The Hunger Games (2012)

Action Flick Chick | March 26, 2012

The Hunger Games opened last weekend with record breaking numbers, and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Based on the three book series by Susanne Collins (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay), the film had incredibly big shoes to fill. The first book especially is freakin’ fantastic and will engage readers of all ages despite [...]

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Song for Your Next Fight Scene?

Action Flick Chick | March 11, 2012

Action Flick Chick: What song should play during YOUR next fight scene?
Answers on Twitter:
Adam @Shadow_Drgn: Juno Reactor – Control (instrumental version) For reference:) youtube.com/watch?v=Ajj84N…
Angelo Bardas @bardas88: Rock You Like a Hurricane by Scorpions
Bastard Keith @BastardKeith: R.E.H.A.B by Alabama 3. Or Fire by Kasabian. Depends on the fight.
Batty @Shadowbat: ‘Please Mister Custer’ bit.ly/wEkbu1
Bonnie Burton @bonniegrrl: @AdrianneCurry: [...]

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The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 11 Review! “Judge, Jury, Executioner”

Action Flick Chick | March 5, 2012

WARNING: BIG TIME SPOILER ALERTS IN THIS REVIEW!
There was such an exciting episode last week that this week’s episode of AMC’s The Walking Dead is back to all talking…about one subject: Will they or won’t they kill the new kid? The episode lulls the audience into thinking nothing’s going to happen and then at the [...]

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Most Quotable Action Flick?

Action Flick Chick | February 25, 2012

http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/road-house-1989/

Action Flick Chick: What’s the most quotable action film?
(topic suggested by Scott Schultz @SlickRiptide)
Answers on Facebook:
Jerry B Flory: Roadhouse.
Wernher Von Braun: Big Trouble In Little China
Mike Sullivan: The Terminator.
Kurly Tlapoyawa: The Warriors
Chris George: Die Hard.
Cory White: Fight Club
Eric Tamez: Commando
Dave M Gray: Die Hard
Kris Garcia The Last Boyscout
John DuMond: Snatch
Jacinta Brown Baca: Terminator
Merk Kurall Schuenemann: [...]

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Arnold and Sly to Star in THE TOMB!

Action Flick Chick | February 9, 2012

Press release: Arnold Schwarzenegger will star opposite Sylvester Stallone in the action/thriller THE TOMB, which will be directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström.
An Emmett-Furla Films/Mark Canton production, the film is produced by Atmosphere Entertainment chairman Mark Canton (300, IMMORTALS), Randall Emmett (LAY THE FAVORITE, RAMBO), George Furla (LAY THE FAVORITE, RAMBO), Robbie Brenner (MACHINE GUN [...]

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Mission: Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol (2012) Review!

Action Flick Chick | February 2, 2012

I hope Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has good car insurance because he’s going to need all the help he can get after Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol. Seems like every time the dude steps foot in a car it wrecks and/or blows up. Maybe he’s saved so much with Geico he just doesn’t care!
MI 4’s story [...]

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Coming Attraction: Act of Valor (2012)

Action Flick Chick | January 30, 2012

Relativity Media’s upcoming action-packed thriller ACT OF VALOR, starring active duty Navy Seals, opens in theaters on Friday, February 24, 2012.
Check out the Real Seals Featurette on Hulu now
at: http://www.hulu.com/watch/323730/act-of-valor—exclusive-featurette—real-seals
ABOUT ACT OF VALOR
press release
Directors: “Mouse” McCoy, Scott Waugh
Writer: Kurt Johnstad
Cast: Active Duty Navy SEALs, Roselyn Sanchez, Alex Veadov, Jason Cottle, Nester
Serrano
Producers: Mike “Mouse” McCoy, Scott [...]

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Best Example of James Bond Film as an Action Movie?

Action Flick Chick | January 29, 2012

At a glance, online pals’ top picks for all the official Bonds seem to go as follows:
* Sean Connery: Thunderball
* George Lazenby: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (his only outing as Bond but with more stunts and other action than many others)
* Roger Moore: Live and Let Die, followed by A View to a Kill, [...]

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