For SetTheTape.com: “Kickboxer – Throwback 30”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi 30 years ago, Jean-Claude Van Damme was yet to ride his prime on a motorbike in Hard Target, and live in the world of direct-to-video, where he has mostly resided for over twenty years. In 1989, fresh from the now-cult Bloodsport, JCVD … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Kickboxer – Throwback 30”

For Ultimate Action Movie Club: “RAMBO (2008): THE MOST EXCESSIVE AND VIOLENT ACTION SEQUEL EVER”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi My second piece for Ultimate Action Movie Club… View here: https://ultimateactionmovies.com/rambo-2008/ This article’s featured image: By Source, Lionsgate, Fair Use, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rambo_(2008)_poster.jpg Continue reading For Ultimate Action Movie Club: “RAMBO (2008): THE MOST EXCESSIVE AND VIOLENT ACTION SEQUEL EVER”

For SetTheTape.com: “Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) – Throwback 30”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Murtaugh’s builder: “Yeah, I liked it. She made me want to go out and buy rubbers right now.” Ah, that infamous scene involving the condom advert… So how do you attempt to surpass the first Lethal Weapon? Massively increase the comedy factor … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) – Throwback 30”

For SetTheTape.com: “8mm – Throwback 20”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi So, what happens when you mix a post-Con Air Nicolas Cage with a post-Batman & Robin Joel Schumacher and a story involving underground porn and snuff films? You have 1999’s 8mm. 20 years on from its release, 8mm is far from being … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “8mm – Throwback 20”

For SetTheTape.com: “Payback – Throwback 20”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi On the posters, they said, “Get ready to root for the bad guy”. A remake of the New Hollywood era, John Boorman led Point Blank, starring Lee Marvin, Payback was its stylish 1999 counterpart, dismissive of the motifs displayed back in 1967. … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Payback – Throwback 20”

For SetTheTape.com: “Twins – Throwback 30”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi In Rocky III, Hulk Hogan’s Thunderlips once said “the ultimate male” and “the ultimate meatball” to describe both himself and Rocky Balboa respectively. Fast-forward to 1989 and those two descriptions are perfectly applicable to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Julius Benedict and Danny DeVito’s Vincent … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Twins – Throwback 30”

For SetTheTape.com: “Moonwalker – Throwback 30”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Moonwalker, released during the singles run of Michael Jackson’s Bad album, is one of the wildest films of the 1980s. From MJ transforming into a car to Joe Pesci sporting a vertical ponytail, Moonwalker is full of mad sh*t. Sadly, for those … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Moonwalker – Throwback 30”

For SetTheTape.com: “Terminator 6 – 2019 Preview”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi “I’ll be back…” again, and again, and again it seems. With the inclusion of next year’s new Terminator film, the franchise will have produced six films over a 35 year period, despite a glaringly dramatic downgrade in quality after the second film, … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Terminator 6 – 2019 Preview”

For SetTheTape.com: “Rambo V – 2019 Preview”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi To parody Rambo’s iconic line in 2008’s Rambo: “This is who we are, this is what we do; live for the sequel or die for the reboot.” Having successfully brought life back into his first iconic character, Rocky Balboa, with Creed and … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Rambo V – 2019 Preview”

For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival – Best of Closing Night and Awards”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi The second edition of Bolton Film Festival came to a glorious triumph when a selection of 13 films, dubbed “Best of the Fest (Pt 2)”, were presented to a packed-out crowd of filmmakers, students, fans, the local Mayor and Mayoress, and the … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival – Best of Closing Night and Awards”

For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival: F-Rated Film”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Taking place within the lecture room on the basement floor of Bolton’s fantastic Museum, Aquarium and Archive, Bolton Film Festival’s special range of F-Rated film preceded an also fantastic industry panel on women in film. To be “F-Rated”, the film in question … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival: F-Rated Film”

For SetTheTape.com: “The Omen (1976) – Spooktober”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi In the case of Richard Donner, it is more likely that you will recognise his work before his name. A name far from contemporary in Hollywood and mainstream fandom, Richard Donner is the director of three classics: Superman, The Goonies and Lethal … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “The Omen (1976) – Spooktober”