Double Team (1997)

This is one of those movies where I saw the trailer so many times as a teen that the Jean-Claude Van Damme wisecrack to Dennis Rodman, “Who does your hair, Siegfried or Roy?”, was forever burned on my brain. I remember one night out with friends grabbing a kebab after midnight and watching the climax […]

Action USA (1989)

Discovered, restored and released by Alamo Drafthouse, Action USA is a late 1980s low budget stunt fest that screened as part of this year’s Monster Fest. While not matching the giddy heights of a previous Drafthouse hidden VHS gem like Miami Connection, this is still a fun ride. Right from the opening scene of a […]

92 In The Shade (1975)

92 In The Shade (1975) was stranger than I expected. Who knew that being a fishing guide in Florida was such a contentious, dangerous business? Peter Fonda plays a tanned, laidback dude who decides to get in the game of being a “guide”, much to the annoyance of established pros like Warren Oates and Harry […]

Fat City (1972)

Fat City (1972) is directed by John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep) and adapted from a novel by Leonard Gardner who wrote the screenplay as well. One of the first big roles for Stacy Keach who plays Billy Tully, a pro boxer who had a name, but is now drifting in bars and […]

The Train (1964)

A friend, Daniel St. Vincent, recommended checking out The Train (1964), a black-and-white WW2 action drama directed by John Frankenheimer (Seconds, Ronin) and starring Burt Lancaster. For some reason, with that title, I thought the majority of the movie took place on a train like Runaway Train or Unstoppable. Rather, the train is like a […]