Scene of the Week: O Tannenbaum
The popularity of Christmas trees dates back to the second half of the 19th century… but I doubt Christmas tree history was on Martin Riggs’ mind when he popped into a Christmas tree lot to pop...
Richard Donner
Scene of the Week: Lethal Weapon
This past week, the world lost Richard Donner, a true legend in the movie making game. Donner’s directorial work touched the lives of movie going fans for decades. If you grew up in the 1980’s chances...
Bulletproof Podcast: Episode 40 – Superhero Action
Our original plans for Episode 40 fell through, but it was Superman, Blade, Spider-Man, The Crow, Batman and more to the rescue! Chris the Brain, Chad Cruise and Ryan Campbell share some of their favorite comic...
No Surrender Cinema: 16 Blocks
Back in 2019, No Surrender Cinema went on a summer vacation of sorts. I’m not talking about any sort of paid time off (and wouldn’t that be a nice fringe benefit to this gig), but rather...
Bulletproof Podcast: Episode 30 – Lethal Weapon
We are celebrating the holidays on Episode 30 of The Bulletproof Podcast with a deep dive on 1987’s Lethal Weapon! Lethal Weapon ranked high on our special Christmas Countdown episode and this week Chris the Brain,...
Scene of the Week: Lethal Weapon 2
If Warner Brothers didn’t know what they had in the first Lethal Weapon film, they sure as hell knew what they had when the sequel was released on July 7, 1989. Lethal Weapon 2 nearly doubled...
5 Questions: Superman (1978)
When the opportunity presented itself to attend a 40th Anniversary screening of 1978’s Superman, the granddaddy of all big budget superhero movies, there was no way I was going to let that opportunity pass me by. ...
Scene of the Week: Enter the Fratellis
In the annals of PG movie villains, the Fratelli Family, from the Richard Donner directed The Goonies, have to be included among the best of the best… or in this case the best of the worst....
Scene of the Week: Diplomatic Immunity
There is an old saying about going to the well once too often. Joss Ackland’s character Arjen Rudd in Lethal Weapon 2 learned that old saying was true and he learned it the hard way. The...
Scene of the Week: Mayhem in Metropolis
In honor of Super Bowl 50 (or do I have to say “the big game”?), I felt that this week’s Scene of the Week should be super too… or in this case, a scene from the...
