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Are the Old School Action Veterans Headed Into Forced Retirement?

November 23, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

With diminishing returns and a lack of interest from big-screen audiences, are old-school action heroes heading to the retirement home…? In the 1980s and 1990s, you couldn’t move for action heroes. Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger led a musclebound movement that led to younger, more grounded heroes like Will Smith, Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Denzel Washington, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Expend4bles, Expendables, Harrison Ford, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Keanu Reeves, Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, Mission: Impossible, Sylvester Stallone, taken, The Equalizer, The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Cruise

Twins 2 is dead, but Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger “have a little project going”

November 10, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Danny DeVito knows the world wants more of him, and he’s open to revisiting some of his past works, but it seems like his partners aren’t. In a recent interview, DeVito spoke about wanting to do a follow-up to Twins and Throw Momma From the Train but couldn’t get the respective co-stars to get on […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Throw Momma From the Train, Throw Papa From the Train, Twins, Twins 2

The Cinematic Crossovers We Need To See

August 15, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

20 years on from the release of Freddy vs Jason, here are more cinematic crossovers we really need to see… It doesn’t happen too often in cinema but when it does, the crossover special definitely tickles the viewers’ curiosity. Whether it was Freddy vs Jason bringing two horror universes crashing together or the first bout […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Aliens, Arnold, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Bruce Campbell, Daniel Craig, Evil Dead, fast and furious, Freddy vs. Jason, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Hellboy, Hellraiser, Idris Elba, James Bond, Jamie Clayton, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, Knives Out, Ludacris, luther, Mel Gibson, Morgan Freeman, Pitch Black, Predator, Rambo, Robert Englund, Ron Perlman., Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruise, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Last Action Hero flop: “I cannot tell you how upset I was”

June 12, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Even with his box office power at the time, Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn’t save every project he starred in during the 80s and 90s. One example comes in the form of John McTiernan’s Last Action Hero, released in 1993. While Last Action Hero is a cult classic, it opened to $15.3 million and only made $137 […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Last Action Hero

Ranking Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Post-Governator Starring Roles

June 4, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

10 years since Arnold made his full return to acting after a stint as Governor of California, we rank his major projects from worst to best… In the 80s and 90s at the height of video store popularity, I was but a youth watching films that I wasn’t supposed to be watching. I lapped up […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Aftermath, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Escape Plan, fubar, Killing Gunter, Maggie, Sabotage, terminator Gensisys, Terminator: Dark Fate, The Last Stand

Arnold Schwarzenegger explains The Expendables 4 absence

June 2, 2023 by Gary Collinson

As Arnold Schwarzenegger follows in the footsteps of fellow action icon Sylvester Stallone by heading to the small screen for his first series regular role in Netflix’s FUBAR, the former Governor of California has been back out on the campaign trail this week to promote the new show. Speaking to Parade, Schwarzenegger was asked whether […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, fubar, Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables, The Expendables 4

Netflix’s Chief Action Officer Arnold Schwarzenegger previews the streamer’s action slate

May 24, 2023 by Gary Collinson

As he prepares to head to the small screen for his first ever series regular role in Netflix’s FUBAR, the streamer has announced that it has appointed Arnold Schwarzenegger as the company’s ‘Chief Action Officer’ – a fitting role for a legendary action icon. “I’ve always been passionate about delivering the best action possible, whether […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Arnold, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ballerina, Extraction 2, fubar, Heart of Stone, Lupin, netflix, The Witcher, They Cloned Tyrone

Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the big screen with Breakout

April 25, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

As we prepare to witness one of Hollywood’s biggest ever stars make his small screen debut with Netflix series FUBAR, Arnold Schwarzenegger is already preparing a big-screen comeback with action-thriller Breakout.  Following a four-year hiatus after the latest failed attempt to reboot the Terminator franchise, Deadline report that the legendary actor will team up with […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, breakout, Richard D’Ovidio, Scott Waugh

Arnold Schwarzenegger hits the small screen with Netflix’s FUBAR trailer and images

April 19, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released a trailer for FUBAR., which marks screen legend Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first series regular TV roles. The True Lies-esque action comedy centres on a father and daughter, Luke (Arnold) and Emma (Monica Barbaro), as they discover they have both been working as CIA operatives when Luke’s retirement is put on hold and the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Andy Buckley, Aparna Brielle, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Eve Harris, Fabiana Udenio, Fortune Feimster, fubar, Gabriel Luna, Jay Baruchel, Milan Carter, Monica Barbaro, netflix, Travis Van Winkle

Arnold Schwarzenegger hits the small screen with FUBAR first look

February 27, 2023 by Gary Collinson

Action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger is heading to the small screen for his first ever series regular role this May as Netflix launches the action adventure spy series FUBAR. Created by Nick Santora (Scorpion), the series sees Arnie in a True Lies-esque plot as CIA agent forced back into the field for one last job, only […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Andy Buckley, Aparna Brielle, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Eve Harris, Fabiana Udenio, Fortune Feimster, fubar, Gabriel Luna, Jay Baruchel, Milan Carter, Monica Barbaro, netflix, Travis Van Winkle

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