Everything Actioncast Ep. 63 “Green Letdown”
This week the whole crew is here to talk about the disappointing Green Lantern movie, The Muppets, toy lines becoming movies, TNT and USA original shows and more.
Know Your “That Guy”: Michael Rooker
“If you shoot someone in the head with a .45 every time you kill somebody, it becomes like your fingerprint, see? But if you strangle one, stab another, and one you cut up, and one you don’t, then the police don’t know what to do”
Action Hero of the Week: Cliff Secord
Celebrating it’s 20th anniversary this week, we highlight the hero of the underrated 1991 action/adventure The Rocketeer, stunt pilot Cliff Secord.
New Release Round Up 6/21
A bunch of early year releases this week including The Eagle, The Adjustment Bureau and, our pick of the week, Unknown.
Review: Green Lantern
DC’s only entry this summer in the comic book superhero genre, Green Lantern, has some heavy competition from Marvel’s trio of movies. Can it compete or should DC just focus on Batman?
Musical Montage: “Dream Warriors” by Dokken
Musical Montage this week features the awesome music video for “Dream Warriors” by Dokken and featuring Patricia Arquette and Robert Englund reprising their roles from Nightmare on Elm Street 3.
Battle at the Box Office 6/20
Green Lantern was tops at the box office this weekend but it was an extremely weak opening for a major comic book superhero movie.
News Shotgun 6/17
This week in the News Shotgun we find out who will be directing The Wolverine and Expendables 2, Hot Wheels: The Movie might be a thing and The Boondock Saints might be coming to the small screen.
Admit One 6/17
DC Comics launches their lone blockbuster of the Summer but critics aren’t as impressed with it as the recent Marvel movies.
Moneyball Trailer
After getting completely shut down by Sony and original director Steven Soderbergh leaving, Moneyball is set to come out later this year and follows the true story of Oakland A’s manager Billy Beane and his unorthodox strategy to build a winning baseball team with a limited budget.