With movie studios hesitant to release films due to COVID, and yet theaters needing to show movies to justify their existence, it has all led to an… Read more “Vanguard, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Category: Action
Pearl Harbor, by Albert W. Vogt III
The movie Pearl Harbor (2001) should not be called “Pearl Harbor.” My annoyance with this film stems not so much from historical inaccuracies (though there are plenty… Read more “Pearl Harbor, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Train to Busan, by Albert W. Vogt III
Today is Thanksgiving, and at Mass this morning during the homily the priest reminded us of how it is “right and just,” as the prayer goes, to… Read more “Train to Busan, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Tombstone, by Albert W. Vogt III
Ah, the Western. I think this review of Tombstone (1993) might be the first of its kind in the nearly 300 movies The Legionnaire has covered. Some… Read more “Tombstone, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Top Gun, by Albert W. Vogt III
When I was a wee lad in the 1980s, our family bought a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). That was its official title, after all. We were super excited, but… Read more “Top Gun, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Charlie’s Angels, by Albert W. Vogt III
We were all immature once. Some of us still are, perhaps. As Ecclesiastes 3:1 states, “There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every… Read more “Charlie’s Angels, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Running Man, by Albert W. Vogt III
There was a sizable, Austrian weight-lifter turned Hollywood actor turned California governor turned actor again hole in my cinema viewing known as The Running Man (1987). I… Read more “The Running Man, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Honest Thief, by Albert W. Vogt III
I keep going to the theater on the weekends hoping that maybe it will finally be the weekend some big time movie will be there for me.… Read more “Honest Thief, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Bloodsport, by Albert W. Vogt III
If you were born in the 1980s like I was, and you were a kid that was into action films, then Jean-Claude Van Damme was the man. Stereotypically… Read more “Bloodsport, by Albert W. Vogt III”
IP Man, by Albert W. Vogt III
For whatever reason, when I first heard of Ip Man (2008), I assumed it was some sort of strange science-fiction/martial arts combination. Thus I wrote it off,… Read more “IP Man, by Albert W. Vogt III”
