At first glance it might appear that 1985’s King Solomon’s Mines was a huge success. After all, money losers don’t usually get sequels. King Solomon’s Mines did turn a profit, but not a “we really need...
Before Steven Seagal was fake kicking the shit out of people and way before he ballooned up and pretended to be some sort of Lawman, he was legitimately beating people senseless and twisting their limbs into...
Looking back and it is obvious that Cannon gurus, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, were bound and determined to capitalize on the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The 1981 movie directed by Steven Spielberg...
During my childhood, few things captivated me as much as Mattel’s Masters of the Universe did. I had almost all the toys, watched the cartoon repeatedly, wore a He-Man Halloween costume, had a He-Man birthday party…I was all...
The Bulletproof Podcast is spotlighting the directorial efforts of Craig R. Baxley in the month of September, beginning with Baxley’s first film 1988’s Action Jackson! Join Chris The Brain, Chad Cruise and special guest Chris DePetrillo...
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,...
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...
A friend of mine recently asked me, “What’s the last good movie that Paul Verhoeven has made? Starship Troopers?” For the life of me I couldn’t remember any of Verhoeven’s films post-Starship Troopers. I know he...
For about twenty years there was no sexier woman in cinema than Sharon Stone. From her legs crossing scene in Basic Instinct to her double the hotness 1995 hits Casino and The Quick or The Dead, Sharon’s...
1985 was a pretty damn good year. I turned 2, Ronald Reagan had his second inauguration as President of the United States, and Michael Dudikoff mass slaughtered some ninjas in Canon Films’ American Ninja. Those three...
