Matt Spector

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...

Bullet Points: Bail Out

Bounty hunting is something that always seems so exciting in the movies. Is it really as action packed in real life? I don’t really care because I think action movies need to be exciting so a...

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...

Bullet Points: High-Ballin’

Jerry Reed was one of the most talented singer-songwriters of his generation who also was quite successful in the acting world. He had a unique voice and cadence to his speech that lended itself quite well...

Scene of the Week: Top Secret! Bar Fight

Top Secret! might not be the most remembered spoof movie from Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, but when their filmography includes Airplane! and The Naked Gun you can understand why it is sometimes overlooked. I am here...

Bullet Points: 9-Ball

Plenty of times we see non-actors like athletes and musicians try their hand at action movies for the first time and they try playing a different character. I am sure the drive and motivation that make...

Bullet Points: The Gauntlet

I’m a sucker for movies that fit in unique categories. I’m talking about movies that wouldn’t normally be grouped together except they all have punctuation or numbers in the title or movies that have city names...

Scene of the Week: Battle of Bloody Porch

The Wild Bunch is one of the most influential action movies and turned the entire western genre on its head. Sam Peckinpah’s film shows aging outlaws dealing with the changing times and pulls no punches when...

Bullet Points: Top Dog

The buddy cop movie is one of the go to movie genres for action filmmakers. With so many buddy cop films, the movie needs to be excellent or have something unique for it to standout. How...