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20 Reasons Why You Rock: Murphy’s Law

Murphy’s Law opened in theaters on April 18, 1986. It was Charles Bronson’s fourth collaboration with Cannon Films and his sixth film with J. Lee Thompson in the director’s chair. For me personally, Murphy’s Law is...

Bullet Points: Three Kinds of Heat

For years I was operating under the assumption that Robert Ginty’s Cannon career began and ended with 1984’s Exterminator 2. Then while reading my copy of Austin Trunick’s The Cannon Film Guide Volume II, I learned...

20 Reasons Why You Rock: 10 to Midnight

Like many movie lovers, October is the time of year when I try to cram in as many horror movies into my schedule as possible. Now there are plenty of my personal horror favorites that I...

Scene of the Week: Golf Course Massacre

The third film in Cannon’s Ninja Trilogy, Ninja III: The Domination, is a unique entry to say the least. Only a genius the level of Menahem Golan would think of combining elements from The Exorcist and...

Bullet Points: Young Warriors

As a physical media collector, I pride myself on knowing when to draw the line, especially with all the tempting options that the boutique labels are always churning out. I don’t feel the need to own...

What If Cannon Made Their Spider-Man Film?

Get ready, True Believers, because today’s the day! The time has finally come to travel Across The Spider-Verse with Miles Morales and various other versions of Spider-Man, and today I’m going to look back at the vision for...

Scene of the Week: Freefalling

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection does not have a lot of the elements that made the 1986 original a beloved Cannon Classic. There is no Lee Marvin, there is no Steve James. The fantastic score...

Bullet Points: Sahara (1983)

If Alex Winter is to be trusted, Menahem Golan was telling people that he believed Brooke Shields would win an Academy Award for her performance in Sahara. On the surface that statement is preposterous. After watching...