Action Hero of the Week: Cliff Garret
When Seattle cop Cliff Garret is betrayed and left for dead by his corrupt partner, he gets a new identity as hitman Danny Grogan and goes undercover to take down two criminal organizations and get revenge.
New Release Round Up 7/27/21
A Quiet Place Part II is out this week on DVD and Blu-Ray along with American Gods Season 3, Blu-Ray releases of cult classics like The Dead Zone and The Beastmaster, Midnight in the Switchgrass, and more.
Review: Snake Eyes
Even though 2013’s GI Joe: Retaliation was a pretty significant step-up from its predecessor, Rise of Cobra, Paramount and Hasbro decided to start from scratch with Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins but it doesn’t generate the same level of optimism as Bumblebee did for the Transformers franchise.
Gamebox 2.0: VR Games of July 2021
We strapped on our Oculus Quest and checked out a trio of fantastic VR games this month with Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual, Yuki, and Ragnarock, find out more in an all VR edition of Gamebox 2.0.
Battle at the Box Office 7/26/21
It was a lackluster and underperforming weekend at the box office with M. Night Shyamalan’s Old taking the top spot, topping its release competitor Snake Eyes, but neither of those new films hit expectations while movies like Space Jam: A New Legacy, saw massive dropoffs compared to last weekend.
Musical Montage: Maximum Overdrive
For his one and only time directing a movie, Stephen King got his favorite band, AC/DC to provide the soundtrack for Maximum Overdrive. The band put out Who Made Who, a new album with some classic tracks along with new ones like the title track that functions as the movie’s soundtrack album.
Everything Actioncast Ep 542 “Dune, Space Jam, Dead Space, Black Widow and More”
This week on the Everything Actioncast podcast, Zach and Chris talk about the latest epic trailer for Dune, the return of Dead Space, The Last of Us TV show, a bunch of DC casting news, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Wellington PD, Close Enough, Black Widow and more.
Admit One 7/23/21
The latest from M. Night Shymalan, Old, and Snake Eyes arrive while Kate Beckinsale stars in Jolt on Prime Video and more this week in theaters and on streaming
The Spice Gets Epic in the New Dune Trailer
Denis Villeneuve’s epic-looking adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune is finally arriving in October this year in theaters and HBO Max as Timothee Chalamet star as Paul Atreides, heir to House Atreides, whose family becomes the target of the ruthless House Harkonnen when they take over the planet Arrakis, the only source of “Melange”, the most valuable substance in the universe.
Everything Action at PAX Online 2021
All the fun experiences of Pax was digitized and streamed for everyone at home to watch and play. Read our recap of the Pax Online 2021.