Everything Action Theater: Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes directed and starred in the 2011 Shakespeare adaptation Coriolanus, where the acclaimed actor brought the tragedy of Roman general Caius Martius to a modern warfare setting while keeping the dialogue of Shakespeare’s original work intact.
Action Hero of the Week: Neil Shaw
A covert operative for the United Nations, Neil Shaw is framed after a Chinese ambassador is murdered and his team is wiped out and he has to figure out who is actually behind the killings to clear his name.
New Release Round Up 7/28
A double dose of Stephen King is out this week with HBO’s The Outsider and the movie Graveyard Shift, the latter of which is available on Blu-Ray for the first time, along with the recent Blumhouse movie You Should Have Left, a Shout Factory version of Thir13en Ghosts and more on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Review: Legacy of Lies
Scott Adkins stars in his latest action-thriller, Legacy of Lies, as former MI6 agent Martin Baxter, who becomes caught between the CIA/MI6 and the Russians when a reporter requests his help to recover top-secret files that were a part of the mission that resulted in Martin’s wife getting killed and his quitting the service 12 years earlier.
Review: The Cannon Film Guide Vol 1. 1980-1984
The Cannon Group is one of our most beloved purveyors of wonderfully over the top action from the likes of Charles Bronson and Chuck Norris (and later Stallone and Van Damme) but the house that Golan and Globus built had a much more diverse catalog and the truly excellent book The Cannon Film Guide Vol. […]
Musical Montage: Red Hot Chili Peppers “Blackeyed Blond”
One of the many cinematic appearances from the Red Hot Chili Peppers (or at least one of the members) over the year, the band appeared and performed in the cult 80s skateboarding movie Thrashin, which starred a young Josh Brolin as an amateur skateboarder who dreams of becoming a professional downhill racer.
Everything Actioncast Ep 494 “Vanilla Ice, Bill & Ted, Palm Springs, The Alienist and More”
This week on the podcast, Zach and Chris talk a Vanilla Ice biopic, the latest trailer for Bill & Ted Face the Music, some Comic-Con @ Home news, the season premiere of The Alienist, The Gentlemen, Palm Springs and more.
Grab Your Daemon For His Dark Materials Season 2 (Trailer)
Based on the second book in the series, The Subtle Knife, Season 2 of the HBO/BBC series His Dark Materials arrives sometime this fall as Lyra Belacqua continues her quest across dimensions with new companion Will Parry while the evil Magisterium continues to tighten its grip on her universe.
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg Reunite for Truth Seekers (Trailer)
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are back together for the upcoming Prime Video series Truth Seekers, where Frost plays the host of an online paranormal investigation show who stumbles across a sinister supernatural conspiracy with his team.
Everything Action Theater: The Magnificent Seven
You can check out the1960 western classic The Magnificent Seven in the latest Everything Action Theater as Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Steve McQueen, Brad Dexter, Robert Vaughn, and Horst Bucholz come together as a team of gunslingers who take a job to defend a village from vicious bandits.