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Underappreciated Action Stars Who Deserve More Love

August 27, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at ten underrated action stars who deserve more love… It’s a funny old business being an action star. You throw yourself around, kick people upside the head, try as best you can to prove you can emote as well as said kicking, and in the end, it’s in the lap of the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Chuck Jeffreys, Cynthia Rothrock, Daniel Bernhardt, Darren Shahlavi, Jason Scott Lee, Jeff Speakman, jerry trimble, Loren Avedon, Mark Dacascos, Michael Jai White, Phillip Rhee, Richard Norton, Roddy Piper, Scott Adkins, Thomas Ian Griffith

90s Video Action Stars Part I – Lorenzo Lamas, Olivier Gruner, Roddy Piper, Billy Blanks and Frank Zagarino

June 15, 2019 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Automatic, Billy Blanks, C.I.A. Code Name: Alexa, Frank Zagarino, Lorenzo Lamas, Olivier Gruner, Roddy Piper, The Revenger, Tough And Deadly

October Horrors 2017 Day 31 – They Live (1988)

October 31, 2017 by Graeme Robertson

They Live, 1988. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, and George “Buck” Flower. SYNOPSIS: An unemployed drifter arriving in Los Angeles looking for work who, thanks to a pair of special sunglasses, uncovers a mysterious conspiracy in which humanity has been enslaved by greed, consumerism, and ignorance by a sinister […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: George “Buck” Flower, john carpenter, Keith David, Meg Foster, Roddy Piper, They Live

Blu-ray Review – Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)

December 19, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

Hell Comes to Frogtown, 1988. Directed by Donald G. Jackson & R.J. Kizer. Starring Roddy Piper, Sandahl Bergman, Julius LeFlore, RCB, William Smith and Brian Frank. SYNOPSIS: In a post-nuclear war USA, a fertile man is sent into mutant territory to rescue the last fertile women in the country in order to replenish the human […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Brian Frank, Donald G. Jackson, Hell Comes To Frogtown, Julius LeFlore, R.J. Kizer, RCB, Roddy Piper, Sandahl Bergman, William Smith

Flickering Myth’s WrestleMania Retrospective: WrestleMania XII

March 19, 2016 by Jackson Ball

In the build-up to WrestleMania 32, the Flickering Myth writers look back at previous installments of the ‘Show case of the Immortals’.   The Card: Vader, Owen Hart & The British Bulldog w/Jim Cornette vs. Yokozuna, Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts & Ahmed Johnson ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper vs. Goldust (Hollywood Backlot Brawl Match) ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin w/ […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Jackson Ball, Wrestling, WWE Tagged With: Bret Hart, Goldust, Jake the Snake Roberts, Kevin Nash, Owen Hart, Roddy Piper, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The British Bulldog, The Ultimate Warrior, The Undertaker, Triple H, WrestleMania, WrestleMania 12, WWE, Yokozuna

Flickering Myth’s WrestleMania Retrospective: WrestleMania VIII

March 12, 2016 by Jackson Ball

In the build-up to WrestleMania 32, the Flickering Myth writers look back at previous installments of the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’. The Card: Shawn Michaels w/Sensational Sherri vs. ‘El Matador’ Tito Santana Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts vs. Undertaker w/Paul Bearer IC Title Match: ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper vs. Bret Hart ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan, Sgt. Slaughter, Virgil […]

Filed Under: Jackson Ball, Wrestling, WWE Tagged With: Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, Jake the Snake Roberts, randy Savage, Ric Flair, Roddy Piper, Sycho Sid, Undertaker, WrestleMania, WrestleMania 8, WWE

Flickering Myth’s WrestleMania Retrospective: WrestleMania VI

March 9, 2016 by Jackson Ball

In the build-up to WrestleMania 32, the Flickering Myth writers look back at previous installments of the ‘Show case of the Immortals’. The Card: Koko B. Ware vs. Rick ‘The Model’ Martel WWF Tag Title Match: Andre the Giant & Haku w/Bobby Heenan vs. Demolition Hercules vs. Earthquake w/Jimmy Hart Mr. Perfect vs. Brutus Beefcake […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Jackson Ball, Wrestling, WWE Tagged With: Bobby Heenan, Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, Jim Neidhart, Roddy Piper, Shawn Michaels, The Ultimate Warrior, WrestleMania, WrestleMania 6, WWE

Flickering Myth’s WrestleMania Retrospective: WrestleMania 2

March 5, 2016 by Jackson Ball

In the build-up to Wrestlemania 32, the Flickering Myth writers look back at previous instalments of the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’. The Card: Paul Orndorff vs. Don Muraco w/Mr. Fuji (Double Count Out) IC TITLE MATCH: Randy Savage (C) w/Miss Elizabeth vs. George ‘The Animal’ Steele Jake Roberts vs. George Wells Roddy Piper w/Lou Duva […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Jackson Ball, Wrestling, WWE Tagged With: Andre the Giant, Bobby Heenan, British Bulldogs, Hulk Hogan, King Kong Bundy, Mr T, Roddy Piper, WrestleMania, Wrestlemania 2

Flickering Myth’s WrestleMania Retrospective: WrestleMania I

March 4, 2016 by Jackson Ball

In the build-up to WrestleMania 32, the Flickering Myth writers look back at previous installments of the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’… The Card: Tito Santana vs. The Executioner Special Delivery Jones vs. King Kong Bundy w/Jimmy Hart Ricky Steamboat vs. Matt Borne David Sammartino w/Bruno Sammartino vs. Brutus Beefcake w/Johnny Valiant (No Contest) IC TITLE MATCH: Greg […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Jackson Ball, Wrestling, WWE Tagged With: Andre the Giant, Big John studd, Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Snuka, King Kong Bundy, Mr T, Paul Orndorff, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Vince McMahon, WrestleMania, WWE

R.I.P “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (1954 – 2015)

July 31, 2015 by Luke Owen

The wrestling world is shocked this evening as TMZ reports the death of sports entertainment legend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. Piper was a key figure in the growth of the WWF, particularly the first WrestleMania which was a make or break event for the company. Despite his long stint in the company, he was only a […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, News, Wrestling, WWE Tagged With: Roddy Piper

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