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SXSW Review: Hardcore Henry Is A Next Level Breakthrough

March 14, 2016

Since moviemaking technology has advanced, filmmakers have been attempting new techniques to engage the audience. I think a philosophical mistake has been to make movies approximate real life more, whether with... Read More...

Franchise Fred Blu-ray Review: Transporter Refueled

Fred Topel

December 31, 2015

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

As Franchise Fred, I’m hesitant about reboots. When necessary, they can be as good as Casino Royale or Batman Begins, but every time there’s a reboot, it means the franchise has given up on further sequels. For... Read More...

Hitman: Agent 47 Blu-ray Review – Franchise Fred Approves!

Fred Topel

December 30, 2015

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

As a second attempt to bring the video game to cinema, Agent 47 learned its lessons from the first Hitman movie. Where HItman was happy to be derivative of the genre movies that inspired the game, Agent 47 take... Read More...

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Blu-ray Review; No More Punctuation Left

Fred Topel

December 14, 2015

Movies, Nerd Stuff, Review

On Blu-ray and DVD 12/15 The Mission: Impossible movie franchise has allowed each director to bring their own personal style to an impossible mission, and Rogue Nation is decidedly the most Christopher McQu... Read More...

Exclusive Interview: Scott Adkins on Close Range, Hard Target 2 and Boyka: Undisputed IV

Fred Topel

December 9, 2015

Exclusive, Interview, Movies

Scott Adkins at Close Range Scott Adkins’ new movie is called Close Range and if you’ve seen Adkins fight, you know bad guys wouldn’t want to get within striking distance of him. Adkins plays Colton MacRead... Read More...

The Revenant Movie Review: Leo DiCaprio Is Hard To Kill

Fred Topel

December 4, 2015

Movies, Review

The Revenant makes the guys in The Grey look like weenies, and those were some tough dudes! It’s intense as hell, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s most grizzled performance of his career. Tom Hardy hunts for the per... Read More...

Close Range Review: Country Strong

Fred Topel

December 4, 2015

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

Close Range is another great action vehicle for Scott Adkins, and may be the beginning of another franchise for him. It’s got a good simple setup for action, but Adkins plays a character who could easily have m... Read More...

Exclusive Interview: Isaac Florentine on Close Range and Boyka: Undisputed IV

Fred Topel

December 3, 2015

Exclusive, Interview, Movies

I got to know Isaac Florentine two years ago when Ninja: Shadow of a Tear premiered at Fantastic Fest. I had been following his work with martial artist Scott Adkins in Ninja, Undisputed II and Undisputed III: ... Read More...

No Escape Exclusive: Lake Bell on Cardio and Man Up

Fred Topel

November 25, 2015

Bluray/DVD, Exclusive, Interview, Movies

If you saw Lake Bell go primal in the gritty indie thriller Black Rock, that was nothing compared to No Escape. No Escape has her jumping across rooftops, dodging helicopters and running through the streets of ... Read More...

Max Blu-ray Review: A Canine American Sniper

Fred Topel

October 28, 2015

Movies, Review

Now on Blu-ray Max is a canine American Sniper. I mean that as a compliment. The same way that film honored human heroics and respected emotional trauma, so does Max for the canine members of the Marines. ... Read More...

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