wish

By Elena Lazic

Eli Roth and Bruce Willis combine forces for a frustratingly bland remake of Michael Winner’s vigilante classic.

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Why Death Wish’s pro-gun politics are just as complex as ever

By Justine Smith

The film’s glamorisation of vigilante justice resonated with an increasingly paranoid audience in 1974.

How The Fifth Element set the tone for modern blockbusters

By Patrick Sproull

Twenty years on, Luc Besson’s neon-hued space opera has lost none of its off-kilter charm.

Why Unbreakable remains the ultimate superhero movie

By Alex Hess

M Night Shyamalan’s understated 2000 drama is anathema to the box-office behemoths of today.

Looper

By Matt Bochenski

Meet Looper, by a country mile the most resourceful, vivacious and savage science fiction movie of 2012.

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Sin City

By Matt Bochenski

Sin City is not so much an adaptation as the transliteration of a comic book classic to the big screen.

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