Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best musical scores from Cannon Films’ oeuvre… A good film score can elevate the picture and manipulate the viewer. It can illicit excitement, fear, intrigue, melancholy and more. It’s not uncommon for a film score to become just as legendary an aspect of a particular film as anything […]
Infinite Statue unveils Bloodsport: The Last Fight collectible diorama
Sideshow and Infinite Statue have revealed the 1:10 scale The Last Fight diorama which is inspired by the final fight scene between Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Chong Li (Bolo Yeung) in the 1988 action drama Bloodsport. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $410; take a look here… The final fight scene […]
The Essential 80s Action Movies
Tom Jolliffe with his picks of the essential 1980s action movies… Cheesy, excessive, over the top and funny. Something about the 1980s action movie marks it as the most extravagant, bold and explosive era of the genre. The 90s infused MTV stylistics into the genre and certainly went for a flashier style of shooting and […]
The Worst Jean-Claude Van Damme Remakes and DTV Sequels
Billy Oduory on the worst JCVD remakes and direct-to-video sequels… Dubbed “the most remade action star in the world,” Jean-Claude Van Damme is an action movie sensation who transformed the genre with his excellent combination of martial arts and acting. With timeless films like Kickboxer, Hard Target, Universal Soldier, and Timecop to his name, Van […]
Maximum Van Dammage: The Definitive Top 10 Jean-Claude Van Damme Movies!
It’s time for the undisputed, inarguable, and definitive Top 10 Jean-Claude Van Damme movies… The Muscles from Brussels turned 62 this year. He’s had a stellar career filled with majestic, high-kicking action. The most iconic image of Van Damme, aside from his infamous bicep pose, is the glorious sight of him leaping in the air […]
Nine Gems from Cannon Films
Marvelous Videos presents nine gems from Cannon Films… If you grew up in the 80s, chances are you became (intentionally or unintentionally) familiar with a production company called The Cannon Group, Inc. They were responsible for an influx of action pictures throughout the 1980s that featured to some of the most iconic action heroes we […]
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 […]
Ultimate Evil Movie Villains from the 1980s
Marvelous Videos presents 80s movie villains who were deliciously evil… Man, what was it about the 80s that made their action genre so damn good? This was an era that somehow knew where to draw the line between B-movie thrills and A-list production value. The writers, directors, and producers were all aware of the core […]
Jean-Claude Van Damme at 60
As Jean-Claude Van Damme celebrates a milestone birthday, Tom Jolliffe looks back at a career that has seen box office success, and flirtation with a comeback as a critically acclaimed actor… If you even have a passing appreciation of late 20th century action cinema, you’ll know very well who Jean-Claude Van Damme is. You’ll probably […]
Enter The Muscles from Brussels: The Jean-Claude Van Damme Tournament Fight Film
Tom Jolliffe looks at Jean-Claude Van Damme’s history of tournament fight films… If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. For a while in the earlier career of Jean-Claude Van Damme, that seemed to be more or less the case. When Enter the Dragon ended up as a cultural and cinematic phenomenon, a host of imitators […]
