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...
Ernest Borgnine
Scene of the Week: The Poseidon Adventure
The Poseidon Adventure is easily my favorite of the disaster movies that were all the rage in the early 1970s. The story of an ocean liner capsizing due to a tsunami induced tidal wave is fun...
Scene of the Week: Battle of Bloody Porch
The Wild Bunch is one of the most influential action movies and turned the entire western genre on its head. Sam Peckinpah’s film shows aging outlaws dealing with the changing times and pulls no punches when...
Bullet Points: The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
On a recent episode of the Bulletproof Podcast, I mentioned one of Lee Marvin’s last films was a TV movie sequel to The Dirty Dozen. Since I brought it up, I figured now is the perfect...
The Checklist: Airwolf (S2 Ep4) “The Truth About Holly”
Airwolf premiered on CBS on January 22, 1984. The show starred action movie veterans Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine. Three seasons (totaling 55 episodes) would air on CBS between January 1984 and March 1986. The show...
Bullet Points: Uppercut Man
Look! Jogging over there! It’s a dude. It’s a guy. It’s Uppercut Man! There are two things about 1988’s Uppercut Man that immediately caught my attention. First, the fact that it sounded like the worst name...
Bullet Points: Convoy
It has never been uncommon for movies to be based on novels. The past few decades have also made movies based on comic books/graphic novels and video games a common occurrence. But in 1978, a not...
Bullet Points: Laser Mission
There was one movie in the tragically short career of Brandon Lee that I had heard about and knew existed but never actually saw it… that movie was Laser Mission. The DVD I found in a...
The Essentials: TV Action (80’s Edition)
The Equalizer starring Denzel Washington hits theaters this coming Friday September 26th, but I wonder how many people who go out to see the film this weekend ever saw or even know about the TV show...
