Roddy Piper

Ranked: Wrestling Goes Hollywood

Professional Wrestling and Hollywood have been a winning tag team for decades. Some early examples of pro wrestlers making the jump from the wrestling ring to the silver screen include “High Chief” Peter Maivia in 1967’s...

Bullet Points: The Bad Pack (1997)

You probably have no idea how hard it is to find a good movie to watch. I spend more time scrolling through the various streaming services and wondering what I should watch than I ever have...

No Surrender Cinema: Immortal Combat

Years before Dana White and the UFC created Fight Island, there was a place out in the middle of the ocean where pro wrestlers, American Gladiators, and world class martial artists gathered in a fight to...

No Surrender Cinema: Body Slam

This edition of No Surrender Cinema comes at you courtesy of some good ol’ fashioned family viewing. Thanks to the good folks over at Kino Lorber, Body Slam is now on Blu-Ray, and yours truly made sure to...

10 Things You Didn’t Know About They Live

It is hard to believe it has been five years since Roddy Piper, a larger than life personality who left an indelible mark on both professional wrestling and the action movie industy, passed away. Piper left...

Bullet Points: Back in Action

There was an undeniable chemistry between Billy Blanks and Roddy Piper. The same sort of magic that made the Lethal Weapon series so popular was in the air whenever Blanks and Piper got together. Some actors...

Bullet Points: Jungleground

To the layperson the acting career of Roddy Piper began and ended with 1988’s They Live. But for those of us in the know, Roddy Piper’s acting career spanned three decades including guest spots on television...