cannon films

JoBlo Originals

American Ninja (1985) – Awfully Good

Posted 5 years ago

Jason With Marvel releasing their first Asian superhero movie with SHANG CHI, we look back at another martial arts master that crossed cultural boundaries… American Ninja (1985) Director: Sam FirstenbergStars: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Tadashi Yamashita IS THERE A PLOT?...

JoBlo Originals

WTF Happened to Chuck Norris?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris When God said, “Let there be light!” Chuck Norris said, “Say Please.” That, of course, is just one of the many “CHUCK NORRIS FACTS” that have taken the internet by storm since the mid-2000s. The Chuck Norris Facts phenomena...

Horror Movie News

Cannon Films: Quentin Tarantino to honor legendary company at festival

Posted 5 years ago

We’re big fans of Cannon Films here at JoBlo and Arrow in the Head, specifically of the 1979 to 1993 era during which the company was being run by producers Menachem Golan and Yoram Globus. This year’s 38th Jerusalem Film...

The F*cking Black Sheep: Lifeforce (1985)

Posted 6 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...

Best Horror Movie You Never Saw: Invaders from Mars (1986)

Posted 6 years ago

Welcome to Arrow in the Head's The Best Horror Movie You Never Saw, which will be dedicated to highlighting horror films that, for one reason or another, don't get as much love as we think they should. We know plenty...

Best Horror Movie You Never Saw: Ninja III: The Domination (1984)

Posted 7 years ago

Welcome to Arrow in the Head's The Best Horror Movie You Never Saw, which will be dedicated to highlighting horror films that, for one reason or another, don't get as much love as we think they should. We know plenty...

The F*cking Black Sheep: Invaders From Mars (1986)

Posted 9 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...

Cannon Films may be returning with a Zombie sequel, and more

Posted 10 years ago

Some of the most fun movies of the '80s came from Cannon Films, a company that was recently the subject of a documentary called ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS. Action, exploitation, horror, teen comedies, kids' movies,...

Review: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: The story of Menahem Golan, and Yoram Globus, two Israeli cousins who, in the eighties, ran the exploitation film studio Cannon Pictures. REVIEW: I grew up watching Cannon Films. Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson, Sly, Dolph, I loved ’em all....