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Interview: Filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh on Making Kandahar with Gerard Butler, War Movies as Character Studies and a Greenland Sequel

Director Ric Roman Waugh had nearly 50 projects under his belt as a stuntman and stunt coordinator before turning to directing (much like his brother, director Scott Waugh). After a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 31, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Kandahar Is Less Action Pic, More a Statement on the Futility of War

    The third film from the director-actor combo of Ric Roman Waugh and Gerard Butler (Angel Has Fallen, Greenland) is a messy, chaotic work about the messy, chaotic way that modern […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 28, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Gerard Butler Takes Overly Complicated Plane Seriously Enough, Even if Audiences Won’t

    There’s a fine line between ridiculous and stupid, and many of Gerard Butler’s movies dance along that line, often tripping over themselves and landing on the stupid side of things. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 13, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: As Much a Battle of Wits as Weapons, Copshop Leans Into Its Murderous Mayhem

    Copshop

    Filmmaker Joe Carnahan is a man of action. Or more specifically, he’s a man who makes action happen in his movies. I wouldn’t necessarily say there’s anything unique or special […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 17, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Gerard Butler Stars in Disaster Drama Greenland, Where the End of the World Isn’t All It’s About

    Greenland

    Quite often in action films starring Gerard Butler, the action so overshadows anything resembling character development or acting or complex thought that they become big, dumb explosion and punching festivals, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 18, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Hidden World Another Impressive Installment in the Dragon Franchise

    How To Train Your Dragon

    Despite the fact that they take four years or more to make, the How To Train Your Dragon movies are some of the most consistent, visually impressive and outright engaging […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 21, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Perhaps Highly Watchable, Hunter Killer Is Also Crowded, Messy

    Hunter Killer

    I’ll fully admit that I’m not a subscriber to the “so bad it’s good” school of terrible movies, but Hunter Killer might just slide into that category whether I want […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 26, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Heist Film Den of Thieves Makes Grit, Sleaze and Chaos Work

    I don’t often do this, especially after a movie starring Gerard Butler, but after watching his latest, Den of Thieves, I turned to a fellow critic sitting near me and […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 19, 2018
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