Pop Culture for Fun

Action movies will always be popular because people like heroes. Heroes that walk away from explosions without flinching, dodge bullets, ignore serious injuries, do death defying stunts and witty one-liners along the way. The number one prerequisite of being an action movie character? Toughness (and the ability to generate suspension of disbelief). So let’s count [...]

Posted on August 13th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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This is a man that in order to escape the fame of his family name (Coppola), took the name of a superhero. Luckily, he didn’t go for the obvious and was more subtle, choosing Luke Cage (his kid wasn’t so lucky, being named after Superman, Kal-el). So, what do you do as an actor trying [...]

Posted on July 25th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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This year seems to be one for action movies with an ensemble cast. There’s not one, but three movies that rely on a group mercenaries/war veterans/CIA black ops on a mission to overthrow a dictator/clear their names/take revenge. Honestly I doubt the plot is all that important. Switch those variables around and it still makes [...]

Posted on April 6th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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We all know Hollywood just loves to throw stereotypes at us, as long as they bring loads of cash into those big studios’ pockets.We also know the most used vehicle for said stereotypes is action (well, technically, it’s comedy, but for the purpose of this article we’ll all come to terms that it is in [...]

Posted on June 11th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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