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Everything Actioncast: Avatar (2009)

December 20, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris return to Pandora to discuss 2009’s Avatar, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Directed by James Cameron, Sam Worthington is Jake Sully, a paraplegic Marine who heads to the planet Pandora to pilot the “Avatar” of his murdered scientist brother.  The Avatars are genetically grown bodies […]

Everything Actioncast: Runaway (1984)

December 13, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris hunt down malfunctioning robots and discuss 1984’s Runaway, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Written and directed by Michael Crichton, Tom Selleck stars as Jack Ramsey, the lead officer of the “Runaway” division in the far-flung future of 1991.  Tasked with stopping out-of-control robots, Ramsey and […]

Everything Actioncast: Jumanji (1995)

December 6, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris are heading to PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia. To get into the board gaming mood, they discuss the 1995 classic Jumanji. Based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg, Jumanji stars Robin Williams as Allan Parrish, who is sucked into the titular jungle-themed board game in 1969 […]

Everything Actioncast: The Hunted (2003)

November 29, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris sharpen their homemade knives and dive into 2003’s The Hunted, which just released on 4K for the first time. Directed by the late William Friedkin, The Hunted stars Benicio Del Toro as Aaron Hallam, a former special forces soldier who suffers from PTSD and goes rogue, […]

Everything Actioncast: Gladiator (2000)

November 22, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris unleash hell and dive into 2000’s Gladiator as the sequel, Gladiator II, hits theaters this weekend. Directed by Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe stars as Maximus Decimus Meridius, a beloved Roman general who is betrayed by the spiteful son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), Commodus (Joaquin […]

Everything Actioncast: Best of the Best (1989)

November 15, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris determine who is the Best of the Best as the 80s martial arts classic turns 35. Starring Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, and real-life competitive martial artist Phillip Rhee, Best of the Best is loosely based on Rhee’s time in the 1980 Asia Games Tae Kwan […]

Everything Actioncast: Big Hero 6 (2014)

November 8, 2024

This week for the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris head to San Fransokyo and discuss Big Hero 6, which came out 10 years ago this week. The first (and so far only) Marvel Comics movie from Disney Animation Studio, Big Hero 6 is very loosely based on a comic of the same name and follows […]

Everything Actioncast: The Terminator (1984)

October 25, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris use Time Displacement Equipment to jump back to 1984 and celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Terminator. In the movie that turned James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger into household names, Arnold stars as the villainous Terminator, a killer cyborg sent back in time to kill the […]

Everything Actioncast: Sleepy Hollow (1999)

October 11, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris try not to lose their heads while discussing the 1999 Tim Burton movie Sleepy Hollow.  Loosely based on the classic Washington Irving short story, Johnny Depp plays Ichabod Crane, a police constable from New York City in 1799 who is dispatched to the small town of […]

Everything Actioncast: The Blob (1988)

October 4, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris kick off the spooky season with 1988’s The Blob, which has a new limited edition 4K steelbook release. A remake of the 1958 Steve McQueen starring classic, the 1988 The Blob was directed by Chuck Russell and stars Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith.  When a satellite […]