Category: Movies

Fuel to the Fire: The Art of Tomer Hanuka

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Art fans will be glad to hear about the publication of Fuel to the Fire: The Art of Tomer Hanuka.

Discover the magical realism that makes Tomer Hanuka so popular in this exceptional art book celebrating the award-winning illustrator’s comic-inspired art.  Fuel to the Fire is a massive 300-page monograph filled with illustrations and comic book art that has graced the pages of The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Criterion, and more.  This long-awaited monograph showcases Hanuka’s most iconic and exclusive masterpieces, including all of his famous covers for The New Yorker and his award-winning recreations of movie posters (The Graduate, Star Wars, Akira, and every Kubrick film).

I can’t wait to get a look at this  baby!

The 21 Best Action Movies That Still Hold Up Today

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Philip Pirrello has compiled a list of The 21 Best Action Movies That Still Hold Up Today.  Pirello’s list contains the movies you’d expect, although we probably all would disagree on the order.

For the record, my top three films from the list would be (in alphabetical order):

  1. Cliffhanger
  2. Point Break
  3. Terminator 2

Several actors made two appearances on the list: Tommy Lee Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Will Smith, Wesley Snipes and Sly Stallone.  Only two actors had three appearances and they may surprise you (they did me): Keanu Reeves and Harrison Ford!

The “Donnybrook” Poster and Trailer are Here!

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Donnybrook wasn’t even on my radar until a couple of days ago.  You can believe it is now.  I read the novel Donnybrook by Bill Frank when it was first released and really enjoyed it.

The Donnybrook is a three-day bare-knuckle tournament held on a thousand-acre plot out in the sticks of southern Indiana. Twenty fighters. One wire-fence ring. Fight until only one man is left standing while a rowdy festival of onlookers―drunk and high on whatever’s on offer―bet on the fighters.
Jarhead is a desperate man who’d do just about anything to feed his children. He’s also the toughest fighter in southeastern Kentucky, and he’s convinced that his ticket to a better life is one last fight with a cash prize so big it’ll solve all his problems.
Meanwhile, there’s Chainsaw Angus―an undefeated master fighter who isn’t too keen on getting his face punched anymore, so he and his sister, Liz, have started cooking meth. And they get in deep. So deep that Liz wants it all for herself, and she might just be ready to kill her brother for it. One more showdown to take place at the Donnybrook.
As we travel through the backwoods to get to the Donnybrook, we meet a cast of nasty, ruined characters driven to all sorts of evil, all in the name of getting their fix―drugs, violence, sex, money, honor. Donnybrook is exactly the fearless, explosive, amphetamine-fueled journey you’d expect from Frank Bill’s first novel . . . and then some.

Here’s the trailer!

Sean Phillips’ Jimmy Cagney!

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Sean Phillips is an amazing artist as you can see from his James Cagney piece above.  The art appears with an article on Angels with Dirty Faces by Kim Morgan that will appear in Criminal #2 dropping on February 12th.

The great thing about the Criminal comic series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is that each issue is packed with a great comic story PLUS bonus features and art.

Source: Kim Morgan.

Which ’80s Action Character was the Deadliest?

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I imagine that many of our regular readers will get a kick out of Evan Hopkins’ The 20 Deadliest ’80s Action Movie Characters Ranked.  Evans’ list is a good one.

Some actors had multiple characters who made the list.  Chuck Norris had 4, Arnold Schwarzenegger had 3, Sly and Mel Gibson had two characters.

Sly Stallone’s Rambo came in first place and Cobra showed up at #11 and you know I won’t argue that.  🙂

R.I.P. – Andrew Vanja

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Andrew Vanja, one of the producers behind the Rambo franchise has died at the age of 74.  Vanja’s producing credits include many of my favorite films including: First Blood, Rambo, First Blood, Part II, Angel Heart, Extreme Prejudice, Rambo III, Total Recall, Tombstone, The 13th Warrior and many others.

Thanks for the hours of entertainment, Mr. Vanja.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Andrew Vanja’s family, friends and fans.