Matt Spector

Bullet Points: Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is a holiday to celebrate love and what better way to enjoy the day than to watch a movie with the same name. What is that? You have already seen the 2010 movie Valentine’s...

Scene of the Week: Watermelon Massacre

Charles Bronson has played some characters that have been through some things. Paul Kersey in the Death Wish franchise has seen his wife, daughter, maid, lover, lover’s daughter all killed and he usually takes it the...

Bullet Points: Vietnam, Texas

A priest walks into a bar… oh, you have heard that one before. Stop me if you have heard the one about a priest who had a child with a Vietnamese woman during the Vietnam War...

Scene of the Week: “Nice Dance, Fancy Pants”

Sweetwater is a 2013 western starring January Jones, Ed Harris and Jason Issacs that kind of came and went.  It might be because westerns don’t hold the same interest they once did and partly because it...

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....

Bullet Points: The Real Macaw

W.C. Fields is famous for saying never work with children or animals. I don’t want to speak ill of the dead, but sit on it, Mr. Fields. Action movies aren’t always for the whole family, but...

Bullet Points: Bums

Vigilante movies are a dime and dozen, and I am glad they are so cheap because I can’t get enough . It is not because they are always good, but because I find it amazing how...

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...