Posted by moviegeek916 on August 24, 2012 · 1 Comment
The Expendables (2010) – Recently, on Facebook, I found myself having to defend my love of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie career (I defend none of his political career). I got into me explanation of what the difference (in my mind anyway) is between actors and movie stars. Actors try their best to immerse themselves in a … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on June 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Running Man (1987) – A couple weeks ago, we lost actor and longtime game show host Richard Dawson. I never watched Hogan’s Heroes (on which he was a cast member) partially because it was on decades before I was born and partially because growing up I never had the cable channels that aired it … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Predators (2010) — Finally! This is the first Predator sequel that actually lives up to the potential of the franchise (still not as good as the first one though). It’s definitely got flaws (Adrian Brody as a badass?) but nothing that isn’t made up for by the awesomeness of predators hunting and killing people in … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Predator (1987) — Just before going on to direct the gold standard of all action movies (Die Hard) John McTiernan gave us this rumble in the jungle. This film starts out as a “men on a mission” story and then gradually transitions to the alien horror subgenre. Arnold Schwarzenegger does what he does best in … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 