Tom Jolliffe with his picks of the essential 1980s action movies… Cheesy, excessive, over the top and funny. Something about the 1980s action movie marks it as the most extravagant, bold and explosive era of the genre. The 90s infused MTV stylistics into the genre and certainly went for a flashier style of shooting and […]
80s Action Heroes come to Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone
Prepare for non-stop action coming to Call of Duty: Warzone, Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Mobile in the mid-season update arriving tomorrow. The ’80s Action Heroes event includes two new Operators who also happen to be iconic action heroes, Die Hard’s John McClane and Rambo from Rambo: First Blood Part II. As […]
Rambo: The Complete SteelBook Collection coming to 4K Ultra HD
Lionsgate has announced the released of the Rambo Complete Steelbook Collection which includes all five films in the classic Sylvester Stallone-headlined action franchise in 4K Ultra HD, along with a host of bonus features. The box set hits shelves on October 27th as a Best Buy exclusive, priced at $119.99; check out the cover artwork […]
1985: When Sylvester Stallone was King of the World
Tom Jolliffe goes back in time to a year when Sylvester Stallone was the king of the box office… It might shock some of you to know that it’s now 35 years past 1985. During lockdown time has become an abstract concept to me, but regardless, the fact that a time that and era that […]
Looking Back at the Legacy of Andrew G. Vajna
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the legacy of the late Andrew G. Vajna… When I was growing up I was fascinated by the video shop. Thousands of boxes displaying all manner of films. This was an era when cover art was particularly impressive. You could wander your eye over a shelf and scan until something […]
Rambo coming to 4K Ultra HD with First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III
Before he returns to the big screen in next year’s Rambo V, fans of Sylvester Stallone’s John J. Rambo will soon be able to enjoy his first three outings – First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III – in glorious 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The releases, set to […]
Ready Player One pays homage to classic movie posters
A batch of new posters have arrived online for Steven Spielberg’s hotly-anticipated adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One which pay homage to The Matrix, The Goonies, The Lost Boys, The Iron Giant, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Risky Business, Back to the Future, Blade Runner, Bullitt, The Breakfast Club, Labyrinth and Beetlejuice; check them […]