After months of discussion, March marked the arrival of the newest format for home theater aficionados, 4K UHD Blu-rays. The roll out has been a bit slow, with just a handful of titles available as of this writing, but for…
The post-apocalyptic drama Maggie finds Arnold Schwarzenegger leaving his action hero persona behind, and playing a rather ordinary human. He still has his hulking frame, but he’s sporting a beard, slicked backed hair, and slouched shoulders that suggest weariness. This…
Available on Digital HD for the first time, Pumping Iron is the 1977 bodybuilding documentary that introduced much of the world to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Through the years, I’ve seen parts of the film, but never sat down and watched the…
Light on plot, and heavy on testosterone, Sylvester Stallone returned to action genre relevancy with The Expendables series. With each film. Stallone assembles an all-star cast of action heroes for two hours of high octane mayhem. There’s not really much…
Whether or not you’ll enjoy The Expendables 2 is a very easy question to answer. If you’re an action junkie, Sylvester Stallone and the rest of his buddies have provided the perfect medicine. For the rest of you, have aspirin…
Adapted from a short story entitled “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (who also provided the source material for such celebrated films as Blade Runner and Minority Report) Total Recall as…
In a departure from his usual role as an action star, in 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger took a stab at making a Christmas movie, Jingle All the Way. Arnold stars as Howard Langston, a successful businessman that always tells his retail…
Remakes of beloved classic films are often disasters. Undoubtedly the creative forces behind these endeavors start out with the best of intentions. The problem is that when you try to reformat something that so many fans already consider a masterpiece,…