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Bullet Points: Split Decisions

I love a good boxing movie because you usually get two things that I like in my movies: action and montages. The story can take a back seat when the action is good and there is...

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The Essentials: 1983 Action

It is now a longstanding New Year’s tradition here at Bulletproof Action to spotlight 12 action movies that will be celebrating a milestone anniversary in the New Year. In this case, 12 action movies released in...

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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...

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Bullet Points: March or Die

The phrase ‘something’ or die has been around for a long time. “Live Free or Die” is the state motto of New Hampshire and dates back to the American Revolution and is based on the French...

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20 Reasons Why You Rock: Superman II

When Superman II flew into theaters nationwide in the United States on June 19. 1981, I was just a kid and oblivious to a lot of things. I didn’t know about the behind the scenes shake...

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True Action: Bat*21

I don’t believe I am an exaggerating when I say that Gene Hackman is one of the finest actors to ever live. Hackman displayed tremendous range over the course of his six decade plus career, playing...

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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. ...

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Bullet Points: The Quick and the Dead

Sam Raimi is a massive fan of movies. I think you have to be in order to have the career he has had but Raimi has always stood out to me since all of his movies...

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Scene of the Week: Superman, Cannon Style

1987 proved to be an ambitious year for Cannon Films. They paid Sylvester Stallone a ton of money to star in the arm wrestling themed Over the Top. They brought He-Man from the toy aisles and...