Scene of the Week: The Last Starfighter
1984’s The Last Starfighter really had everything a kid in the 80s would want in a movie. It was an out of this world adventure, filling a void left after the release of Return of the...
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Scene of the Week: Fitness for Life
Frank Zagarino sometimes gets lost in the shuffle when it comes to action stars of the past. While I can’t attest to all of his movies, I know I enjoy him every time he shows up....
Scene of the Week: The Chronicles of Riddick – You Made 3 Mistakes
Winter has finally arrived in my neck of the woods and you can’t walk from the car to your house without having to hide your hard nipples. The cold has a way of sneaking through those...
Scene of the Week: Remo Drops a Log
Recently after a Bulletproof Podcast recording, I was speaking to my colleagues Chad Cruise and Chris DePetrillo (Toyman for those in the know) and we were discussing what year in pop culture had the biggest impact...
Scene of the Week: Eye of the Tiger
Eye of the Tiger, starring Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto and William Smith, opened in theaters on November 28, 1986. It is a movie that completely flew under my radar upon its release and in the decades...
Scene of the Week: Under Siege – Seagal vs Tommy Lee
Say what you will about Steven Seagal (you people always do) but he is the master at killing people well beyond what is needed. Think back to the end of Marked for Death and let this...
Scene of the Week: The November Man
The November Man seems to me to be a 2014 action movie that many people have overlooked and I think it might have to be because of the title. While those familiar with author Bill Granger’s...
Scene of the Week: Starship Troopers – Assault on Planet P
There was an intense feeling of ‘something is wrong here-ness’ from the very first moments that the mobile infantry landed on Planet P. Assaulting Klendathu was a massive strategic mistake and thousands of lives were lost....
Scene of the Week: Welcome to Fright Night
The final showdown between the protagonist and the antagonist is a common trait that the action movie and horror movie genres often share. One of my favorite final battles between good and evil was from 1985’s...
Scene of the Week: The Wrecking Crew
Haunted cars are not an uncommon storyline in movies, but it is hard to debate that 1983’s Christine is not the most famous. Based on a novel of the same name by Stephen King and being...
