mario van peebles

Brainwaves: Ask the Brain

One of my favorite features to write here on the site is 5 Questions. But in this edition of Brainwaves I decided to flip the script on myself and answer some of the questions we receive...

Movie Kumite: Death Wish 2 vs. Exterminator 2

On July 24th, 1974 the original Death Wish opened in theaters and forever changed action cinema. Audiences fed up with crime in their cities literally cheered in the movie theater as Charles Bronson, in the role of...

Bullet Points: American Warships

I’m not a difficult man. Put Carl Weathers and Mario Van Peebles in a film where they fight against an alien invasion and I will watch it. It doesn’t matter that the film sometimes looks like...

Bullet Points: Blowback

In this edition of Bullet Points, I’ll take a look at the Mario Van Peebles film, Blowback. Grabbing Your Attention: You only get one chance to make a first impression a saying Blowback kept in mind...

Bullet Points: Gunmen

I have always been a fan of Christopher Lambert. Through thick and thin, good movies and bad movies, no matter how many Beowulf films he makes I’ll still be rooting for the guy to get his...