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New DVDs: 'Honey West' back in action

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2008-09-06 02:47:47 by Glenn Abel in DVD blog reviews home video news -- DVD Spin Doctor
...action shows with female leads In 1965, the idea of a smart sexy woman using martial arts to kick men's asses was something new. She even beat fellow jui-jitsu expert Pussy Galore to the punch by a few months. (Honor Blackman of "Goldfinger" fame apparently was offered the "Honey West" role, but decided to spar with 007 instead Honey was the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Why Most Female Lead Action Films Dont Succeed

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2008-04-22 19:06:19 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
Action films are one of my favorite genres. They aim to deliver some of the best reasons to go to the movies: Escapism and excitement (if theyre done well that is). Unlike say Romantic Comedies (which are basically all the same), Action films can be quite diverse and unique from each other (some are cookie cutter for sure though), except for in...
 
 
 
 
 
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Shoot 'Em Up (2006) - SHOOT EM UP is a joyless, heartless, and soulless action spectacle that squanders the talents of of its two male lead actors and

2007-09-18 01:11:55 by craiger in Craiger's Cinema Corner
 
...action film that has to be seen to be believed. Honest. Just consider its opening scene It involves all of the following elements, and in no particular order: a pregnant woman given birth; a bunch of armed assailants in hot pursuit of her; a lone man with no name figure that manages to gun down most of the baddies, at one point utilizing...
 
 
 
 
 
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Dane Cook Action Star?

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2008-01-15 21:17:16 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...action star. We get the scoop thanks to an interview Dane had with our friends at MTV Movies Blog Believe it, Cook teased, saying hes getting ready to give the Superfinger to crime in Dead Already, a buddy cop movie in the vein of Lethal Weapon. Dead Already is just one of several action pictures Cook currently has in various stages of...
 
 
 
 
 
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From the Vault: Last Action Hero

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2008-02-27 06:10:19 by Edward Copeland in Edward Copeland on Film
...Action Hero has drawn comparisons to those earlier films but while none of the three can be called good or successful, not one of them deserves to be labeled the most atrocious example of moviemaking gone awry. To be fair, Hero , the latest offering from Arnold Schwarzenegger, lands a notch or two above both Ishtar and Hudson Hawk. In fact,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Dane Cook: Action Star!

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2008-01-15 00:00:00 by Monika Bartyzel in Cinematical
...Action , Comedy , Casting , RumorMonger Ah, Dane Cook . He's the guy many have been loving to hate recently -- or just love, I guess, if Waiting... , Employee of the Month , and Good Luck Chuck are your cup of tea. He's also taken stabs at playing Roman Polanski, and more recently, co-starring in the crime drama Mr. Brooks . Now he's taking...
 
 
 
 
 
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Top 5 Tuesdays (T5T) Loves It Some Action

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2008-07-08 05:32:00 by Piper in LAZY EYE THEATRE
...action movie. It's got car chases, foot chases, explosions and lots gun play. Everything a good action movie should have. But it doesn't sniff my top 5 best action movies. Not even close. Here they are in no particular order 1. Die Hard I said in no particular order, but this would be my number one anyways 2. Lethal Weapon 2 The first...
 
 
 
 
 
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No Borders, No Limits - Nikkatsu Action Cinema

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2007-10-20 06:15:00 by Brian in Asian Cinema - While on the Road
...action films full of tough guys, beautiful dames, jazzy scores and hard edged dialogue. During the peak years over 100 films were coming out a year, but by the mid 60s the entire Japanese film industry went into decline and the Nikkatsu action films began a slow fade as well. It had a short rejuvenation in the early 1970s with a move to a...
 
 
 
 
 
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Indy in Peril: An Action-Scene Breakdown

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2008-05-22 02:00:00 by David Gaffen in Edward Copeland on Film
...action film. Owing much to the cliffhanger-scenarios beloved by the likes of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas in the 1950s, the filmmaking showcases the deft ability of Spielberg to enhance character, move the story along (even if this four-and-a-half minute sequence to be discussed only barely moves the meter as far as the plot is...