Con-Air and the Era of 90s Cheese
Con-Air is an awesome movie. That shouldn’t be confused as great, nor should that last sentence be considered ironic. I genuinely love Con-Air and the silly action extravaganza it has no problems...
View Article5 For Friday: 5 Ways They Could Have Made The Expendables 3 Better
The Expendables 3 comes out today, if you care. Plenty of people have already seen it, as it leaked online months ago. I haven’t seen it, regardless, but I have no interest in ever seeing it. I’ve...
View ArticleIt’s Movember! Celebrate With The Main Damie’s Celebration of Guy Movies
Happy November, or as the Park Slope crowd calls it: An Excuse to Grow a Really Hideous Mustache. While we don’t necessarily adhere to a strict clean-shaven aesthetic, it has nothing to do with...
View ArticleThe Main Damie Podcast – Way of the Dragon and the Badass Draft
Our Movember celebration of Badass has brought us our longest podcast yet. We start off with a recap of what we’ve been up to since our last show, which mostly has us recount the boring Halloween...
View ArticleThe Badass Draft – Dan’s Team
This past Monday, we released our latest podcast, which included talk about Way of the Dragon and we picked our Badass Draft. Here’s Dan’s take on his team: Swordsman: Aragorn (The Lord Of The Rings...
View ArticleThe Badass Draft – Mark’s Team
We covered Dan’s Badass Draft team yesterday and today, Mark Myers has our second team in the Badass Draft. He’s got a pretty versatile team, and at least one surprise. Check back tomorrow for our...
View ArticleApril is Arnold Schwarzenegger Month on the Main Damie
No, it’s not some sort of hilarious April Fool’s Day prank. Like the minimally successful Nic Cage Month and Jaws in July from last year, I’ve decided that this April is a month primed to celebrate...
View ArticleThe Running Man – Your Cool Uncle’s Answer to The Hunger Games
When The Hunger Games first game out, douchey hipsters were quick to point out that the young adult phenomenon was just a repackaged version of the Korean film Battle Royale. They probably twirled...
View Article5 For Friday: 5 of the Best Arnold One-Liners That Aren’t From the Terminator...
Now that all action movies are either brooding Bourne clones or superhero movies that try not to be comic books, the one-liner seems to be a lost art form. Back in Arnold’s heyday, he was the master...
View ArticleTop Movies of 2015 #1 – Mad Max: Fury Road
For about the last decade, the action movie genre has been tethered to the comic book movie, for better or worse. For better, as the stigma of comic book stories has now become passé and nerd culture...
View ArticleThey Called This a Movie Episode 33 – Raven (1996)
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN For years the government paid him to kill. Now he is self-employed! This week’s episode of They Called This a Movie takes a page from John Wick 3, and takes a look at another...
View ArticleThey Called This a Movie Episode 46 – Mission of Justice (1992)
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Out of Uniform… Out of control. This week, Angel Has Fallen, a film that probably no one asked for, hits theaters this week. Rather than trying to find another Gerard Butler movie...
View ArticleThey Called This a Movie Episode 50 – Deadly Prey (1987)
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN In Vietnam, he was the best… He still is! It’s our 50th episode and, boy, do we have a very special episode for you this week. With Rambo: Last Blood releasing this week, we...
View ArticleThey Called This a Movie Episode 65 – The Phantom (1996)
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Get ready to slam evil! We’re back for our first official episode of 2020, and this week, we’re watching a movie voted on by our fans on Twitter. Last week, we put up a poll...
View ArticleThey Called This a Movie Episode 79 – Double Impact (1991)
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Get ready for double the Van Dammage on this week’s episode of They Called This a Movie. We were feeling some good old fashion 90s action, so we once again tapped our favorite...
View ArticleThey Called This a Movie Episode 88 – John Carpenter’s Escape From L.A. (1996)
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Snake Plissken is back. And so are we, as we roll right along with a brand new episode of They Called This a Movie. This week, we go to the distant future and the year 2013, as we...
View ArticleThey Called This a Movie Episode 126 – Jumper (2008)
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Anywhere. Anything. Instantly. And by that, we mean a brand new episode of They Called This a Movie. This week, we are joined by comedian Jess Sager (@ohheyjesssager) to talk...
View ArticleThey Called This a Movie Episode 130 – Cliffhanger (1993)
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Get ready to take action to new heights! This week, we’re talking the 1993 underrated action flick Cliffhanger, starring Sylvester Stallone. Listen as we discuss the incredible...
View ArticleThey Called This a Movie Episode 141 – Samurai Cop (1991)
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN We combine martial arts, police procedurals, and lots of nudity as we dive into the bin of cult classics once again, as we discuss Samurai Cop. Listen as we talk about wigs,...
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