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The Best Movie You Never Saw: Nighthawks

Posted 3 years ago

With Sylvester Stallone's Tulsa King premiering , we decided to take a look back at an under-seen Stallone gem - Nighthawks! 

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Excalibur (1981) – Fantasizing About Fantasy Films

Posted 4 years ago

In 1981, John Boorman released his passion project, Excalibur. A bold, very adult, serious take on the Arthurian legend, the film was a modest financial success, grossing $34 million domestically. However, to many, it stands at the definitive story of...

Raiders of the Lost Ark 40th Anniversary tribute: Raiders of the Lost Darth!

Posted 4 years ago

It's hard to believe but Raiders of the Lost Ark, usually considered one of the greatest of all "modern" action movies is actually forty-years old this month! With Harrison Ford STILL playing Indiana Jones after all of these years (with...

Dragonslayer (1981) – Fantasizing About Fantasy Films

Posted 4 years ago

This week on Fantasizing About Fantasy Films, we're taking a deep dive into one of the strangest films ever to emerge from Disney – Dragonslayer – a co-production with Paramount Pictures that ranks as one of the darkest sword and sorcery...

Escape from New York reboot: Wyatt Russell isn’t interested in playing Snake

Posted 4 years ago

There have been several attempts at getting a reboot of John Carpenter's Escape from New York off the ground, but the last we heard, Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man) was penning the screenplay with the possibility that he may direct...

For Your Eyes Only (1981) Roger Moore: James Bond Revisited

Posted 4 years ago

In 1981, For Your Eyes Only marked a new era for James Bond in more ways than one. After going to space in the controversial (but wildly successful) Moonraker, the choice was made to bring James Bond Movies back down to...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Nighthawks

Posted 5 years ago

Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before...

Ben Cross, star of Chariots of Fire and Star Trek, has passed away

Posted 5 years ago

Ben Cross, the English actor known for his powerhouse performance as the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams for director Hugh Hudson's CHARIOTS OF FIRE, has passed away at 72. Word of Cross' death had reached the masses not long after the star...

Indiana Jones tops Ellen Ripley as greatest movie hero of all time

Posted 5 years ago

"Empire Magazine" recently asked their readers to vote for their favorite movie hero of all-time and they chose one of cinema's prolific cinematic heroes to top their list. The results of the poll had Harrison Ford's, Indiana Jones topping the...

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