March is the perfect time to wax on and wax off with these 12 essential ass-kicking martial arts films… Whether you have a black belt in Kung-fu, pink belt in origami, or you can’t fight your way out of a wet paper bag, many of us love a good martial arts movie. Cinema has made […]
Movie Review – Black Creek (2024)
Black Creek, 2025. Directed by Shannon Lanier and Mike Möller. Starring Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Patrick Kilpatrick, Keith Cooke, R. Marcus Taylor, Eliza Kelley, Brandy Futch, Benny Urquidez and Keith Vitali. SYNOPSIS A sheriff’s sister seeks revenge against the terrifying leader of a group of outlaws after discovering he brutally murdered […]
The Queens of the B-Movie
Tom Jolliffe celebrates some of the most popular B-movie queens of the video era onward… Think of those legendary actresses of the last few decades. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie… Big names, capable of selling a film themselves and a regular big screen fixture. As someone who grew up in the VHS […]
Lady Scorpions trailer sees Cynthia Rothrock out to rescue her granddaughter
Tiger Style Media and Paramount Movies have shared a trailer, poster and images for the action thriller Lady Scorpions. Directed by Bruce Del Castillo, the film stars action icon Cynthia Rothrock as a former FBI agent who teams up with her daughter (Caitlin Dechelle) – a martial arts master – to take down a crime […]
The Female Action Hero
Tom Jolliffe on female action heroes… With the impending UK release of Atomic Blonde, it now seems a good time to consider the female action hero. You may think this ‘phenomena’ only stretches back to around the time Sigourney Weaver donned a mecha-suit, but it goes back further. There has certainly been a significant rise […]
90s Video Action Stars Part II – Jeff Wincott, Michael Dudikoff, Mark Dacascos and Cynthia Rothrock
Tom Jolliffe continues his look back at 90’s video action stars (read the first part here)… As I continue on with my 90’s action rampage, revisiting those VHS purveyors of fisticuffs and footicuffs (footicuffs?), I find myself already suffering brain degradation. Some films I revisit have blurred in my memory and re-watching only confirms what […]
Movie Review – The Last Kumite (2024)
The Last Kumite,2024. Directed by Ross W. Clarkson. Starring Mathis Landwehr, Matthias Hues, Kurt McKinney, Billy Blanks, Cynthia Rothrock, Michel Qissi, Abdul Qissi, David Kurzhal, Kira Kortenbach, Mona Moula and Mike Derudder. SYNOPSIS Michael Rivers, a skilled martial artist is forced to fight in an illegal fighting tournament in order to save his daughter. Along […]
4K Ultra HD Review – China O’Brien / China O’Brien 2
China O’Brien / China O’Brien 2, 1990 Directed by Robert Clouse. Starring Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Keith Cooke, Cindy Clark, Tiffany Soter, Nijel, Billy Blanks. SYNOPSIS: 4K UHD box set featuring both Cynthia Rothrock-led martial arts action classics from the VHS era. In a genre where the underdog is constantly being championed and many prize […]
Martial arts throwback The Last Kumite gets a trailer and poster
Altitude has released a poster and trailer for The Last Kumite, and 80s and 90s-influenced martial arts throwback from director Ross W. Clarkson and featuring an ensemble cast of martial arts favourites including Cynthia Rothrock (China O’Brien), Billy Blanks (Talons of the Eagle), Michel and Abdel Qissi (Kickboxer), Matthias Hues (Death Match), Kurt McKinney (No […]
Cannon’s Avengers: What If… Cannon Films Did the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Here in the Flickering Myth multiverse, we look at how a Cannon-produced Avengers epic may have been cast… The Marvel Cinematic Universe enjoyed an unprecedented run of success after Robert Downey Jr kicked off a major era in movies back with 2008’s Iron Man. Some might not have enjoyed the all-powerful grip that the MCU […]
