Casey Chong presents a selection of Die Hard riffs… The Die Hard on a [fill in the setting] subgenre first made its mark after director John McTiernan and then-television star Bruce Willis, of Moonlighting fame, ushered in a new era of action movies in 1988 to critical and financial success with the original Die Hard. […]
Ten Action Sequels The World Needs To See
Originality be damned in Hollywood, it’s time to look at some action sequels the world needs… Recently it was announced that Sly Stallone would be donning his climbing gear and hitting the mountains for a Cliffhanger sequel. That sent the Flickering Myth office into a frenzy of ideas… actually, it was just me in a […]
Space Wars: The Quest for Deepstar gets a batch of character posters
Ahead of its theatrical release this Friday, a batch of character posters have arrived online for director Garo Setian’s sci-fi adventure Space Wars: The Quest for Deepstar featuring stars Michael Paré, Olivier Gruner, Sarah French, Tyler Gallant, Anahit Setian, Rachele Brooke Smith, Sadie Katz, and Jed Rowen; check them out here, courtesy of JoBlo…. […]
Trailer for Space Wars: The Quest for Deepstar starring Michael Paré and Olivier Gruner
Taking a break from Star Wars Celebration, Uncork’d Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming sci-fi adventure Space Wars: The Quest for Deepstar. Directed by Garo Setian, the film follows a father-daughter team of scavengers as they race against a team of mercenaries, through a universe filled with monsters, aliens, and robots […]
90s Video Action Stars Part I – Lorenzo Lamas, Olivier Gruner, Roddy Piper, Billy Blanks and Frank Zagarino
Tom Jolliffe takes a time machine back to the booming straight to video action era of the 90s, and looks at some of the headliners… Call me sentimental but the idea of a VHS player whirring away in its machine, having been carefully picked from the local video shop gets me all misty eyed. In […]
A Double Hit of Cyberpunk from 1992: Nemesis and Split Second
Tom Jolliffe looks at a pair of cyberpunk infused sci-fi films from 1992… The year is 1992. Video shops are still a thing. I spend many an hour perusing them and there are a number of VHS covers that stamp themselves into my brain and will remain fresh in my mind almost 30 years. These […]
Action ensemble Showdown in Manila gets a poster and trailer
Two posters and a trailer have arrived online for the upcoming action thriller Showdown in Manila, which sees Mark Dacascos directing a cast that includes Alexander Nevsky, Casper Van Dien, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere, Matthias Hues, Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock and Olivier Gruner; check them out here… Private detectives Nick (Alexander Nevsky) and […]
