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10 Essential Action Movies of 1996

February 28, 2026 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s stunts aplenty with spinning kicks and punches, as we travel back to 1996 with these essential action movies… The action movie landscape of 1996 was pretty interesting. It saw a noticeable shift in the genre, stepping noticeably away from the previous decade and early 90s reliance on muscle-bound heroes. The beefy big boys like […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Black Mask, Broken Arrow, Daylight, Eraser, Executive Decision, First Strike, Glimmar Man, Maximum Risk, Mission: Impossible, Riot, Sabotage, Silent Trigger, Sworn To Justice, the long kiss goodnight, The Quest, The Rock, The Sweeper, White Tiger

The Essential 90s Action Movies

May 28, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Following our deep dive into 1980s action cinema, lock and load for our list of essential 1990s action movies… The 1990s brought about a shift in the action genre. As the decade progressed there seemed to be shift from the 80s icons into the likes of Nicolas Cage and Keanu Reeves becoming action stars. Likewise […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Assassins, Bad Boys, Blade, Cliffhanger, Crying Freeman, Demolition Man, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Drive, Eraser, Hard Boiled, Hard Target, Marked For Death, Out for Justice, Passenger 57, Point Break, Rapid Fire, Rumble in the Bronx, Rush Hour, Showdown In Little Tokyo, Speed, Stone Cold, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Last Boy Scout, The Matrix, Timecop, True Lies, Under Siege, Universal Soldier

The A-Z of Action Movies: E-H

June 16, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

In part two of our action A-Z, we look at a selection of films beginning with E-H… After an action packed A-D of action films, what does the next batch of carnage have to offer? Once again I delve into an eclectic mix of cult favourites and obscure video specials, with an array of action […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Enter the Dragon, equilibrium, Eraser, Firepower, First Blood, Fortress, Get the Gringo, Getaway, Guardian Angel, Hard Boiled, Hard to Kill, Heatseeker

The Film and TV Reboot Explosion

September 27, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at a current explosion of reboots in film and TV, with many from properties no one remembers anyway… The idea of a reboot isn’t exactly unfamiliar. Hollywood is on a very well worn trail that is littered with remakes, reboots, sequels, whatever you want to call them. Some might say Hollywood has […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Television, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Candyman, Charlie's Angels, Eraser, Flight of the Navigator, He's All That, Nighthawks, Point Break, She's All That, The Hitcher, Turner and Hooch

James Caan’s Finest Hour: Thief

July 11, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

We look back at the iconic work of the late, great James Caan and take a deep dive into the underrated neo-noir masterpiece Thief, with Caan at his fiery, mesmeric best…  The sad news has broken. Another cinematic icon has left us, leaving behind an awe inspiring legacy. James Caan for a time, was synonymous […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Elf, Eraser, Honeymoon in Vegas, James Caan, Michael Mann, Mickey Blue Eyes, Misery, rollerball, The Gambler, The Godfather, The Killer Elite, thief

A straight-to-video Eraser reboot has wrapped filming

September 18, 2021 by Gary Collinson

Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has already wrapped filming on a straight-to-video reboot of the 1997 Arnold Schwarzenegger action vehicle Eraser, and post-production is underway ahead of a release in early 2022. Titled Eraser: Reborn, the new film has been directed by John Pogue (The Quiet Ones, Deep Blue Sea 3), and […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Dominic Sherwood, Eraser, Eraser: Reborn

8 Bad-Ass Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies Worth Another Look

July 30, 2020 by Red Stewart

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Red Stewart Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Collateral Damage, End of Days, Eraser, Jingle All the Way, Kindergarten Cop, Marvelous Videos, Raw Deal, The 6th Day, The Last Stand

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