Archive for January, 2010
Casting the Tiger Woods movie is no simple task. First off, it’s tough to find look-alikes for all the people involved in the Tiger Woods scandal, but it’s also hard to keep up with all the prominent players. It seems that every time I turn around, another woman is claiming to have slept with Tiger […]
We’ve had some pretty interesting guests so far on Movies and the Masses, but it’s going to be hard for any of them to outdo the credentials of this week’s guest, Professor Todd J. Zywicki. Just take a look at some of the highlights: Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law. Teaches […]
Our next guest on Critical Juncture is the legendary Matt Overstreet, a senior editor and founder of The 8th Circuit, an entertainment site that claims to aim for “nothing less than world domination.” When he’s not reviewing movies and video games, Matt writes the Rantbox column and produces the site’s Circuitcast. According to his tongue-in-cheek […]
If you’re looking for 12 good Chinese action movies, then you’ve definitely come to the right place. The following films feature plenty of martial arts action, shootouts, and even a few car chases to keep your interest. Good Chinese action movies are star some of the biggest names in international cinema, including Jackie Chan, Jet […]
If you’re a fan of the genre, I’ve got 10 more great action movies for your enjoyment. Each of the following is guaranteed to include liberal doses of punches, kicks and gunplay, as well as a bevy of beautiful bodies to stare at. The next time you’re bored out of your mind on a weeknight, […]
These are my picks for the top 15 action movies of all time. I’ve left westerns off the list, as I believe they deserve to be included in a genre all their own. I’ve also left out martial arts movies for the same reason. These top 15 action movies of all time tend to focus […]
These 17 good action adventure movies are just the thing for spicing up an otherwise boring evening. In case you’re wondering how I define an action-adventure movie, it’s one in which the hero or heroine undertakes some manner of journey (usually to an exotic location), and less than a million rounds of ammo are fired […]
Here’s a list of 12 new action movies to see in 2010. Some of these may bleed over into other genres a bit, but they’re still guaranteed to deliver plenty of explosions, shootouts, and senseless hand-to-hand combat. After taking a look at the new action movie to see in 2010, I tend to wonder if […]
Welcome to Movies and the Masses, a weekly segment where we interview random people from across the World Wide Web. Our topic, as always, is cinema, and this week’s guest is Ellie Lee, a resident of New York City who describes herself as “short, loud” and possessing “huge feet.” She also loves dogs, pinkberry, and […]
This list is dedicated to the 15 worst films of the last decade. As you may remember, I did a post the other day on the biggest disappointments in cinema of the last ten years. While there’s a bit of overlap between the two lists, the following films did more than just disappoint…they flat-out sucked. […]