The A-Z of Action Movies: A-D
Beginning an A-Z series on action cinema, Tom Jolliffe offers up a selection of movies from A-D…
Action cinema. Explosions, fist fights, one liners and occasionally mullets. From the early westerns to the modern Marvels of blockbuster cinema, action cinema has entertained and excited audiences for decades. Sure, everyone knows Die Hard is one of the pinnacles of the genre, so perhaps there’s no need to recommend that one. However, through a continuing series I will offer up a varied selection of films. Prepare as I unleash my encyclopedic knowledge of action cinema upon you. Here’s an A to D selection to roundhouse kick things off…
Edge of the Axe
Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to the internets movie review column that has never wanted to hang a poster of Paul Newman’s movie
The Color of Money on my wall, not because the movie is bad or I hate Paul Newman, I just don’t want to do it (I’d much rather hang a poster for a movie like
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives! or
2019: After the Fall of New York), The Gratuitous B-Movie Column, and I am your host Bryan Kristopowitz. In this issue, issue number five hundred and eighty-nine, I take a look at the Spanish-American slasher flick
Ed. Note: In case it is missed within the context of this interview, Bryan had a unique opportunity to “interview” the fictional lead character of Adam Howe’s new novel One Tough Bastard. You can check out Bryan’s review of the book here. Enjoy the interview; I certainly did! –Jeremy
The 411 Interview: Shane Moxie
Shane Moxie, “The Mox,” was at one time one of the biggest action stars in the world. Hailing from the small southern town of Toad Suck, Arkansas and now residing in Hollywood, California, Moxie exploded upon the movie world with 1988’s
One Tough Hombre directed by Rowdy Harrington (yes,
Stephen King s Surprising Pick For His Favorite TV Adaptation Of His Work
Stephen King s Surprising Pick For His Favorite TV Adaptation Of His Work ABC
By Liam Mathews/Dec. 18, 2020 12:40 pm EDT
The Stand, is somewhere in the middle). But the legendary author s favorite TV version of his work may surprise you. It s not, technically speaking, actually an adaptation at all. In a recent interview with the
New York Times, King said his favorite TV project is
Storm of the Century, a three-part horror miniseries for which he wrote an original script that aired on ABC in 1999. That is my absolute favorite of all of them, King said. I loved Colm Feore as Linoge, and I loved the story, King said. They filmed it in Southwest Harbor in Maine in the wintertime and they got the snow, so you get the sense of this awesome blizzard and the people trapped in it. They did a terrific job.
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If you were to ask a room full of 20 Stephen King fans what their favorite TV project from the author is, there s a chance that you could 20 different answers. The Master of Horror s works have been seen as terrific fodder for the small screen ever since Tobe Hooper s
Salem s Lot first aired in late 1979, and it s a legacy that includes fantastic titles like Tommy Lee Wallace s
IT from 1990, Mick Garris
The Stand from 1994, and Bridget Carpenter s 11.22.63 from 2016. Every Constant Reader has their own preference, but if there s one title that the author himself feels deserving of being singled out, it s Craig R. Baxley s excellent