simon west

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20 Reasons Why You Rock: Con Air

You don’t always have to seek out great movies….sometimes, they find you. That was how I originally saw Con Air way back in 1997. Cage had only had one killer action movie to his name and...

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Bullet Points: Skyfire

Disaster movies are meant to be watched at the movies. With our current climate, who knows when we can all return to the movies safely. Screening Skyfire at home felt odd, because this is definitely a...

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Bullet Points: Gun Shy

Simon West is one of those directors who has a resume that is a real mixed bag of ‘excellent action movies’ and random episodes of shows I’ve never seen before. I think Con Air is an...

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Bullet Points: Con Air

Saying that Nicolas Cage is one of the best living action stars might lead you to laugh uncontrollably but just give me a minute to try and prove my point. First of all, forget for a...