Which action movie franchise has been the most influential in the 21st Century? The answer is surely Bourne. When the Bourne Identity released in 2002 it changed the landscape of action movies and its impacts are still felt today. During the 1980's and 1990's action movies were led by huge marquee stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger, … Continue reading Bourne Ranked
Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) is a CIA operative taking part in the “Outcome” project designed to enhance agents both physically and mentally via medication. However when Jason Bourne exposes to the world other CIA programs designed to create assassins Eric Byer (Ed Norton) is sent in to shut down “Outcome” and hide all evidence it … Continue reading The Bourne Legacy
Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) attempts to finally uncover his origins as a trained killer and free himself from the CIA for good. The film opens with an audacious cat and mouse action sequence set inside London’s Waterloo station where Bourne tries to intercept a journalist named Simon Ross (Paddy Considine) before the CIA gets to … Continue reading The Bourne Ultimatum
Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) and Marie (Franka Potente) have been living off the grid for two years since the events of The Bourne Identity. But when Bourne is framed for the murder of two CIA agents he finds himself pulled back into the shadowy world he escaped from. Bourne may still be struggling to unlock … Continue reading The Bourne Supremacy
Whilst living in a care home an elderly man (James Garner) reads to a woman with dementia (Gena Rowlands). The story he tells is a romance between a young man (Ryan Gosling) and woman (Rachel McAdams) in the 1940’s whose class differences threaten their love. Despite The Notebook releasing in 2004 I have never watched … Continue reading The Notebook
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