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Cannon’s Avengers: What If… Cannon Films Did the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

September 17, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Here in the Flickering Myth multiverse, we look at how a Cannon-produced Avengers epic may have been cast… The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been doing pretty well since Robert Downey Jr kicked off a major era in movies. Some might not like the all-powerful grip that the MCU has on multiplexes, and stalwarts of cinema […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Albert Pyun, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Drago, Brandon Lee, Brooke Shields, Bruce Lee, cannon films, Carl Weathers, Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, Corey Feldman, Cynthia Rothrock, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Frank Langella, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lou Ferrigno, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Michael Dudikoff, Mickey Rourke, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Steve James, Sylvester Stallone

Van Damme meets Tsui Hark: Double Team and Knock Off

September 3, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

On the 25th anniversary of Knock Off, we look back at Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Tsui Hark double bill… Jean-Claude Van Damme was riding high in the mid 1990s. He was coming off the back of a string of his biggest hits. He had an eye for talent too, becoming a key figure in bringing John […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Dennis Rodman, Double Team, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Knock Off, Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman, Paul Sorvino, Rob Schneider, Tsui Hark

Cannon Films and the Search for Critical Acclaim

August 27, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

A look back at Cannon Films and their search for critical acclaim which led to some memorable successes and failures… When aficionados think back to the glory days of Cannon Films, most notably in the peak years under Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, they invariably cast their minds to unashamedly schlocky and low-budget genre fare […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Andrei Konchalovskiy, Barbet Schroeder, Barfly, Bolero, cannon films, Duet For Love, Faye Dunaway, Hanna's War, Jean-Luc Godard, John Cassavetes, King Lear, Love Streams, Menahem Golan, Mickey Rourke, Runaway Train, Sahara, Shy People, The Assisi Underground, Yoram Globus

Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke and Casper Van Dien star in Hunt Club trailer

March 25, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

A poster and trailer have arrived online for Hunt Club, the upcoming action thriller from director Elizabeth Blake-Thomas. The film follows a group of women as they are lured to an island with the offer of a chance to win $100,000 in a hunt, but when they discover they are the ones being hunted they […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Casper Van Dien, David Lipper, Elizabeth Blake-Thomas, Hunt Club, Jason London, Jeremy London, Jessica Belkin, Kipp Tribble, Maya Stojan, Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke, Will Peltz

Movie Review – Section 8 (2022)

January 16, 2023 by Robert Kojder

Section 8, 2022. Directed by Christian Sesma. Starring Ryan Kwanten, Dolph Lundgren, Dermot Mulroney, Scott Adkins, Mickey Rourke, Justin Furstenfeld, Maurice Compte, Tracy Perez, Robert LaSardo, Paul Sloan, Geoffrey Blake, Mary Christina Brown, Kimi Alexander, Brandon Burrows, Robert Laenen, Jessica Medina, Jay Montalvo, and Stephen C. Sepher. SYNOPSIS: After avenging the murder of his family, […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Brandon Burrows, Christian Sesma, Dermot Mulroney, Dolph Lundgren, Geoffrey Blake, Jay Montalvo, Jessica Medina, Justin Furstenfeld, Kimi Alexander, Mary Christina Brown, Maurice Compte, Mickey Rourke, Paul Sloan, Robert Laenen, Robert LaSardo, Ryan Kwanten, Scott Adkins, Section 8, Stephen C. Sepher, Tracy Perez

Trailer for action thriller Section 8 starring Ryan Kwanten, Dolph Lundgren, Scott Adkins and Mickey Rourke

August 27, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

RLJE Films has released trailer for the upcoming action thriller Section 8 which stars Ryan Kwanten as a former soldier serving a life sentence after avenging the murder of his family, who is given his shot at freedom when he is recruited by a shadow government agency. Directed by Christian Sesma, the film also stars […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Christian Sesma, Dermot Mulroney, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Ryan Kwanten, Scott Adkins, Section 8

Mickey Rourke slams Tom Cruise, calls him “irrelevant”

July 17, 2022 by Gary Collinson

It’s perhaps somewhat astonishing that of all the success he’s enjoyed over the past four decades, Tom Cruise is arguably more popular than ever right now. Recent instalments in the Mission: Impossible franchise have raised the bar for action, and the star is currently sitting atop the box office with the highest-grossing movie of the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Mickey Rourke, Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

Movie Review – WarHunt (2022)

April 11, 2022 by Robert Kojder

WarHunt, 2022. Directed by Mauro Borrelli. Starring Robert Knepper, Jackson Rathbone, Mickey Rourke, Aglaya Tarasova, Anna Paliga, Fredrik Wagner, Lorenzo de Moor, Polina Pushkareva, Josh Burdett, Alex Mills, Lou Stassen, Christopher Hunter, Elliott Wooster, Ben McKeown, Ieva Seglina, and Timo Willman. SYNOPSIS: 1945. A U.S. military cargo plane loses control and violently crashes behind enemy […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Aglaya Tarasova, Alex Mills, Anna Paliga, Ben McKeown, Christopher Hunter, Elliott Wooster, Fredrik Wagner, Ieva Seglina, Jackson Rathbone, Josh Burdett, Lorenzo de Moor, Lou Stassen, Mauro Borrelli, Mickey Rourke, Polina Pushkareva, Robert Knepper, Timo Willman, Warhunt

Trailer for WWII action horror Warhunt starring Mickey Rourke

January 1, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

Saban Films has shared a trailer, poster and images for writer-director Mauro Borrelli’s WWII supernatural action horror Warhunt which stars Robert Knepper, Jackson Rathbone and Mickey Rourke; take a look here… 1945. A US military cargo plane loses control and violently crashes behind enemy lines in the middle of the German black forest. Immediately ruthless […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Jackson Rathbone, Mauro Borrelli, Mickey Rourke, Robert Knepper, Warhunt

It’s Michael Jai White vs. Mickey Rourke in trailer for The Commando

December 10, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

Saban Films has released a trailer, poster and images for the upcoming action thriller The Commando which follows an elite DEA agent (Michael Jai White), as he faces off against a dangerous crew to keep his family safe after they discover $3 million dollars the criminals had stashed away in their home. Directed by Asif […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Aris Mejias, Asif Akbar, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, Gianni Capaldi, Jeff Fahey, Michael Jai White, Mickey Rourke, The Commando

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