Everything Action Theater: The Great Train Robbery
Adapting his own novel, Michael Crichton wrote and directed the historical heist movie The Great Train Robbery, where Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland scheme to rob a massive gold shipment from the train that is used to transport it monthly to the soldiers fighting the Crimean War in 1855.
Amazon and Netflix Are Bringing the Slasher Back in October (Trailer)
Netflix and Prime Video both have teen slashers streaming this coming October with an I Know What You Did Last Summer TV show on Prime Video and There’s Someone Inside Your House coming to Netflix, both produced by James Wan.
Action Hero of the Week: Jonathan Hemlock
Former assassin turned art professor Jonathan Hemlock is forced back into action when his large collection of paintings is threatened to be revealed to the IRS and he agrees to two final “sanctions” against the men responsible for the death of an old friend and fellow agent, one of the sanctions sending him up the north face of the Eiger mountain in Switzerland.
Return to Keyhouse in October with Locke & Key Season 2 (Trailer)
Locke & Key returns just in time for Halloween in October with Season 2 as the Locke siblings learn more about the power of the keys and the secrets of Keyhouse while battling the demonic threat of Dodge/Echo.
New Release Round Up 9/14/21
The Shawshank Redemption arrives on 4K Blu-Ray this week along with Mare of Easttown, Eli Roth’s History of Horror, Scooby-Doo Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog, Zola, Catch the Bullet, and more on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Hawkeye Takes Aim on Disney+ in November (Trailer)
While visiting New York City with his kids, Clint Barton sees reports of his dark alter ego Ronin running around and finds 22-year-old archery prodigy Kate Bishop, who dreams of being a superhero. The archery duo teams up to take on a threat from Clint’s past in the upcoming Disney+ MCU series Hawkeye, arriving in November.
Battle at the Box Office 9/13/21
Shang-Chi remained strong in its second weekend and held onto the number #1 slot at the box office while Malignant became the third recent HBO Max/theatrical hybrid release to vastly underperform compared to expectations going into the weekend.
Review: Malignant
James Wan returns to horror with the insane roller coaster ride of Malignant, which features gorgeous cinematography on top of an absolutely insane and brutally violent plot with one of the wildest third acts in recent horror memory.
Musical Montage: Goo Goo Dolls “I’m Awake Now”
The Goo Goo Dolls exploded later in the 90s with their Dizzy Up The Girl album and City of Angels soundtrack contribution “Iris” but earlier in the decade they provided “I’m Awake Now” to the “final” Nightmare on Elm Street movie, Freddy’s Dead, in 1991.
News Shotgun 9/11/21
Halloween Kills will be available day and date with its theatrical release on Peacock, there are rumblings of 24 potentially coming back, the great Michael K. Williams passed away, Insomniac is working on Spider-Man 2 and a Wolverine game for PS5 and more in this week’s News Shotgun.