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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, Opinions and Long Reads, 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 Rise and Spectacular Fall of the Terminator Franchise

December 9, 2014 by admin

Luke Owen looks back at the Terminator franchise… 30 years ago, the brilliant mind and visionary genius of James Cameron gave birth to a cinema icon – Cyberdyne Systems Model 101, the T-800, The Terminator. It was a movie that blended science fiction, action and horror and helped launched the career of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The […]

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Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Luke Owen, Movies, Special Features Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Christian Bale, Edward Furlong, James Cameron, Linda Hamilton, mcg, Michael Biehn, Sam Worthington, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator: Genisys, Terminator: Salvation, The Terminator

New details on Terminator fights in Terminator: Genisys

January 27, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

After the first trailer debuted to a decidedly mixed reaction over the Christmas period, some more details on this summer’s Terminator: Genisys have emerged this week – namely on the anticipated fight sequence at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles between Arnold Schwarzenegger’s older Terminator incarnation and his 1984 version, which will be part CGI-assisted […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator, Terminator: Genisys

Movie Review – Terminator Genisys (2015)

July 1, 2015 by admin

Terminator Genisys, 2015 Directed by Alan Taylor Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, J.K. Simmons, Dayo Okeniyi, Matt Smith, Courtney B. Vance, Byung-hun Lee SYNOPSIS: John Connor sends Kyle Reese back in time to protect Sarah Connor, but when he arrives in 1984, nothing is as he expected it to be. Terminator Genisys […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alan Taylor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Byung-hun Lee, Coutntney B. Vance, Dayo Okeniyi, Emila Clarke, J.K. Simmons, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke, Matt Smith, Terminator: Genisys

Second Opinion – Terminator Genisys (2015)

July 2, 2015 by Robert Kojder

Terminator Genisys, 2015. Directed by Alan Taylor. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, Matt Smith, J.K. Simmons, Courtney B. Vance, Byung-hun Lee, Dayo Okeniyi, Michael Gladis, Sandrine Holt and Douglas Smith. SYNOPSIS: In the new installment of The Terminator series, John Connor, leader of the human resistance against Skynet, sends Kyle Reese back […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Alan Taylor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Byung-hun Lee, Courtney B. Vance, Dayo Okeniyi, Douglas Smith, Emilia Clarke, J.K. Simmons, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke, Matt Smith, Michael Gladis, Sandrine Holt, Terminator: Genisys

Arnold Schwarzenegger says Terminator Genisys didn’t need James Cameron’s endorsement

July 5, 2015 by Gavin Logan

Terminator Genisys was released this past week (read our reviews here and here) and despite some over-the-top marketing campaigns including endless TV spots, various featurettes and a bunch of spoilery trailers, it hasn’t been doing fantastic box-office numbers. Early reviews weren’t good and they don’t seem to have gotten any better as the days pass. […]

Filed Under: Gavin Logan, Movies, News Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron, Terminator: Genisys

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, Opinions and Long Reads, 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

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