Action Hero of the Week: James Ford
Dubbed the “Blood General” after using a weapon that killed millions in a galactic civil war and left him dishonorably discharged, James Ford is reinstated for a mission to prevent a deadly alien invasion from destroying all of humanity.
New Release Round Up 6/8/21
The Indiana Jones collection is on 4K for the first time along with City of Lies, Flashback, Assault on VA-33, The Lovebirds, and more on DVD and Blu-Ray this week.
JCVD is The Last Mercenary For Netflix in July (Trailer)
Jean-Claude Van Damme comes to Netflix in July with the upcoming action/comedy The Last Mercenary, where JCVD is a legendary secret agent who comes out of hiding to help his son, who gets his identity stolen by a dangerous terrorist who is looking to use it to make an arms deal that threatens all of France.
It’s Passenger NOS4A2 in Blood Red Sky (Trailer)
A mother and her young son are a plane this hijacked, which forces the mother to unleash the vampiric side she has fought to keep hidden in Netflix’s upcoming movie, Blood Red Sky.
Steven Soderbergh Brings A Heist Gone Wrong to HBO Max with No Sudden Move (Trailer)
Steven Soderbergh returns to the world of heists/crime thrillers for an HBO Max exclusive movie, No Sudden Move, which is set in 1955 Detroit and stars Don Cheadle, Jon Hamm, David Harbour, Benicio Del Toro, and more.
Battle at the Box Office 6/7/21
Upsetting a lot of analyst predictions going into the weekend, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It managed to unseat fellow horror movie A Quiet Place Part 2 and take the top spot at the box office.
Review: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Ed and Lorraine Warren take on an unprecedented case when they try to help prove that a young man named Arne Johnson should be found not guilty of a brutal murder because he was possessed by a demon in the eighth movie in The Conjuring Universe franchise, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, which debuted in theaters and on HBO Max this past weekend.
Musical Montage: UB40 “Can’t Help Falling in Love”
For Speed 2: Cruise Control, director Jan De Bont wanted the soundtrack full of reggae and Caribbean inspired music to go along with the tropical cruise setting of the movie, which included UK reggae group UB40 performing a cover of Elvis’ “Can’t Help Falling in Love”, which became one of the biggest hits of 1997.
News Shotgun 6/5/21
Issa Rae joins the Into The Spider-Verse sequel as Spider-Woman, HBO Max launches an ad-supported cheaper version, FX announces a bunch of premiere dates, an extended version of Super Mario Bros. The Movie is online, Donnie Yen joins John Wick Chapter 4 and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 535 “Army of the Dead, Reminiscence, Psycho Goreman, The Empty Man and More”
This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris dig some more into Army of the Dead, the first trailer for Reminiscence, the insanity of Psycho Goreman, the more complex nature of The Empty Man, an extended version of the Super Mario Bros. movie, new options in the streaming wars and more.