Everything Action Theater: Runaway
Westworld is the more famous of Michael Crichton’s movies about killer robots but he also directed 1984’s Runaway, featuring Tom Selleck trying to stop a diabolical plot by Gene Simmons to unleash circuit boards that can cause the various domestic robots in use around the world to become deadly weapons.
New Release Round Up 1/19
John Carpenter’s classic They Live is out on 4K for the first time this week along with 2012 also on 4K, two very different Scott Adkins movies, some Shudder original horror movies, and more.
Frank Grillo is Caught in a Time Loop in Boss Level (Trailer)
Delayed multiple times, Joe Carnahan’s latest Boss Level is finally arriving exclusively on Hulu in March as Frank Grillo’s Roy Pulver finds himself trapped in a time loop of the day he’s killed and he has to figure out a way out and stop the evil colonel behind the loop, played by Mel Gibson.
Musical Montage: Tito & Tarantula “After Dark”
With From Dusk Till Dawn celebrating its 25th anniversary this week, it’s the perfect time to highlight the movie’s main soundtrack song, “After Dark” by Tito & Tarantula, who play the house band of the Titty Twister and play the song during Salma Hayek’s iconic dance scene.
Nic Cage Battles Animatronic Nightmares in Willy’s Wonderland (Trailer)
Nicolas Cage is “The Janitor”, who accepts a deal to spend a night cleaning the abandoned Willy’s Wonderland family fun center in exchange for repairs to his car but he discovers Willy’s is full of murderous animatronic animals that he must battle his way through to survive.
A Former Stockbroker Seeks Revenge After Prison in Payback (Trailer)
After serving six years in prison, a former stockbroker whose firm was controlled by the mob is released and seeks revenge on the people who set him up and caused him to get locked away.
Everything Action Theater: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Created by action movie legend Steven E. De Souza and based on the comic Xenozoic Tales by Mark Schultz, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs aired for one season starting in 1993 and followed the adventures of Hannah Dundee and Jack Tenrec in a post-apocalyptic world full of classic cars and revived prehistoric monsters.
New Release Round Up 1/12
Joe Carnahan’s underseen 2014 movie Stretch finally gets a Blu-Ray release this week along with Lupin III: The First, the second season of the new Twilight Zone, the third movie in the Skyline saga, Skylines, and more.
Musical Montage: The Chemical Brothers “Get Yourself High”
Remixing and re-editing footage from the 1980 Shaw Brothers’ movie The Two Champions of Shaolin, director Joseph Kahn created a unique and fun music video for the 2003 song by The Chemical Brothers, “Get Yourself High”.