Chad Cruise

Women of Action: Ladies of The Last Stand

Leave it to these clowns in Hollywood to finally jump onboard this “empowered women” deal. I’ve been at the forefront of lady hero worshiping since I parkour jumped out of my mother’s womb and caught my...

Bullet Points: Mercenaries (2011)

“We’re a rescue team! Not assassins!” Okay, that isn’t a line from Mercenaries but I never pass up a good opportunity to drop a line from Predator into a post. This film is one that I’ve...

Damsels: Natalie Portman – Thor

It may seem like you’re having déjà vu but this is really happening again, I am writing another post about Natalie Portman. The lady has appeared in quite a few action movies, leaving her mark on each...

Bullet Points: The Purge: Election Year

The three movies that have been released under The Purge banner have given us a peek into a world that could never exist. Not only has the same shadowy cult government been in power for decades,...

Scene of the Week: An Introduction to Matthias

I love watching Matthais Hues drag dudes around by the their faces. If that sounds like a strange thing to say then you’ve obviously never seen the secretly excellent No Retreat, No Surrender 2. It is less...

Bullet Points: Atomic Blonde

Fans of intensely violent action movies have grown to love Charlize Theron. While her early days making action films with Reindeer Games and The Italian Job were met with mixed reactions, she more than made up...

Hall of Fame: Chan Ka Kui

For the final week of the year, we thought it might be a good idea to induct into our BPA Hall of Fame a character has been just barely on the outside looking in each year....

Bullet Points: Bright

There are certain movies that have no business being released in theaters. I don’t mean that they’re not good enough to be seen by audiences around the world, I only mean that no movie trailer would...

Hall of Fame: Sarah Connor

The past couple of years have featured a few of the most badass female characters in film history. Wonder Woman unleashed an iconic comic book hero onto the big screen, Edge of Tomorrow introduced us to...