Joseph Rana Archive

The angry eye of a dinosaur glares through the cage, the scared eyes of a park-handler surrender to the glare and many eyes concealed behind 3D glasses in a cinema stay wide open in awe: this is the power of a single …

This film is a beautifully orchestrated symphony of on-screen action violence filled with an overdose of guns, bullets, machines, blades, swords, mayhem, manhood, and in the case of Bruce Willis’s character, a bit of “cholesterol” as well. GI Joe: Retaliation picks up …

Animated movies have always had their attraction: kids love them, and since parents have to accompany them, these movies end up raking in at the box-office. Occasionally a movie comes along that has a new story to tell, and that becomes a …

Hans Gruber famously asked: “Who are you, then?” “Just the fly in the ointment Hans. The monkey in the wrench, the pain in the ass.” That was Bruce Willis as John McClane, the iconic character from Die Hard (1) that set its …

Universal Pictures’ upcoming Sci-fi action-adventure set in the future, Oblivion, seems very much aware of its audience and poised for box office success. Hollywood has long churned out storyboards that venture into the future but, more often than not, take too much …

Speed, adrenaline, unprecedented car-driving skills, mind-blowing stunts, crime, codes of honour, justice, redemption and glory: it is time to re-enter the world of the Fast & the Furious! Unless you’ve been living in a cave or have dedicated your life for the …

Audiences of animated family comedy rejoice: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2, the sequel to Sony Pictures Animation’s 2009 hit comedy, is soon coming to the big screen. The movie is based on the children’s book of the same name by …

Filmmaker M Night Shyamalan has earned a reputation in the Hollywood film industry as a creator of critically and commercially acclaimed movies that include The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village and The Happening through his knack of creating exciting and intriguing movies …

Any cinemagoer from the 1980s would know what to expect from action legends and bad-asses like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. We expect no mentally draining mind-twisting plots and no revoltingly scary fountains of blood— ahem, Mr Nolan and …

A couple of decades ago the murder of three 8-year-old boys in Memphis, Tennessee sparked an ongoing debate on the incident, the court trial and the intricate development of the case. After serving 18 years in gaol, 17 of those years on …