Tagline: Dirty Harry Just Learned A New Game Entire Story In Fewer Words Than Are In This Sentence: Movies don’t kill people, Dirty Harry does. Homoeroticism: Early on, we see a young Jim Carrey (as rock star Johnny Squares) prancing around in a leather outfit to the tune of “Welcome to the Jungle,” but that’s […]
The Dead Pool (1988)
December 12, 2021 by
Film Title
The Dead PoolSynopsis
Dirty Harry just learned a new game
Director
Buddy Van HornCast
Clint Eastwood
Liam Neeson
Patricia Clarksib
Evan C. Kim
Jim Carrey
David Hunt
Michael Currie
Sudden Impact (1983)
December 6, 2021 by
Film Title
Sudden ImpactSynopsis
Two killers are at large. One of them is Dirty Harry.
Director
Clint EastwoodCast
Clint Eastwood
Sondra Locke
Pat Hingle
Bradford Dillman
Paul Drake
Jack Thibeau
Albert Popwell
Tagline: Two killers are at large. One of them is Dirty Harry. Entire Story In Fewer Words Than Are In This Sentence: Revenge is best served with a comically farting dog. Homoeroticism: All in all, this is probably the most disappointingly hetero movie in the whole series, as Harry gets closer to a woman than […]
Magnum Force (1973)
November 22, 2021 by
Film Title
Magnum ForceSynopsis
Dirty Harry is now on the trail of rouge vigilante cops
Director
Ted PostCast
Clint Eastwood
Hal Holbrook
Mitchell Ryan
David Soul
Tim Matheson
Robert Urich
Kip Niven
Tagline: This time the bullets are hitting pretty close to home! Entire Story In Fewer Words Than Are In This Sentence: Harry could just kill his Stupid Chief this time. Homoeroticism: Once again limited almost exclusively to the fetishization of guns, beginning with the opening credits sequence, which consists of a very long shot of […]
Savage Streets (1984)
November 17, 2021 by
Film Title
Savage StreetsSynopsis
Rape, revenge and bad 80s hairdos at high school
Director
Danny SteinmannCast
Linda Blair
Linnea Quigley
John Vernon
Robert Dryer
After starring in The Exorcist at the tender age of fourteen, the world was Linda Blair’s pea green vomit-covered oyster. She followed up that groundbreaking horror classic with the stodgily directed TV movie Born Innocent and the much-mocked Airport 1975, whose main contribution to cinema was helping birth the glorious Airplane! In spite of their […]
Dirty Harry (1971)
November 14, 2021 by
Film Title
Dirty HarrySynopsis
Dirty Harry hunts down a psychopath punk who is terrorizing San Francisco
Director
Don SiegelCast
Clint Eastwood
Andrew Robinson
Harry Gardino
John Vernon
Reni Santoni
Ruth Kobart
John Mitchum
Tagline: Dirty Harry and the homicidal maniac. Harry’s the one with the badge. Entire Story In Fewer Words Than Are In This Sentence: Only bullets can repair a broken system. Homoeroticism: Limited almost exclusively to the fetishization of guns, which of course represent dicks in the 80s Action canon, of which this is arguably the […]
Eight Wince-Inducing Moments in Movies*
September 20, 2021 by
Sew Tough! I was about fourteen when I first caught First Blood on home video, the perfect age to vicariously revel in such macho histrionics. Immediately afterwards, I ran outside, knocked the first motorcyclist I saw to the ground, and headed off for the woods at breakneck speed with an imaginary entire police force hot […]
Invasion U.S.A
March 31, 2021 by
Film Title
Invasion U.S.A.Synopsis
Chuck Norris is a one-man army who can save the country from a spy invasion
Director
Joseph ZitoCast
Chuck Norris
Richard Lynch
Melissa Prophet
Alexander Zale
Eddie Jones
Billy Drago
Matt Hunter is tired. Once a proud Company Man, and one of the few on the payroll with full beard and bare chest, he’s more a Lion in Winter circa 1985, with nothing left to prove and no arms left to break. Leaving behind a world on the brink, he’s retired to Florida … the […]
Blood Dragon: The Video Game
July 15, 2020 by
Tagline: Welcome to the Future. The Year is 2007. Entire Story in Fewer Words than are in this Sentence: Michael Biehn gives voice acting a go. Homoeroticism: Despite being a love letter to 80s action films, Blood Dragon has very little in this category. Our lead, Rex “Power” Colt, makes constant references to balls, but, […]
Ricochet (1991)
May 5, 2020 by
Film Title
RicochetSynopsis
A District Attorney is stalked by his worst nightmare
Director
Russell MulcahyCast
Denzel Washington
John Lithgow
Jesse Ventura
Ice-T
Kevin Pollack
Lindsay Wagner
Victoria Dillard
Tagline: “He’s a cop accused of murder. And the only man who knows he’s innocent is the killer who framed him. This is one case that’s going to be settled out of court.” Entire Story In Fewer Words Than Are In This Sentence: Homicidal maniac obsesses over hot black sex cop. Homoeroticism: It is perhaps […]
Midnight Run (1988)
March 25, 2020 by
Film Title
Midnight Run (1988)Synopsis
Everyone is after this guy, including Bounty Hunters, The Mafia, and the F.B.I.
Cast
Robert D Niro
Charles Grodin
Yaphet Kotto
John Ashton
Dennis Farina
Tagline: This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Entire Story In Fewer Words Than Are In This Sentence: Bounty hunter and his quarry trade wisecracks. Homoeroticism: Hardly anything to report, sadly. Bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) and accountant Jonathan “the Duke” Mardukas (Charles Grodin), who is in his custody, quickly develop […]
