Casey Chong presents a selection of great direct-to-video action movies of the 1990s…Long before the PVOD/VOD and streaming era became the norm, the 1990s were the lucrative decade when direct-to-video movies used to dominate the VHS and home video rental markets, covering diverse genres from horror to sci-fi, softcore erotic thrillers, and, of course, the […]
12 Essential Marchal Arts Movies To Enjoy This March
March is the perfect time to wax on and wax off with these 12 essential ass-kicking martial arts films…Whether you have a black belt in Kung-fu, pink belt in origami, or you can’t fight your way out of a wet paper bag, many of us love a good martial arts movie. Cinema has made movie […]
10 Badass Action Movies You Might Have Missed
Load up for ten bad-ass action movies you might have missed…There’s a well-worn genre that continues to attract the biggest audiences from the big screen right down to streaming. It’s action! From Cowboys to Commandos and everything in between, a good action film sets the pulse racing and provides audiences with a wild rollercoaster ride […]
The Essential 90s Action Movies
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 the […]
Enjoyably Preposterous Movies
Tom Jolliffe pays homage to films that are utterly ludicrous, but are enjoyable because of it…If you can enjoy one thing about cinema, then it’s probably the wealth of variety at our disposal. We can watch the sublime, the dramatic, powerful, hilarious, thrilling, or we can also watch something that compounds (and beats the shit […]
1991: The Year in Action Movies
Tom Jolliffe ventures back 30 years to a year well stocked in action films… Upon revisiting the cinematic landscape of 1991 recently, I noticed something that tickled my nostalgia no end. The year was chock full of action films, with a large number of films packing audiences in cinemas and a number also keeping video shop […]
Essential Dolph Lundgren Movies That Every Action Fan Should Watch!
Marvelous Videos presents Dolph Lundgren’s best films…There’s a story that circulated the news a while back wherein robbers broke into actor Dolph Lundgren’s home, but hauled out of there the second they realized it was his house.That really says something about his image. Combining a huge physique with natural charisma, Lundgren became an action star […]
The Brandon Lee Retrospective Triple Bill: Showdown in Little Tokyo, Rapid Fire and The Crow
Tom Jolliffe takes in a Brandon Lee triple bill of Showdown in Little Tokyo, Rapid Fire and The Crow…The Lee legacy on cinema is no small matter. Bruce Lee of course remains more iconic and more influential, having changed the face of martial arts on screen. That should not take away the fact that Brandon […]
10 Great Buddy Cop Movies Not Written or Directed By Shane Black
To coincide with the release of The Nice Guys, Kieran Fisher recommends 10 other buddy cop movies worth checking out… This weekend marks the release of Shane Black’s new film The Nice Guys, starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe as a law enforcement duo investigating a missing persons case. It also sees Black return to […]
