Battle at the Box Office 1/17/22
Spider-Man was finally unseated at the top of the box office by the fifth entry in the Scream franchise, which slashed its way into theaters with the first strong new opening of 2022 and the third-best opening for the Scream franchise.
Musical Montage: Knoc-turn’al “Muzik”
One of the things that helped set apart the action of The Transporter, besides Corey Yuen’s fantastic choreography, was the soundtrack with the most memorable song arguably being Knoc-turn’al’s “Muzik”, which featured a video that edited Knoc-Turn’al into the movie.
News Shotgun 1/15/22
Tons of TV news in this week’s News Shotgun including the return of Justified and shows based on The Santa Clause, Real Steel, and Hell or High Water, Robert Rodriguez is developing a female-led Zorro for The CW, The Raid remake is coming to Netflix, two Red Notice sequels are shooting back to back and more.
Everything Actioncast Ep 564 “The Matrix Resurrections, Quantum Leap, The Green Knight, Final Destination and More”
This week on the Everything Actioncast podcast, Zach and Chris pay tribute to Bob Saget and Sidney Poitier before discussing a new Quantum Leap, a new Final Destination, The Matrix Resurrections, The Green Knight, Cobra Kai Season 4, The Spine of Night, a Real Steel TV show, a potential new Arrowverse show and more.
Admit One 1/14/22
Ghostface and the Scream cast return to theaters this weekend while there are movies like The Tragedy of Macbeth, Ray Donovan: The Movie, and Hotel Transylvania: Transformania on the various streaming platforms.
Johnny Strong and Marko Zaror Become Bloodshots in Invincible (Trailer)
Taking cues from stuff like Universal Soldier and Bloodshot, Marko Zaror and Johnny Strong are unstoppable nanobot-fueled killing machines in Invincible, coming in March on On Demand, Digital and DVD.
The Foo Fighters Get Spooky in Studio 666 (Trailer)
The Foo Fighters star as themselves in the upcoming horror/comedy Studio 666, which finds the band renting a creepy old mansion to try and find inspiration for their tenth album but instead the evil forces of the house possess Dave Grohl, who starts to try and brutally kill his band mates.
Everything Action Theater: The Italian Job (1969)
You’re probably familiar with the solid 2003 remake of The Italian Job but if you’ve never seen the 1969 original, do yourself a favor and check it out below in this week’s Everything Action Theater.
It’s Texas Chainsaw Meets Boogie Nights in Ti West’s X (Trailer)
A film crew in the 70s looking to shoot a porno on a remote farm find something horrifying instead in director Ti West’s new A24 horror movie, X, arriving in theaters in March
Action Hero of the Week: Mick Kovacs
Looking to get money owed to his brother’s family after he died under suspicious circumstances in America, Mick Kovacs is wrongfully imprisoned and has to survive in the infamous Pleasant Hill Penitentiary’s Death Block 13 while figuring out how to get out and get revenge.