First Wave of Action Movies Announced for Fantastic Fest 2019

Cole Hauser Takes on the Press in Mel Gibson’s ‘Paparazzi’ (2004). In the 1980s, there was an actor that imbued all the live wire craziness that was Gary Busey but didn’t let it overwhelm the role. His name was Wings Hauser, and that name was destined to star in action movies. He starred in Vice…

Gina Rodriguez is in fine form in ‘Miss Bala’ (2019). Gina Rodriguez could be about to give Sylvester Stallone a run for his money in the action movie stakes if the trailer for her new movie, Miss Bala, is anything to go by. Miss Bala sees Rodriguez cast off the image she cultivated on shows…

Neglected but not forgotten. The 90’s were a strange, fluid time for action flicks. The old model of making them – a huge star would be the lead, the budget would be in the high millions, there’d be a ton of blood and one-liners thrown about, along with f-bombs – was changing into a safer,…

The Ultimate Action Movie Club reviews (and highly recommends) the new documentary on 80s and 90s action movies ‘IN SEARCH OF THE LAST ACTION HEROES’.

Top Gun (1986) takes on its “ultimate knockoff” Iron Eagle (1986)! We have ourselves another ultimate showdown between two high flying dogfighters, the original Top Gun (1986) versus Iron Eagle (1986). (Check out past episodes on Batman vs Black Scorpion, Lethal Weapon vs. LA Vice, The Fugitive vs. Fugitive X, RoboCop vs. RoboVampire and Double Impact vs. Twin Dragons.) Copycats is a…