Scene of the Week: Axel Foley’s Wild Ride
This week’s Scene of the Week would make for a terrible instructional video at the Hamrick Truck Driving School, but it made for a great action piece to kick off the blockbuster hit, Beverly Hills Cop!...
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Scene of the Week: The Big Hit – Video Store Finale
Mark Wahlberg sucks. I’ve seen better acting at the Christmas plays in my son’s school. Somehow, though, he’s built a hugely successful career from looking at the camera with a puzzled look on his face while...
Scene of the Week: Action Jackson
One of the most underrated rivalries in action movie history is the rivalry between Detroit police officer, Jericho Jackson (Carl Weathers) and billionaire auto magnate, Peter Dellaplane (Craig T. Nelson) as seen in the 1988 film,...
Scene of the Week: A Lover of All Animals
Mascots. That is probably enough to get some of you upset. The world of mascots is a weird and wonderful place that usually has me feeling nonplussed. On the one hand mascots for the most part...
Scene of the Week: To Hell and Back
I always find in funny when people talk about what actor would play them in a movie about their life. First of all, you need an interesting life for a movie to be made that people...
Scene of the Week: Lionheart – Wrong Bet!
A 6’2″ beast of a man with wicked mutton chops and a head of hair that would make Gene Simmons blush doesn’t need much help to win a fight. But when the high-rolling moneymen want Lyon...
Scene of the Week: My Right Thumb
This week’s Scene of the Week does not come from some comedic parody of the Daniel Day Lewis film My Left Foot, but instead from 1988’s The Presidio starring Sean Connery and Mark Harmon. The Presidio...
Scene of the Week: Smokey and the Bandit
One of 2018’s dubious distinctions is it is the year that the world lost Burt Reynolds. Burt Reynolds had a long and illustrious career in Hollywood that spanned several decades with appearances on both the big...
Scene of the Week: Die Hard 2 – Skywalk Shootout
Safety should always be the number one priority on a construction scene. I’ve worked in the industry enough to know that safety inspectors will be all up in your asses if things are not as they...
Scene of the Week: The Guest – Bar Fight
The Guest is the kind of movie that flew under the radar for many people. I think that one reason was that some of those people didn’t know what kind of movie The Guest was. Was...
