Action
The enduring popularity of the action movie has drenched the genre in cliche yet glorious invention abounds around the globe - fighting is the international language. Fashionable styles of film-making come and go but action movies just change their shoes and remain centre-stage.
Great glittering galaxies of genre from across the Alice universe have been gleaned to assemble a suitably kick-ass selection of ballistic ballet and poetic pugilism to scintillate the delicate senses of our discerning clientele. Are you ready to rumble? Are you feeling lucky, Sir/Madame? Our suggestions for a hearty evening of action are listed below.
Pictured: Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang springs into action. Sean Connery as agent 007 in "Diamonds are Forever" (1971).
The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3D (2005)
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd, George Lopez, David Arquette, Kristi...
Writer/director Robert Rodriguez returns to family fare with this 3-D action extravaganza. 10-year-old Max is bullied at school and his only friends... Read more
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
7.3/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis
The intrepid boy journalist of Hergé's comic-strip renown is given the grand treatment in this performance capture-animated rouser directed by Steven... Read more
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn ( Blu-ray ) (2011)
7.3/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis
The intrepid boy journalist of Hergé's comic-strip renown is given the grand treatment in this performance capture-animated rouser directed by Steven... Read more
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 1, Part 1 (1992)
7.4/10
Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, George Hall, Corey Carrier
Based on the theatrical films this critically acclaimed series from creator George Lucas follows the adventures of a young Indiana Jones as he grows u... Read more
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 1, Part 2 (1992)
7.4/10
Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall, Ronny Coutteure, Corey Carrier
Based on the theatrical films this critically acclaimed series from creator George Lucas follows the adventures of a young Indiana Jones as he grows u... Read more
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 2, Part 1 (1993)
7.4/10
Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Corey Carrier, George Hall, Ronny Coutteure
The award-winning adventures of the young Indiana Jones continue with 'The War Years'. This time, Jones (Sean Patrick Flanery) is serving in the infan... Read more
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 2, Part 2 (1993)
7.4/10
Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Corey Carrier, George Hall, Ronny Coutteure
The award-winning adventures of the young Indiana Jones continue with 'The War Years'. This time, Jones (Sean Patrick Flanery) is serving in the infan... Read more
The Age of Shadows (2016)
7.2/10
Director: Kim Jee-Woon
Starring: Gong Yoo, Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee
Korea in the late 1920s is under Japanese occupation. Lee Jung-chool (Song Kang-ho, Snowpiercer), a Korean-born police captain in the Japanese police... Read more
The Alamo (1960)
6.9/10
Director: John Wayne
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey
Rousing battle scenes and some larger-than-life heroes highlight director/star John Wayne's thrilling salute to Texas' battle for independence from Me... Read more
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
7/10
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Rhys Ifans, Sally Field, Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield
Teenage social outcast Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) spends his days trying to unravel the mystery of his own past and win the heart of his high scho... Read more