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).
Dynamite Warrior (2006)
5.2/10
Director: Chalerm Wongpim
Starring: Dan Chupong, Samart Payakarun, Leo Putt, Panna Rittikrai
From the same fight co-ordinator who brought us the incredible 'Ong Bak' and 'Born to Fight', this over-the-top Thai action fantasy has everything a m... Read more
Earthquake (1974)
5.8/10
Director: Mark Robson
Starring: Ava Gardner, Charlton Heston, Barry Sullivan, Victoria Principal, Genevieve Bujo...
When the most catastrophic earthquake of all time rips through Southern California, it levels Los Angeles and sends shockwaves through the lives of al... Read more
Edge Of Eternity (Blu-ray) (1959)
6.4/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam
In the 1950s, Arizona Deputy Sheriff Les Martin is pressured by his community to solve a string of mysterious murders around a mining ghost town in th... Read more
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
7.9/10
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt
"Edge of Tomorrow" is the Movie Mashup of the Year: A combination of "Groundhog Day" and "Independence Day". In a near-future world in which aliens ar... Read more
Edge of Tomorrow ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
7.9/10
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt
"Edge of Tomorrow" is the Movie Mashup of the Year: A combination of "Groundhog Day" and "Independence Day". In a near-future world in which aliens ar... Read more
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
7.3/10
Director: Vince Gilligan
Starring: Aaron Paul, Jonathan Banks
Fugitive Jesse Pinkman runs from his captors, the law, and his past. Finally free from torture and slavery at the hands of Tod's uncle Jack, and fr... Read more
El Cid (1961)
7.3/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: Charlton Heston, Gary Raymond, Genevieve Page, Herbert Lom, Hurd Hatfield, John...
Anthony Mann masterfully directs this classic tale of the 11th-century hero El Cid (Charlton Heston), who fought to unite Spain and drive out Moorish... Read more
El Cid ( Blu-ray ) (1961)
7.3/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: Charlton Heston, Gary Raymond, Genevieve Page, Herbert Lom, Hurd Hatfield, John...
Anthony Mann masterfully directs this classic tale of the 11th-century hero El Cid (Charlton Heston), who fought to unite Spain and drive out Moorish... Read more
Electric Slide (Blu-ray) (2014)
4.7/10
Director: Tristan Patterson
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Arquette, Isabel Lucas
A chronicle of the life of furniture salesman turned bank robber Eddie Dodson. Read more
Elektra (2004)
4.7/10
Director: Rob Bowman
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Will Yun Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Terence Stam...
Restored to life after sustaining mortal wounds in "Daredevil", Elektra (Jennifer Garner) has severed all ties with the world, living only for her nex... Read more