Top 10 Don Lafontaine Trailers
The late Don Lafontaine was, without argument, the greatest voice over artist ever and we take a look back at his ten greatest movie trailers.
News Shotgun 8/17
Not too much news this week but we do have our first look at Stallone and Schwarzenegger in The Tomb, The Expendables 3 dream casting, Universal’s big 100th anniversary box set and more.
Bullet to the Head Trailer
Stallone leaves the other Expendables behind for Bullet to the Head where he teams up with Sung Kang, of the Fast & Furious movies, to find the man (Jason Momoa) who murdered his hitman partner.
When You’re a Spy: Official Business
Sam and Jesse investigate the private military company that bought the sniper rifle that killed Nate while Fiona is forced to go undercover to break into a safe by the gang’s least favorite and incompetent CIA agents, Manaro and Bailey.
Admit One 8/17
One of our most anticipated movies of the year, The Expendables 2, is finally out along with the also awesome looking ParaNorman and a couple of movies looking to counter program the testosterone overload.
The Last Stand Trailer
Arnold returns to the big screen in a starring role in next year’s The Last Stand, directed by Korean director Kim Jee-Woon, as a small town sheriff who is the last chance to stop a vicious drug lord who is trying to escape to Mexico.
Know Your “That Guy”: Giancarlo Giannini
A prolific Italian actor, Giancarlo Giannini has appeared most recently in Hollywood movies like Casino Royale and Man on Fire, usually playing some sort of cop or Interpol agent.
Everything Actioncast Ep. 122 “Van Dammage”
This week on the podcast, Zach, Chris and Joe talk about their hopes for a Van Damme resurgence after Expendables 2 comes out and the time travel physics of Timecop, Segal’s Hard to Killness, whether we need a new Red Dawn, the wish list for what we want from Expendables 3, how Marvel should incorporate Punisher and Dardevil into the Marvel movie universe and much more.
Essential Expendables
The Expendables 2 is finally out this week and to get you ready, we run down the movies that are essential for each of The Expendables and which ones are expendable themselves.
Action Hero of the Week: Robert Rath
Stallone’s Robert Rath takes on Antonio Banderas’ Miguel Bain in the hitman action movie, Assassins, directed by Richard Donner.