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Seven Throat Rips That Will Leave You Speechless!

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Action movies will often feature explosions, car chases, and hand to hand combat, but not all of them delve into the brutality of having the hero rip someone’s throat out. A hero has to have a certain kind of hardness … Continue reading

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Gothic Action Horror: Boomsticks, Monsters, and Lots of Leather

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Thanks to Netflix’s nigh-infinite library of movies to watch, there are an equally large number of subcategories to help categorize films according to your taste. Do you like your action movies with a dose of justice? Try the Grizzled Revenge … Continue reading

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Coming Attraction: January 2012 Previews!

Pumped to See: January 6: The Devil Inside January 20: Underworld Awakening January 20: Haywire January 20: Coriolanus Neither Pumped Nor Pissed: January 6: Roadie (limited) January 6: Beneath the Darkness (limited) January 11: Loosies January 13: Contraband January 13: … Continue reading

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Interview with “CreatureBoy” Brian Steele!

Sometimes we forget that behind a lot of the creatures we see in a film, there is a living, breathing actor working in these suits in order to bring them to life. Brian Steele is one of these actors. Steele … Continue reading

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What’s Your Favorite Sam Jackson Role? DVD Giveaway: Unthinkable (2010)

Sony continues its generous streak with my readers by sending one of you a copy of the DVD Unthinkable starring Samuel L. Jackson and Carrie-Anne Moss. As a comment in reply to this post either here or over on twitter … Continue reading

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Best Superheroine Movie? Round 1

While preparing for July’s upcoming San Diego Comic-Con International panel (“Where Are the Action Chicks?” starring Katrina Hill, Jill Pantozzi, Adrianne Curry, Jennifer Stuller, a certain stuntwoman we adore, and somebody to surprise you all), our heroine posed a question on Facebook … Continue reading

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Action Heroine versus Horror Heroine – What’s the Diff?

Notice that it’s horror heroine and not horror chick. A film can have a sorority’s worth of horror chicks, but only one horror chick gets to be the Final Girl, that heroine who outlasts all the rest. Our action heroine … Continue reading

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Kevin Pereira Can’t Read: What Is an “Action Chick Flick”?

“Either Kevin’s Teleprompter Read ‘Action Chick Flick’ Instead of ‘Action Flick Chick’ or AOTS Host Kevin Pereira Made a Simple Mistake the First Time He Mentioned the Action Flick Chick’” would have made for a post title that was both unwieldy and wishy-washy. … Continue reading

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