My Love Letter to Blue Beetle
You could say that I experienced “superhero fatigue” about 7 years ago. For a guy who has collected comic books for 35 years and spent decades begging for superhero films to be made to just stop...
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20 Reasons Why You Rock: Die Hard 2
The action movie genre has no shortage of Die Hard clones. After all, if something works Hollywood will copy it. But I think it is fitting that the greatest Die Hard clone of them all is...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Silent Night
It seems like each year there is a new film released trying to be that big holiday crowd pleaser. Last year was Violent Night and this year we got the American return of John Woo in...
Black Christmas (1974) vs Black Christmas (2006)
This website is fully dedicated to the action genre. It’s something that is near and dear to each of the BPA writer’s hearts and I take great pleasure in knowing that we rarely stray from that...
True Action: The Iron Claw
By the time my professional wrestling fandom began in 1985, the Von Erich Dynasty was already on the decline. Thanks to ESPN and their Legends of World Class series that began airing weekday afternoons in 1988,...
The Definitive Answer to the Die Hard Christmas Conundrum
There are far too many things in this world for us to argue about; religion, politics, Nickelback, thick or thin crust, and whether you’re a tits or an ass man. In fact, we’ve spent a majority...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Shakedown (1988)
Last month after watching James Glickenhaus’ McBain for the first time, I was reminded of another Glickenhaus film I had planned on revisiting, 1988’s Shakedown. So I recently popped in the Shout Select Blu-ray release of...
DEMOLITION MAN is America
The “City of Angels” has gone through an awful lot of disasters over the years; earthquakes, wildfires, race riots, and who could forget the municipal bus full of 30 hostages taken by the maniacal Simon Phoenix!...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Blob (1988)
I had the privilege of growing up in the 1980’s. It was a magical time for movies across all genres with so many iconic films being released in the most radical decade of them all. Horror...
20 Reasons Why You Rock: Planet Terror
As Halloween draws closer and the time comes for me to stop posting articles about (mostly) horror movies, I find that I’m a bit sad. I’ve gone through quite a few top-notch flicks this month and...
