The original Star Trek movie gets a lot of hate. I can understand why, it is extremely slow in places and could have really done with some judicious editing. I have to say though that I loved it.

I'm watching our new Blu Ray box set of all of the original Star Trek movies and this is really my first time watching a few of them.

Anyway, the first movie although very slow still kept me gripped, the music by the legendary Jerry Goldsmith is truly great and makes me nostalgic for movie scores that really give you a thrill (Superman, etc).

The visuals are absolutely stunning and the film has some truly deep themes (man's search for God, etc). Some of the acting was ropey but that's part of its charm. The bald chick was pretty hot too I might add.

Thoroughly enjoying my nerdy weekend of Trek movie watching and I'm really becoming a fan.

Overall, boring in places with too many establishing shots of space ships but with enough depth and impressive visuals to keep me interested.

And now on to KHAAAAAAN!

There's not much to say about one of the greatest movies of all time. It's one of the few movies that is perfect. The characters, the story, the villains and the music are all brilliant.
I think I've actually watched this more than any other film. I was lucky enough to see it in the cinema as a kid and have never stopped loving it.
Belloch is such a legendary bad guy, suave and cool so you kinda like him but his motives are all wrong.

Marion is such a great female character, strong and filled with personality. She can take care of herself and isn't the damsel in distress.

Everything about Raiders just flows so well, the action will always stand the test of time and so will the characters.

I actually can't think of any flaws, a bonafide classic!

Face/Off was always a strange film, the concept itself is ridiculous and was always hard to swallow. The reason it worked (at the time) was due to the performances by the two leads: John Travolta and Nicolas Cage...[more]...

Now everyone tends to agree that Die Hard is the best action movie ever made, however I think that it may just be beaten by T2. This is quite frankly a flawless masterpiece of action cinema...[more]...

Man, I miss movies like this. Midnight Run stars Robert DeNiro as a bounty hunter who tries to bring in Charles Grodin's mob accountant.

DeNiro is great as a badass but this is hardly a stretch, we always new he was hard as nails, but this is pure 80's action gold without being cheesy.

The film also stars the always great Joe Pantoliano, nobody quite shouts the way he does. I especially loved Yaphet Koto as the cigarette stealing FBI agent Alonso.

The script is top notch with DeNiro hurling insults at Grodin every two seconds. If you're offended by bad language then you'd best avoid it and go watch Twilight instead, Nancy boy!

I knew I'd love the movie as soon as the music started with the electric guitar score by Danny Elfman. As we all know, an action movie ain't shit if it doesn't have an electric guitar in the soundtrack.

Flaws? It is a bit too long, could probably have trimmed 10-15 minutes off the runtime, but hardly a major gripe.

Overall a classic of the buddy genre and up there with Lethal Weapon as one of the very best. Highly recommended.