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When Arnold Schwarzenegger prevented the End of Days

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Y2K era Schwarzenegger vehicle End of Days, released during a period of  millennium apocalypse fascination… Remember Y2K? Remember the threat of an impending apocalyptic event? Or if not that, PCs around the world going haywire. As it transpires, soothsayers from the middle ages were a bit off course with […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Total Recall (1990)

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Total Recall, 1990. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox. SYNOPSIS: Total Recall was remastered in 4K for this new edition that also includes a digital code, as well as a copy of the movie on Blu-ray. Three new bonus features, including a comprehensive look at the […]

Commando at 35: Revisiting the Arnold Schwarzenegger Action Classic

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Tom Jolliffe revisits the Schwarzenegger classic Commando, which recently turned 35… It pains me to think a seminal film from my childhood has now turned 35. I probably first saw Commando some 30(ish) years ago. That would make me? Urgh, like the old Knight Harrison Ford stumbles on in The Last Crusade probably. Or at […]

Netflix and Conan the Barbarian: What We’d Like to See

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Tom Jolliffe offers his two cents on the potential of Netflix bringing Conan back to screens… For years fans of Conan The Barbarian have waited with baited breath for the potential of a new film. Most predominantly among those, there has been a particular clamour for Arnold Schwarzenegger to return to the role which broke him […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger heading to the small screen for spy adventure series

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is heading to the small screen for his first major scripted TV role, with the action icon set to executive produce and star in a spy adventure series from Skydance Television. Created by Nick Santora (Scorpion), the series is described as “a global spy adventure” with a father (Schwarzenegger) and daughter at the […]

The Terminator T-800 Museum Masterline deluxe statue unveiled by Prime 1 Studio

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Sideshow and Prime 1 Studio has unveiled the 1:2 scale the T-800 Terminator High Definition Museum Masterline Black Label  deluxe statue which is based on the appearance of Arnold Schwarzenegger in James Cameron’s 1984 sci-fi action classic The Terminator. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $2,999; check it out here… SUPPORT FLICKERING […]

A Look Back at The Expendables Franchise (And a Look Forward…)

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Ten years on from the release of the first movie, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Expendables franchise and then looks at where it can go now (and who needs to join the crew)… When The Expendables was first announced in late 2009, my excitement levels went through the roof. Initially it was Sylvester Stallone, […]

8 Bad-Ass Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies Worth Another Look

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Marvelous Videos with eight entertaining Schwarzenegger movies that are worth another look… When you think of Arnold Schwarzenegger, what comes to mind? Chances are you, like 99 percent of the film-going populace, will give an answer including, but limited to: Terminator, Total Recall, Commando, Conan, and/or Predator. There’s nothing wrong with this. After all, it’s rare for an action […]

How Schwarzenegger Reigned Supreme in the Action Genre

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As Arnold Schwarzenegger turns 73, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the period where the Austrian Oak ruled action cinema, with an eye for quality material… As Arnold Schwarzenegger turns another year older, now would be a good time to look back to an era of global box office domination, and cult appeal in the action […]