For many, Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) is the forgotten middle child of the Pierce Brosnan era of James Bond movies. Neither as loved as…
Ethan Hunt (Cruise), retired from active duty and recently engaged to the lovely Julia (Monaghan), returns to action when an IMF agent he trained…
The James Bond franchise has long offered memorable opening pre-title sequence and the Daniel Craig-era Bond films are no different: Skyfall opens with a…
Thor: Ragnarok could've stopped after the cold open and audiences would've gone home feeling like they'd watched the greatest fantasy movie since Return of…
Blade (1998) was the first really successful Marvel movie, long before Iron Man, The Avengers, Spider-Man, and even before X-Men. The Stephen Norrington-directed action…
Commando from 1985 was directed by Mark L. Lester and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Vernon Wells, Bill Duke, and Dan…
The opening scene has to introduce the audience to the world of the movie, flesh out at least the main character and his or…
“Rosebud” is one of the most famous lines in movie history, but it is not the only memorable aspect of this scene. Citizen Kane…
The Star Wars saga of movies isn't short on memorable opening sequences. The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and The Last Jedi…
"The Wolverine” from 2013, is the sixth film of the X-men series. A quick recap; Logan (Hugh Jackman), a.k.a Wolverine is an almost immortal…