michael douglas

Scene of the Week: The Jewel of the Nile

I always get Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile mixed up. I don’t know why, because they are pretty different movies. Of course, Jack Colton (Michael Douglas), Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) and Ralph...

The Essentials: 1989 Action

1989 saw the inauguration of George H.W. Bush as the 41st President of the United States. 1989 was also the year that the Berlin Wall fell. And Nintendo released their Game Boy console in North American...

Tough Chicks: Gina Carano – Haywire

Gina Carano wasn’t introduced to the world of action cinema, she crashed the party! Her role in Haywire, opposite some of the heaviest of hitters in Hollywood (Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum, Michael Douglas, Antonio...

Bullet Points: Black Rain

Michael Douglas has a nice batch of action/adventure movies in his catalogue with Falling Down, Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, and his small role in Haywire. I thought that since he would soon be...