Thunder Road (1958, Dir: Arthur Ripley) Back in the day Robert Mitchum was one cool cat. In this 50s hot roddin’ classic he plays Luke Doolin, a Korean War vet and Tennesee moonshiner who is up against a rival who wants to take him out. Luke also has to evade […]
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One thing that never fails to get movie audiences cheering is the big battle scene. It doesn’t matter if you’re 80 years old with no teeth or a little kid who picks his nose, these action packed, adrenaline charged sequences are truly why the cinema was invented. Sure, we all […]
FILM REVIEW The first time I ever watched Scarface was when I was 10 years old in 1984. I had heard about the film and knew of its controversial reputation even back then so I was really curious to see what it was all about. At the time VHS was […]
With our last list (Furious Road Movies) we dealt with the theme of travel, moreover life on the road where people can feel the wind in their hair, look out at the horizon and think about all the things out there to explore. Now in a switch of pace we’d […]
With news of Ridley Scott planning to re-visit the world of Blade Runner, the web is abuzz with geeking out (both positive and negative). Many are asking the question: why would Ridley want to try to go back and mess with something that’s so unique and has such a strong […]
When it comes to action-adventure cinema, there’s one subgenre that always stands out from the rest: the survival film. Whether it be the classic “man vs. nature” storylines, the “game of death” tales or “hunter and hunted” yarns, they are about human beings that must overcome treacherous obstacles and face […]
Like many kids in the 80s generation, this film was my introduction to one of the coolest genre specialists working in movies: Paul Verhoeven. When I watched Robocop for the first time I knew it had something different going on. From the characters, to the setting to the humor, it […]
The history of Hobo With A Shotgun goes back to the release of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez‘s modern exploitation double feature Grindhouse which held a contest for filmmakers to try to make the best exploitation style trailer in cooperation with the Austin Texas SXSW festival. With it’s simple, ‘straight-to […]
The disaster film was one of the most popular subgenres audiences flocked to during the 1970s. There were several big hits such as the Airport films, Earthquake, The Towering Inferno and Avalanche. Ronald Neame‘s The Poseidon Adventure (1972) was one of the best, it starred Gene Hackman as Reverend Scott […]
From smokin’ hot sex bombs to super tough female empowerment icons to twisted psycho broads (and sometimes combinations of all three!). Join us as we pay tribute to some of cinema’s most furious female film characters! NOTE TO READERS: This list is not in best to worst order, these are […]