“Boy, you just bought the whole can of whup-ass!” In the 1980s there was a big surge in Vietnam themed war movies. From the Rambo and Missing in Action series to Platoon and Full Metal Jacket. They covered both the experiences of the soldiers in war and the aftermaths upon […]
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“I was designed to save the world…” Today film geeks were challenged to retweet #AvengersAssemble in order to see the 3rd full trailer for MARVEL’s upcoming sci-fi action epic AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON early. Well we all went crazy and after a few hours the much anticipated look at […]
“Don’t misconstrue this. I’m not displaying character. Just temporary insanity.” A movie that sometimes gets lost in the shuffle when it comes to examples of great 80s sci-fi cinema is Peter Hyams’ 1981 space western OUTLAND. The story takes place on Jupiter’s moon Io where a titanium mining colony (“Con […]
“I’m getting too old for this shit.” When people talk about the late “King of Cool” Steve McQueen they usually bring up his big hits like the The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt, and Papillon. Maybe you’ll even get a geek like myself that thinks THE BLOB is awesome. […]
“In my day, we had to either learn the tricks or we gave work to the gravediggers.” Following the massive success of Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy, the spaghetti western became the most popular genre in Italy. From the mid 60s to the mid 70s hundreds of these thrilling action movies […]
“Sometimes, you just got to go for it.” Whenever people talk about Director Ridley Scott they always cite films like Alien and Blade Runner as being his best work. While I certainly agree with that, there is another film I would add to the list, his 1989 East Meets West […]
“Got a smoke?” – Napoleon Wilson John Carpenter’s 1976 action-thriller Assault on Precinct 13 is an example of low budget cinema at its finest. Inspired in large part by his love of Howard Hawks’ classic Western RIO BRAVO it is a story about camaraderie and is set in mostly one […]
The Incredible Hulk (1978-82) is one of the greatest series ever to grace the TV screen. It was developed by writer/producer/director Kenneth Johnson (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, V) and based on the popular Marvel Comics character created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. The TV series […]
Charlie Cox (Boardwalk Empire) stars as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer by day that patrols the mean streets of New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen by night as the masked vigilante DAREDEVIL. This brief but thrilling, explosive teaser trailer gives us a closer look into the overall tone and aesthetic of […]
“He got your gun…your badge…and your teeth? You are a disgrace to the police force.” A film that I’ve been a fan of for a long time is MIAMI BLUESÂ (1990). It’s based on a novel by the great author Charles Willeford (Cockfighter) and directed by George Armitage who got […]