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I tested the new Hard Boiled 4K Blu-ray, and this long-awaited classic is a new reference showcase for what Ultra HD and Dolby Atmos is capable of

Hard Boiled has been on my most-anticipated 4K discs for a while, and I've finally had the chance to test it — and it's been worth the wait.

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The Killer: without John Woo’s gun fu classic, Hollywood action films would be far more dull

The 1989 Hong Kong thriller established Woo as one of the greats, with its explosive gun fights, high-speed car chases and an incorruptible hero

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From Jon Snow: A Last Big Story to Muse: the week in rave reviews

The former Channel 4 News anchor reports on his health before leading another investigation, and the never-knowingly-understated Devon rockers return. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

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A Better Tomorrow review – firefights aplenty and unapologetic melodrama in John Woo’s blood-drizzled crime classic

Spectacular shootouts and even broad comedy are packed into this Woo’s fierce 1986 thriller of vengeance and loyalty

The Guardian - UK

Which filmmaker inspired John Travolta's directorial debut?

John Travolta took inspiration from Robert Altman, Mike Nichols and Quentin Tarantino for his directorial debut Propeller One-Way Night Coach, an adaptation of his 1997 children’s novel of the same name.

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Bullet in the Head review – John Woo’s Vietnam war fever dream is an explosive masterpiece

The Hong Kong action master’s deliriously violent 1990 epic fuses gangland thriller, war movie and tragic melodrama into a spectacular vision of greed and moral collapse

The Guardian - UK

3 new to Paramount+ movies you need to stream this weekend (May 1-3)

Paramount+ just added a ton of must-watch movies worth watching this weekend. Here are my top 3 picks.

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TV tonight: the Hatton Garden diamond theft is like a Guy Ritchie film

This entertaining documentary explores the audacious jewellery robbery. Plus: Lisa Kudrow’s Hollywood-skewering comedy. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The Wolf of Wall Street to Creed III: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Leonardo DiCaprio lights up Martin Scorsese’s Wall Street drama, which has the most swears of any Hollywood movie. Plus: Oscar-winner Michael B Jordan stars in and directs the ever entertaining Rocky spin-off

The Guardian - UK

The Killer review – John Woo’s gun-filled melodrama remains a blood-soaked classic

The director’s 1989 Hong Kong action touchstone is a wild melding of maximalist violence and surreal sentimentality – with added harmonica

The Guardian - UK

Hard Boiled review – John Woo’s outrageously explosive 1992 cop thriller is pure action mayhem

Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung face off in a wildly inventive film whose hospital shootout remains one of cinema’s most irresistible set pieces

The Guardian - UK

Face/Off 2 Has Hit A Major Setback, But This May Be Good News For A Long-Awaited Reboot

There may be a silver lining here.

Cinemablend

Hideo Kojima can't help but flex his famous friends as he shares Metal Gear Solid 3 collector's edition book featuring "legendary" contributors like Guillermo del Toro: "The energy we had was incredible"

John Woo says the series has "played an important part in the history of the video game industry"

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The 10 Best One-Shot Takes In Movie History

Cut was never called.

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33 Years Later, John Woo's Last Action Masterpiece Just Got A Huge Upgrade

'Hard Boiled' has not been available on physical media in the west for decades. Here's your chance now to own it on 4K Blu-ray.

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One Of Tom Cruise's A+ Former Directors Revealed He 'Would Have Loved' Directing A Mission: Impossible Movie, And Now I Need A Time Machine To Make It Happen

Somebody please find a way to make this happen.

TechRadar

7 new Paramount+ movies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes you should stream in September 2025

Here are seven fantastic movies with great Rotten Tomatoes scores to stream on Paramount+ in September.

Inverse

This Cyberpunk Gun Fu Action Game Is What John Wick Fans Have Been Waiting For

Spine brings high-octane Gun Fu action inspired by the likes John Wick to games, and fuses it with the tried-and-true Akrham combat.

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25 Years Ago, A Legendary Director Gave Mission: Impossible A Thrilling New Direction

Decades before Mission: Impossible became a self-serious stunt factory, John Woo put his own unique spin on the franchise.

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All 8 'Mission: Impossible' movies, ranked

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to check out our ranking of the 'Mission: Impossible' movies

The Guardian - US

‘Breath-stoppingly tense’: which Mission: Impossible film is the greatest?

As The Final Reckoning hits cinemas, Guardian writers pick their favourites of the action-packed series

The Independent UK

Mission: Impossible became a Tom Cruise vanity project – their demise could save him

IN FOCUS: Since 1996, the actor has used the long-running franchise as a vessel for the kind of star image he wants to project at any given time: bad boy, devoted husband, daredevil, mysterious saviour of the world. As the series reaches its possible conclusion, Adam White ponders who Cruise…

Total Film

Tom Cruise recalls doing a major Mission: Impossible stunt with a broken foot: "What's the point? You just keep going"

He is the king of Hollywood stunts, after all

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it... Mission: Impossible movies ranked from worst to best

Your mission, should you choose to accept it... Ahead of the Cannes premiere of the new (and rumoured last) Mission: Impossible film, 'The Final Reckoning', we look back at the series and rank the seven adventures... And fixate on Tom Cruise's hair through the years.

Total Film

A Zelda movie is finally happening, but Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto used to adamantly oppose the idea even "if Steven Spielberg himself" wanted to do it

"The answer was always no"

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