Monthly Archives: November 2009
Coming Attraction: Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Guy Ritchie directs the action adventure film Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character whose stories started off as novels and short stories created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Robert Downey, Jr. plays Holmes with his counterpart Watson being played by Jude Law. Rachel McAdams also plays a part making this film a dentist’s […]
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 Action Flick Chick under her codename @actionchick raised the issue in twitter.
actionchick: action heroine vs. horror […]
Ong-Bak (2003)
It’s the time of year to give thanks to many things like having family, health, or being alive. Blah, blah, blah. That’s all nice and well, but one thing I am thankful for is FREAKIN’ TONY JAA!!!!!! He deals out wall to wall ass-spankings in Ong-bak, and today I give thanks that I am his friend, not his foe.
Thanksgiving: That Time of Year When Evil Turkeys Scare the Stuffing Out of You
There aren’t a lot of Thanksgiving action movies. Frankly, a discussion with some fellow film lovers turned up a grand total of none. Several people mentioned the comedy Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, but that’s no action movie. Addams Family Values at least includes a strangely violent Thanksgiving play at summer camp.
Last year the Chick had no […]
The Twilight Saga Parodies II – New Mooned
After we showed you a couple of the best Twilight parody videos the other day (“Top Twilight Parodies – Buffy, Kevin, and Olivia versus Edward”), people started sending us links to many more. Frankly, though, a lot of them are boring. Many go on too long, sometimes reenacting too much movie before getting to a real punchline which then […]