New Release Round Up 6/22/21
If you missed it on Netflix, the first season of The Umbrella Academy is out this week on DVD and Blu-Ray along with Nobody, The Unholy, The Paper Tigers, Batman: The Long Halloween Part 1, and more.
Henry Golding Becomes Snake Eyes in July (Trailer)
Henry Golding stars as GI Joe’s resident ninja Snake Eyes for this July’s reboot of the GI Joe movie series, showing Snake Eyes’ training with the Arashikage and his relationship with friend/future enemy Storm Shadow, played by Andrew Koji.
Battle at the Box Office 6/21/21
In the lull before F9 arrives this coming weekend, this past weekend saw The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard take the top spot at the box office with a decent, by pandemic standards, opening while further down the charts In The Heights suffered a massive drop-off and fell out of the top 5 in its second week.
Musical Montage: Vin Diesel “Feel Like I Do”
One of the things that separate the character of Dominic Toretto from the real-life Vin Diesel is that Dom probably wouldn’t have created and performed an electronic/dance song but that’s exactly what Vin did last year when he put out “Feel Like I Do”.
News Shotgun 6/19/21
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge is getting a sequel, Manifest and Clarice are canceled, John Wick 4 gets another awesome cast member, the Gaston prequel series is greenlit on Disney+, Near Dark may be getting a 4K restoration and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 537 “Guardians of the Galaxy, Elden Ring, Metroid, Wrath of Man and More”
This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris dive into E3 news including Metroid: Dread, Elden Ring and the new Guardians of the Galaxy game, Nicolas Cage in Pig, Wrath of Man, The Vault, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and more.
Admit One 6/18/21
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard arrives in theaters this weekend while Kevin Hart stars in Fatherhood on Netflix and the latest from Pixar, Luca, hits Disney+.
Nicolas Cage is on a Quest for His Kidnapped Pig in July (Trailer)
When his beloved pet pig is kidnapped from his home in the Oregon wilderness, truffle farmer Rob, played by Nicolas Cage, must head to Portland to find who has his pig and to confront the past he left behind.
Everything Action Theater: Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Coming out a few years after Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Mel Brooks took aim at that movie, and prior Robin Hood adaptations, for his 90s spoof Robin Hood: Men in Tights, starring Cary Elwes as the bow-wielding Robin of Loxley.
Action Hero of the Week: Robin of Locksley
Returning home for the Crusades, nobleman Robin of Locksley finds his father murdered and the land ruled by the psychotically evil Sheriff of Nottingham. On the run, he joins with a group of rebels living in Sherwood Forest and fights to take back the kingdom.