You have to keep your eye out for it because it is an action sequence with a lot of quick cuts, but there’s one rather peculiar object in the background of the convenience store shoot-out in “Grosse Pointe Blank” (which hit theaters 25 years ago). The items shot up and blown apart by contract killer Martin Blank (John Cusack) and the man who’s trying to kill him (Benny Urquidez) are your typical 7-11 fare: potato chips, sodas, sports drinks, breakfast cereals.
Continue reading ‘Grosse Pointe Blank’ At 25: How A Knock-Off Became A Groundbreaker In The Assassin-In-Existential-Crisis Comedic Subgenre at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Grosse Pointe Blank’ At 25: How A Knock-Off Became A Groundbreaker In The Assassin-In-Existential-Crisis Comedic Subgenre at The Playlist.
- 4/7/2022
- by Jason Bailey
- The Playlist
In a year where the concept of home entertainment reached a whole new level due to the pandemic, the companies releasing Asian movies on digital media more than raised to the occasion, with a plethora of must-have editions. In this article, we have collected some of the best. Check our list below. Try not to get bankrupt
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1. The Legend of Stardust Brothers Dual Format With CD Soundtrack (Third Window Films)
Third Window Films’s earnest effort in bringing unknown Japanese films, both vintage and modern, to a wider audience continues and “The Legend of the Stardust Brothers” is one of the best examples of this. A film that could well have been lost in obscurity if not for their committed efforts, “The Legend of the Stardust Brothers” is a loud,...
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1. The Legend of Stardust Brothers Dual Format With CD Soundtrack (Third Window Films)
Third Window Films’s earnest effort in bringing unknown Japanese films, both vintage and modern, to a wider audience continues and “The Legend of the Stardust Brothers” is one of the best examples of this. A film that could well have been lost in obscurity if not for their committed efforts, “The Legend of the Stardust Brothers” is a loud,...
- 12/14/2020
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
Eureka Entertainment to release “Wheels on Meals”, a spectacular, non-stop action comedy starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, presented from a brand new 2K restoration for the first time ever on Blu-ray in the UK as part of the Eureka Classics range on 18 March 2019. Available with a Limited Edition slipcase and booklet [4000 copies Only].
From a brand new 2K restoration comes perhaps the greatest martial-arts comedy of all time, Sammo Hung’s “Wheels on Meals”, starring Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao as the most exciting triple act in action movie history!
“Wheels on Meals”
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Actors: Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Benny Urquidez, Keith Vitali, Herb Edelma
Film Summary
Country: Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Language: Cantonese / English
Year: 1984
Runtime: 107
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Certificate: 15
Subtitles: English (optional)
Genre: Action Comedy
Fast food chefs Thomas (Chan) and David (Biao) find themselves...
From a brand new 2K restoration comes perhaps the greatest martial-arts comedy of all time, Sammo Hung’s “Wheels on Meals”, starring Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao as the most exciting triple act in action movie history!
“Wheels on Meals”
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Actors: Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Benny Urquidez, Keith Vitali, Herb Edelma
Film Summary
Country: Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Language: Cantonese / English
Year: 1984
Runtime: 107
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Certificate: 15
Subtitles: English (optional)
Genre: Action Comedy
Fast food chefs Thomas (Chan) and David (Biao) find themselves...
- 1/12/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Though I’m sure it wasn’t the first, Road House is one of the first action movies I can remember that was equally enjoyed by male and female. Fresh off of the success of Dirty Dancing, Patrick Swayze stepped up to play badass bar bouncer Dalton, an expert at his craft, but still a stranger in a strange land. Based on reputation alone, Dalton is hired by the owner of a notorious bar called the Double Deuce. It seems the bar has been taken over by the seedy elements that haunt it, and so it’s time for Dalton to clean it up. When he realizes that the it’s the town that houses the bar that is the root of the corruption, Dalton calls in his good friend and mentor Wade Garrett, played cooler and badder-assed than ever by Sam Elliott, to help him tear it to the ground.
- 9/28/2016
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
Title: It’s So Easy and Other Lies XLrator Media Director: Christopher Duddy Writer: Christopher Duddy & Duff McKagan Cast: Duff McKagan, Slash, Nikki Sixx, Benny Urquidez, Mike McCready, Dave Kushner, Matt Sorum Rated: Unrated (Language) In Theaters: 06/03/16 You may know Duff McKagan from rock bands such as: Loaded, Guns ‘n Roses, Velvet Revolver, Janes Addiction, and Hollywood Vampires. Here he reads to the audience his New York Times best-selling memoir accompanied by an acoustic band playing covers of his past bands famous ditties. Along with interviews with former bandmates Slash, Matt Sorum, and Dave Kushner, there are also home movies of his family and life on the road. If you remember VH1′s Storytellers, this is basically the same [ Read More ]
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The post It’s So Easy and Other Lies Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 6/11/2016
- by juliana
- ShockYa
'It's So Easy and Other Lies' movie: Biographical documentary of Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan. 'It's So Easy and Other Lies' movie review: Biographical documentary of Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan fails to develop unique idea Any rock and roll documentary that begins with a quote from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and ends with a reference to Norman Rockwell is gunning for something uncommonly rich and thoughtful. Here, the high-toned references are awkwardly applied to the story of Duff McKagan, Seattle-born bassist of the loud and legendary Guns N' Roses and subject of the documentary It's So Easy and Other Lies. In the annals of rock music, McKagan's tale is sadly typical, at least for those who survive long enough to star in a film about themselves: young rocker bounces from band to band before joining a soon-to-be world-famous group, enjoys a rapid ascent to the top,...
- 6/1/2016
- by Mark Keizer
- Alt Film Guide
Stars: Natalie Burn, Vinnie Jones, Daryl Hannah, Edward Furlong, Jason London, Robert Davi, Michael Paré, Christa Campbell, David Keith, Michael Copon, Daz Crawford, Augie Duke, Benny Urquidez | Written by Mark Atkins, Natalie Burn, Ryan Priest | Directed by Mark Atkins
What makes distributors think that joe public will grab any Vinnie Jones movie off the supermarket shelf sight unseen? The man isn’t exactly the bastion of quality direct to market movies these days (have you seen the godawful Kill Kane?) Thankfully I took a look at the rest of the credits for Left To Die and it was those that sold me on buying this gem of a film on iTunes, Not Mr. Jones… After all, just look at that cast: Daryl Hannah, Edward Furlong, Jason London, Robert Davi, Michael Paré, Christa Campbell, David Keith and there’s even a cameo by Benny “The Jet” Urquidez – a veritable who’s who of Dtv megastars!
What makes distributors think that joe public will grab any Vinnie Jones movie off the supermarket shelf sight unseen? The man isn’t exactly the bastion of quality direct to market movies these days (have you seen the godawful Kill Kane?) Thankfully I took a look at the rest of the credits for Left To Die and it was those that sold me on buying this gem of a film on iTunes, Not Mr. Jones… After all, just look at that cast: Daryl Hannah, Edward Furlong, Jason London, Robert Davi, Michael Paré, Christa Campbell, David Keith and there’s even a cameo by Benny “The Jet” Urquidez – a veritable who’s who of Dtv megastars!
- 3/13/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Sound on Sight undertook a massive project, compiling ranked lists of the most influential, unforgettable, and exciting action scenes in all of cinema. There were hundreds of nominees spread across ten different categories and a multi-week voting process from 11 of our writers. The results: 100 essential set pieces, sequences, and scenes from blockbusters to cult classics to arthouse obscurities.
A good fight scene is built into the fabric of an action film such that you can sense it coming like a storm on the horizon. It’s in the details of the opponents: the cracking of knuckles, the puffing of chests, the staredowns that say, “It’s about to go down.” A good fight scene makes you want to cover your eyes yet is impossible to look away from. You get tingly waiting for the violence to erupt, and if it’s done its job, you come away dizzy, invigorated, or even nauseated.
A good fight scene is built into the fabric of an action film such that you can sense it coming like a storm on the horizon. It’s in the details of the opponents: the cracking of knuckles, the puffing of chests, the staredowns that say, “It’s about to go down.” A good fight scene makes you want to cover your eyes yet is impossible to look away from. You get tingly waiting for the violence to erupt, and if it’s done its job, you come away dizzy, invigorated, or even nauseated.
- 5/19/2015
- by Shane Ramirez
- SoundOnSight
Sammo Hung is one of the greatest Screen Fighters, Directors and Choreographers in Martial Arts cinema history. Started his early career as an extra in Shaw Brothers productions, then became of fight choreographer on a few of there movies.
It was when he started his career with Raymond Chow at Golden harvest Studios, that Sammo started to show what he could do in terms of action in-front and behind the camera. Sammo Hung has made some of the finest movies of all time and also bringing us some incredible talent such as Yuen Biao, Angela Mao, Lam Ching Ying, Michelle Yeoh and many more.
This is a list of 30 Sammo Hung movies you should check out, this list is also for new fans of the genre. So i hope you enjoy the list and i also mention some other Sammo Hung movies at the end of the page.
1.Hapkido (1972)
Director:...
It was when he started his career with Raymond Chow at Golden harvest Studios, that Sammo started to show what he could do in terms of action in-front and behind the camera. Sammo Hung has made some of the finest movies of all time and also bringing us some incredible talent such as Yuen Biao, Angela Mao, Lam Ching Ying, Michelle Yeoh and many more.
This is a list of 30 Sammo Hung movies you should check out, this list is also for new fans of the genre. So i hope you enjoy the list and i also mention some other Sammo Hung movies at the end of the page.
1.Hapkido (1972)
Director:...
- 1/13/2015
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
The Raid absolutely tore it up on its release in 2011, with many a jaded film critic blown away by its visceral approach, its inventiveness and in particular (given how well-worn the genre is) its freshness.
The Raid 2 is picking up a lot of really positive buzz from Sundance and the two trailers to date suggest that it should – Gareth Evans is clearly not a flash in the pan and has talent to spare as a director and Iko Uwais is that rare commodity indeed; a sensational martial arts exponent with the ability to engage our interest as an actor and to get us to invest in his character. Tony Jaa may well have rocked our world when Ong Bak came out, but Uwais is something else entirely.
Although there is a lot more to The Raid 2 than “pure” martial arts action, with car chases and gun play getting...
The Raid 2 is picking up a lot of really positive buzz from Sundance and the two trailers to date suggest that it should – Gareth Evans is clearly not a flash in the pan and has talent to spare as a director and Iko Uwais is that rare commodity indeed; a sensational martial arts exponent with the ability to engage our interest as an actor and to get us to invest in his character. Tony Jaa may well have rocked our world when Ong Bak came out, but Uwais is something else entirely.
Although there is a lot more to The Raid 2 than “pure” martial arts action, with car chases and gun play getting...
- 4/11/2014
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Overlooked Hotel is a new column in which we throw the spotlight behind the front line, champion those unfairly lost in the shallow focus of fame and feed the hungry underdogs.
Our second guest in the Hotel is George Armitage’s 1997 none more black comedy comedy Grosse Pointe Blank.
John Cusack may occasionally slum it in by-the-numbers films (2012, Serendipity, America’s Sweethearts – discuss), but when he is really applying himself he is amongst the most accomplished actors working today. Endearing, personable, yet edgy enough to convincingly portray characters as diverse as Craig Schwartz, Roy Dillon and Robert Hansen, Cusack’s best work has perhaps tended to feature in the lesser-known, unheralded films on his CV, which is where we come in. More to the point, that is where Grosse Pointe Blank comes in.
Released in cinemas in 1997, Grosse Pointe Blank has Cusack’s fingerprints all over it. He starred in it,...
Our second guest in the Hotel is George Armitage’s 1997 none more black comedy comedy Grosse Pointe Blank.
John Cusack may occasionally slum it in by-the-numbers films (2012, Serendipity, America’s Sweethearts – discuss), but when he is really applying himself he is amongst the most accomplished actors working today. Endearing, personable, yet edgy enough to convincingly portray characters as diverse as Craig Schwartz, Roy Dillon and Robert Hansen, Cusack’s best work has perhaps tended to feature in the lesser-known, unheralded films on his CV, which is where we come in. More to the point, that is where Grosse Pointe Blank comes in.
Released in cinemas in 1997, Grosse Pointe Blank has Cusack’s fingerprints all over it. He starred in it,...
- 2/26/2014
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Some of you guys might think I’m skeptical about every movie that comes out, and I can’t really disprove that. However, I am very excited for Chinese Zodiac. So much, in fact, that I’ve decided to make a wish list of what I would want for the film.
1. Old School Choreography
I’ve seen little glimpses of this over the past few films, but I want to see Jackie do his elaborate trademark choreography again. The type where he dances from opponent to opponent, utilizing the environment and random objects to obtain the upper hand. Jackie is the master of creativity, and the various locations that he will go to for Chinese Zodiac just beg to be his new playground. I want to see the long intricate cuts that Jackie used to do until he got right. Those were some of the best sequences that were captured on film.
1. Old School Choreography
I’ve seen little glimpses of this over the past few films, but I want to see Jackie do his elaborate trademark choreography again. The type where he dances from opponent to opponent, utilizing the environment and random objects to obtain the upper hand. Jackie is the master of creativity, and the various locations that he will go to for Chinese Zodiac just beg to be his new playground. I want to see the long intricate cuts that Jackie used to do until he got right. Those were some of the best sequences that were captured on film.
- 11/24/2011
- by KMiller
- AsianMoviePulse
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