Action Flick Chick

Action Flick Chick | April 11, 2012

It’s a lot easier to write a long review when a movie is bad. Then you can pick apart all that sucks about it. However, when a film is good, sometimes there isn’t much to say other than: it’s great, watch it. Well, The Raid is great. Watch it!
The Raid (The Raid: Redemption in the [...]

Category: * all movie reviews *, 5 kabooms, R-rated, action, movie | 2 Comments »
Tags: action, Action Flick Chick, Indonesia, martial arts, Ray Sahetapy, SWAT, Tama Riyandi, The Raid, The Raid: Redemption

Action Flick Chick | February 12, 2012

Check out this weekend’s Sci-Fi Expo if you’re in the Dallas area. The show features some great actors and comic book creators. This past week before the con, I talked with one of its guests: stuntwoman, actress, and Omega 1 comic star Alina Andrei.
AFC: Let’s start with the obvious, the one you probably get asked [...]

Category: interviews | 2 Comments »
Tags: Alina Andrei, Apple Network, comic book, Dallas, Deperate Housewives, iBook, Mad Maxine, martial arts, Milla Jovovich, Omega 1, pirates, Prison Break, Sci fi expo, Spider-Man, swordfighting, The Perfect Getaway, Transformers, weapons, webcomic, webseries

Action Flick Chick | November 28, 2010

Press release from my friends at BleedFest:
Monthly Genre celebration BLEEDFEST FILM FESTIVAL relaunches in Los Angeles
December 5th, 2010*
After an auspicious first event July 18th, 2010, the original plan for
BleedFest Film Festival to occur quarterly has expanded to the more daunting
and ambitious task of monthly screenings of genre films by female
filmmakers. Says co-founder Elisabeth Fies, “the [...]

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Action Flick Chick | November 11, 2010

Stuntwoman, boxer, superhero – Bridgett Riley is an action chick through and through. “Bridgett (Baby Doll) Riley” has electrified crowds in 45 professional fights, won kickboxing titles, and performed an amazing variety of stunt work, doubling for actresses in high profile films like Watchmen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Jumper, Transformers, Pineapple Express, Serenity, Million [...]

Category: action, interviews | 8 Comments »
Tags: action, actress, Adventures of Johnny Tao, Angel, Australia, Baby Doll, Babydoll, bantamweight, Bare Knuckles, bare knuckles boxing, Beerfest, belts, Benny the Jet, Blinky Rodriguez, boxer, boxing, Bridget Riley, Bridgett Riley, Bulk, Bulk and Skull, Catwoman, Charlie Wilson's War, Charmed, climbing, comedy, Constantine, danger, Devil's Den, Dharma & Greg, disaster movie, Dollhouse, Elisabeth Fies, ESPN, ESPN 2, fighter, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Ghosts of Mars, God, head kick, high heels, horror, injury, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Japanese, Jumper, kickboxer, kickboxing, Las Vegas, Legacy, Lilly Uquidez Rodriquez, Liverpool, Los Angeles, martial arts, Martial Law, Material Girls, Million Dollar Baby, motion capture, Movies, Muay Thai, Next, Ninja Cheerleaders, Nudity, Pineapple Express, Poseidon, Power Rangers, professional fights, River Tam, Scary Movie 2, Scorpion King, screen capture, Serenity, Silk Spectre, Skull, Star Trek: Enterprise, stunt professionals, stunts, stuntwoman, superhero, superheroine, SUV, Takers, television, The Hangover, The Invasion, The Island, The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Thirst, titles, Transformers, TV, Vancouver, video game, Walker Texas Ranger, wardrobe, Watchmen, WET, WMAC, WMAC Masters, world title, Yellow Ranger

Llama Mama | October 1, 2010

What’s your favorite martial arts movie? Tell us in a comment below, on Facebook, or as a tweet to @actionchick on twitter (maybe with the hashtag #KarateKidFREE so we can’t miss it). One random respondent will receive a free copy of The Karate Kid (2010) starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. We’re giving away commemorative chopsticks [...]

Category: action, announcement | 7 Comments »
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Action Flick Chick | May 6, 2010

We’re feeling a lot of love from Sony Pictures around here. Tomorrow we’ll announce who won the Boondock Saint II: All Saints Day props they asked the Action Flick Chick if she’d like to give away. Today we start running a giveaway for these items:
* Blu-ray™ Collector’s Edition Box Set of KARATE KID I & II (2-disc)
or
* Set [...]

Category: PG-rated, announcement | 7 Comments »
Tags: Academy Award, America, Best Supporting Actor, Blu-ray, Blue-Pop, Bonsai, bonus features, box set, contest, Elisabeth Shue, giveaway, immigrant, Japan, John G. Avildsen, karate, Karate Kid, Karate Kid I, KARATE KID I & II Blu-ray™ Collector's Edition Box Set, Karate Kid II, martial arts, Mr. Miyagi, Nobu McCarthy, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Oscar, Pat Morita, PG, Press Release, prize, Ralph Macchio, Rocky, sequel

Action Flick Chick | January 6, 2010

Oh, snap! You just got Van Dammed! That’s what Bloodsport should be called because Jean-Claude Van Damme kicks an astonishing amount of butt. Bloodsport is a great classic action film starring Van Damme as Frank Dux, along with fellow actors Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, and Bolo Yeung. Van Damme (Dux) enters the most brutal, illegal, [...]

Category: * all movie reviews *, 4 kabooms, R-rated, action, movie | 5 Comments »
Tags: action, Bloodsport, Bolo Yeung, Bruce Lee, butt, Cannon International, Chong Li, Christopher Cosby, Donald Gibb, Enter the Dragon, Forest Whitaker, Frank Dux, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kumite, Leah Ayres, martial arts, Mel Friedman, Newt Arnold, Pamela Anderson, R-rated

Action Flick Chick | December 23, 2009

I’ve teamed up with Crackle several times now so when they let me know they would be having an action film special, I just had to participate.

Category: * all movie reviews *, 2.0 kabooms, Christmas, PG-13, action, movie | 1 Comment »
Tags: action, Brian Thompson, Catherine Bach, crackle, Crime, Cynthia Rothrock, IRS Media, karate, martial arts, Mighty Morphin Mullet Ranger, mullet, Rage and Honor, Richard Norton, Terence H. Winkless, Terri Treas, World Karate Champion