Everything Action Theater: Oculus
One of our best current Masters of Horror, Mike Flanagan’s first major studio film was 2013’s awesome mindfuck Oculus, where Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites play siblings trying to prove that an antique mirror houses evil supernatural powers.
Netflix Unleashes Project Power in August (Trailer)
Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dominque Fishback team up to track down and stop the source of a drug hitting the streets of New Orleans that gives whoever takes it 5 minutes of superpowers, although the user doesn’t know what powers will manifest until they take the drug.
Action Hero of the Week: Pike Bishop
The leader of The Wild Bunch, Pike Bishop leads his gang on a quest for one last big score that will let them retire and escape the law that is after them.
Review: The Old Guard
Based on the comic by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez, The Old Guard brings more excellent action to Netflix as Charlize Theron leads a team of immortal mercenaries whose existence is threatened by an ex-CIA agent and evil pharma CEO who want to figure out and exploit their unique gift.
Gamebox 2.0: Games of July 2020
It’s getting extremely hot out as Summer 2020 is officially in full swing so crank the A/C and take a look at the games we tried. We took on Slappy and his minions, went guns blazing in the old west, explored the mind in some dream worlds, escape a room from the comforts of a […]
Review: Money Plane
The WWE’s Adam Copeland stars as the leader of a heist crew that is forced into a seemingly impossible job to infiltrate and rob the Money Plane, an illegal aerial casino where the world’s most dangerous criminals gather to gamble.
Musical Montage: Red 7 “Heartbeat”
Apparently a favorite song of director Michael Mann, “Heartbeat” by the short-lived band Red 7 was not only in an episode of Miami Vice but also as the end credits song for the first cinematic adaptation of Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon, Manhunter, in 1986.
News Shotgun 7/11
Quibi continues to be a huge disaster, Netflix is getting its fourth Stephen King adaptation, Leigh Whannell is directing another Universal Monster reboot, The CW has its new Batwoman, the legendary Ennio Morricone passed away and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 492 “The Boys, Dark, Clone Wars, Wolfman and More”
This week on the podcast, Zach and Chris discuss new trailers for The Boys and Umbrella Academy, Dark on Netflix, the final season of The Clone Wars, the upcoming Wolfman with Ryan Gosling, Quibi’s massive failure and much more.
Everything Action Theater: Triangle
Check out 2009’s underrated horror gem Triangle, starring Melissa George, Michael Dorman and Liam Hemsworth, in the latest Everything Action Theater.