After Sylvester Stallone’s First Blood became a box office success - American cinemas were suddenly full with films about troubled Vietnam veterans with an axe ...
On the new Exploding Helicopter podcast, Will and Dara revisit the classic Eighties buddy comedy Midnight Run (1988).
Among the topics of discussion, did thi...
I've only seen Kung Fury for the first time today. I'd heard of it, but had never checked it out. And now I hate myself a little for not having seen this crazy ...
On the morning of June 14, 1985 - TWA flight 847 was hijacked by members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad. The terrorists threatened to kill everyone on board unl...
You're making a film. You need to quickly establish Sylvester Stallone as a maverick cop who plays by his own rules. What do you do?
Maybe you have him arriv...
We've been hearing about a series based on the cult 1980s wrestling promotion Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling for a few years now, and in it's quest to bodyslam th...
Are action fans about to get a sequel to Above The Law?
It seems a real possibility after the film's star, Steven Seagal, announced on Twitter that he was de...
Has any action movie ever made a bigger cultural impact that Rambo: First Blood Part II?
First Blood introduced the world to the psychologically damaged Viet...
DEBATABLE 120 - The Man Behind The Man Behind the Poster with Erik Sharkey
ERIK SHARKEY joins me to talk about his career as a filmmaker. We touch on his ori...
The 1980's was a pivotal decade in the history of movies. So many iconic classics were born, so many major new stars and characters were brought into the spotli...
