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Review: Safe (2012)!
Most people can’t even remember their phone number let alone a list of numbers a mile long. There are those gifted people, though, who can memorize anything. You know the type: the ones that never had to study in school … Continue reading
Posted in * all movie reviews *, 3.5 kabooms, action
Tagged Jason Statham, Jason Statham beats people up, Safe
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Review: The Avengers (2012)!!!!!!
Never have so many superheroes been on screen at one time! And never has a movie been more awesome than The Avengers! Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow … Continue reading
Posted in * all movie reviews *, 5 kabooms, action, movie, superhero
Tagged Action Flick Chick, Black Widow, Bruce Banner, Captain America, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, hawkeye, Iron Man, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, superheros, The Avengers, The Hulk, Thor
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ActionFest Screening: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines (2012)!
This year ActionFest shined the light on women in action by first honoring Gina Carano with the Chick Norris Award, and then by screening Wonder Women! The Untold Story of the American Superheroines. This documentary follows the path from the … Continue reading
Posted in * all movie reviews *, convention, Independent, superhero
Tagged action chicks, Action Flick Chick, Actionfest, Chick Norris Award, documentary, Gina Carano, heroines, Jane Espenson, Jennifer K. Stuller, Kathleen Hanna, Lindsay Wagner, Lynda Carter, superheroes, Trina Robbins, Wonder Women! The Untold Story of the American Superheroines
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Interview with Jane Espenson and the Cast of the Webseries Husbands!
At WonderCon last month I caught up with Jane Espenson (writer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Once Upon a Time, Torchwood) and the crew from the webseries Husbands, including creator and star Brad Bell (Cheeks), co-star Sean Hemeon, and director … Continue reading
Review: The Cabin in the Woods (2012)!
Joss freakin’ Whedon is A-MAZING! He consistently produces fantastic work and is one of the best at writing strong female characters. Somewhere between Firefly and The Avengers Whedon co-wrote his first true-blue horror film, The Cabin in the Woods, with … Continue reading
Posted in * all movie reviews *, 3 kabooms, action, horror, movie, R-rated
Tagged action, Action Flick Chick, Amy Acker, Bongs, Chris Hemsworth, Dollhouse, Drew Goddard, Firefly, Fran Kranz, God of Thunder, horror, Joss Whedon, The Avengers, The cabin in the woods, Thor, thriller
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The Raid: Redemption (2011)
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, … Continue reading
Posted in * all movie reviews *, 5 kabooms, action, movie, R-rated
Tagged action, Action Flick Chick, Indonesia, martial arts, Ray Sahetapy, SWAT, Tama Riyandi, The Raid, The Raid: Redemption
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The Hunger Games (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. … Continue reading
Coming Attraction: Lockout (2012)!
From the producers of Taken…that’s all this Action Chick needs to know about the upcoming action film Lockout! However, for those of you who need more info than that, Lockout is about a guy named Snow (Guy Pearce), a “loose … Continue reading
Posted in * all movie reviews *, Coming Attractions, movie, science fiction
Tagged action, Action Flick Chick, Escape from L.A., Guy Pearce, Lockout, Maggie Grace, science fiction, Snake, Taken
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