Monthly Archives: September 2011
Movie Review: The Delta Force
When I remember watching “The Delta Force” back in the 1980s. I thought it was quite a good action flick especially how the first half echoed the hijacking of TWA Flight 847. The movie was also memorable for me because it was also the great Lee Marvin’s last film. Marvin leads a team of special [...]
Movie Review: Missing in Action Trilogy
MISSING IN ACTION (1984) Chuck’s biggest film to date is probably his most remembered. The movie series “Missing in Action” also is close to Chuck’s heart. His younger brother Wieland was killed in action during the Vietnam war. And something very few know, Chuck’s first on-screen appearance was in the John Wayne Vietnam movie, “The [...]
Movie Review: Invasion USA
Back in 1985, the threat of the mighty superpowers throwing down and blowing us all to kingdom come was on everyone’s minds. The threat of nuclear war, building a bomb shelter, how to survive a nuclear winter and how would mankind recover after World War 3. Would the Soviets just blow us up or would [...]
Movie Review: The Octagon
Ever since the passing of Bruce Lee in 1973, Hollywood had been on a kung fu craze. Martial arts action films dominated the airwaves through the mid-seventies and into the eighties. Before they were taken over by the larger-than-life 80s action hero who used guns and explosives more than high kicks and fancy takedowns. The [...]
Retro Review: The Haunting
Director Jan DeBont’s remake of the classic “Haunting of Hill House” is a marvelous direction of eye-candy with a hollow center. Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta Jones, and Owen Wilson star as patients trying to overcome insomnia with the help of their trusting doctor played blandly by Liam Neeson. What they don’t know is that the [...]
Who was Chuck Norris?
Starting Monday September 26, this blog will celebrate Chuck Norris. Over the last couple weeks I have been on a quest to find out ‘who was Chuck Norris?’ Ever since the infamous action hero was cast in ‘Expendables 2′ I thought I would rediscover the man, the myth, the legend. So I started by rewatching [...]
Retro Review: The Upside of Anger
Critically acclaimed writer-director-actor Mike Binder brings us deep inside the world of a family on the bridge of failure. Binder is probably best known for creating and starring in the HBO comedy series “The Mind of a Married Man” which poked fun at how much a man’s world changes when he finally gets married. This [...]
Retro Review: Turning Paige
Snow falls on a family as it struggles to overcome a hidden and tormented past. Don’t all families have struggles and skeletons in the closet? “Turning Paige” stars rising starlet Katharine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps) as the film’s title character Paige. Paige has had to absorb some new responsibilities in her life after the death of [...]
Celebrate: Carla Gugino
She’s probably “the best actress in the worst movies” working in Hollywood today! I admire her bravery!
Retro Review: Goal: The Dream Begins
Has there ever been a dreamy sports film about soccer? I can’t seem to remember one unless you count “Bend It like Beckham” but that was about girls in an unprofessional league. Most famous for directing the 1995 clunker “Judge Dredd” and now being a part of the stable of directors for CSI, director Danny [...]
