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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Patrick Swayze


...was, an actor, a performer who seemed to give it his all no matter what the part, from scrappy action flicks like Next of Kin and Black Dog to some equally-light romances in Dirty Dancing and Ghost. He showed his versatility and maybe was at his best in stuff like To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar and Donnie Darko, but what I'll remember him for is his earliest roles, where he demonstrated that uncannily-perfect sense of brotherly love and family in The Outsiders and Red Dawn, not to mention Point Break. There was no one like him in that respect. The brother we always wanted.


08/18/1952 - 09/14/2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Takers trailer, poster

Would it be embarrassing to say that I'm excited for this? As I had once predicted, it looks like a ghetto/poor-man's Heat, with pretty boys Paul Walker and Hayden Christensen being chased by Matt Dillion. Call me crazy (or maybe just stupid), but I like it.



And even with this god-awful, ULTIMATE CRINGE of a poster:


I'm taken.

Source: Theater of Mine, Yahoo

The End

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Black Dynamite trailer, filmed in "Cinemaphonic Quadrovision"

The only good thing is about this one is the quoted text in the title above. Otherwise it's just a fluff rehash of the far superior, original redband trailer.


Either way, this is one to be excited about. DYNO-MITE!

Source: /Film

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

"In praise of the sci-fi corridor"


Perfect for running-for-your-life down

A fairly-thorough piece on, what else—sci-fi corridors! Head over to Den of Geek for the lowdown.

Found conveinently on the IMDb hitlist.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Rambo V: The Savage Hunt

Just as Rocky Balboa will never go down, it was recently announced that John Rambo, too, would be back for another round. But even then, the plot thickens. Unlike the bland/ugly/empty fourth Rambo entry, and its thematic predecessor, First Blood: Part II, this will not just be another jungle shoot-em-up. In fact, it will be something refreshingly different, (hopefully) opening up the series to go in a new direction.

This time around we have Rambo as the hunter instead of the hunted; being brought in to a top-secret military facility in the Pacific Northwest, Rambo and a team of black-ops hunt down a super-soldier (genetically-engineered?) through the woods and wherever else this Predator-esque killer goes.

What this does is open up the series for an Expendables-like cast, and yank some of the spotlight away from aging Stallone. A movie in vein of Predator is just what we need these days, and especially one set in the Pacific Northwest. Here's to hoping Stallone gets it right with Mr. Rambo after frankly making a mess of him in previous entries.

Source: AICN

Friday, September 4, 2009

New Machete photos!

Courtesy of JessicaAlba.net, here are some on-location photos from Robert Rodriguez's upcoming Machete:


Danny Trejo, M-Rod, and Alba


M-Rod lookin' fine!


Alba and Trejo


Alba and Steven Seagal(!!!)

For more, head over to JessicaAlba.net, M-Rod Official, or Unofficial Steven Seagal. I can't wait for this one.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The Man Behind the Damme: Frank Dux


A typically-great Kung Fu Cinema piece on Frank Dux, "the man behind 'Bloodsport' and the rise of J.C.V.D." Check it out here.

Photo Credit: Chasing the Frog



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