The Karate Kid spinoff series Cobra Kai has been a welcome boost to the careers of Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, who donned the karategi to face off once more as timeless rivals Daniel Larusso and Johnny Lawrence. But the series, the first two seasons of which debuted on Netflix globally Aug. 28, has also led to a career renaissance for Martin Kove, the strong-jawed character actor who plays the franchise’s most memorable antagonist Sensei John Kreese.
A bona fide television star in the 1980s, cemented by a leading role in CBS’ ratings monster Cagney & Lacey, Kove transitioned to action roles on the big screen in films such as Steele Justice and Rambo: First Blood Part II. But it was his villainous turn as a troubled Vietnam veteran turned martial arts master in 1984’s The Karate Kid, as well as its sequels in 1986 and 1989, that became his most widely known...
A bona fide television star in the 1980s, cemented by a leading role in CBS’ ratings monster Cagney & Lacey, Kove transitioned to action roles on the big screen in films such as Steele Justice and Rambo: First Blood Part II. But it was his villainous turn as a troubled Vietnam veteran turned martial arts master in 1984’s The Karate Kid, as well as its sequels in 1986 and 1989, that became his most widely known...
- 8/29/2020
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In this episode of Off The Shelf, Ryan and Brian take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for Tuesday, May 3rd 2016.
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Follow-Up FilmStruck Follow-up: Mad Max, regions Over the Garden Wall deal News Criterion: Cat People Shout Factory: Shout Selects: Buckaroo Banzai, John Carpenter’s Elvis Scream Factory: Session 9, Invasion of the Body Snatchers Kino Lorber: The Laughing Policeman, 100 Rifles, Wolf Lake Warner Home Video: McQ, Chisum, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Warner Archive: Love Me or Leave Me Universal: The Great Outdoors, The ‘Burbs, The Dream Team, The Money Pit (Bb exclusive?) Olive Films: July Titles 88 Films: Retroactive, Short Night of Glass Dolls, The Perfume of the Lady in Black Scorpion Releasing – City on Fire, + Truck Stop Women and Cheerleaders Wild Weekend to be sold through Diabolik & Code Red’s Sites Links to Amazon Airwolf – The...
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Follow-Up FilmStruck Follow-up: Mad Max, regions Over the Garden Wall deal News Criterion: Cat People Shout Factory: Shout Selects: Buckaroo Banzai, John Carpenter’s Elvis Scream Factory: Session 9, Invasion of the Body Snatchers Kino Lorber: The Laughing Policeman, 100 Rifles, Wolf Lake Warner Home Video: McQ, Chisum, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Warner Archive: Love Me or Leave Me Universal: The Great Outdoors, The ‘Burbs, The Dream Team, The Money Pit (Bb exclusive?) Olive Films: July Titles 88 Films: Retroactive, Short Night of Glass Dolls, The Perfume of the Lady in Black Scorpion Releasing – City on Fire, + Truck Stop Women and Cheerleaders Wild Weekend to be sold through Diabolik & Code Red’s Sites Links to Amazon Airwolf – The...
- 5/4/2016
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Only one man has ever went toe-to-toe with the legendary Bruce Lee, while living to tell about it and that was Chuck Norris in Return of the Dragon. The always calm and cool Chuck Norris has since become the idealization of a bad-ass thanks to popular culture of Chuck Norris Facts and a few really good commercials, and yet when we quote these:
Chuck Norris was once shot. The bullet died.
When Chuck Norris calls 911 it’s to ask if everything is okay.
Have action fans forgot you don’t get cool by being cool, you earn it, and Chuck Norris officially started to earn his coolness factor in a series of Cannon Films productions during the mid-1980s, namely the Missing in Action series, a deeply personal set of action films for Norris. Killer Film is back with another Action Packed Flashback with director Lance Hool on his Missing in Action II: The Beginning.
Chuck Norris was once shot. The bullet died.
When Chuck Norris calls 911 it’s to ask if everything is okay.
Have action fans forgot you don’t get cool by being cool, you earn it, and Chuck Norris officially started to earn his coolness factor in a series of Cannon Films productions during the mid-1980s, namely the Missing in Action series, a deeply personal set of action films for Norris. Killer Film is back with another Action Packed Flashback with director Lance Hool on his Missing in Action II: The Beginning.
- 8/12/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
In 1982, First Blood set off a chain reaction of “Namsploitation” films about Vietnam veterans thrust into danger yet again. The film proved that, in the 1980s, no badass was complete without a tour of duty in Nam on his resume. Now everybody knows who Rambo is but this list is dedicated to the lesser-known, direct-to-video heroes. Some are genuinely cool – most are unintentionally hilarious – but all are certifiably badass.
10. Scott Monroe & Billy Thomas, Cage (1989)
In Nam, Billy (Lou Ferrigno) saved the life of his buddy Scott (Reb Brown) but was shot in the head doing so. The brain damage essentially turned Billy into a very large man-child. Now Scott takes care of him, like a testosterone-fueled rendition of Of Mice and Men. The two friends open a bar together after the war but are harassed by local thugs. Billy is tricked into underground cage fighting, so naturally Scott has to save him…...
10. Scott Monroe & Billy Thomas, Cage (1989)
In Nam, Billy (Lou Ferrigno) saved the life of his buddy Scott (Reb Brown) but was shot in the head doing so. The brain damage essentially turned Billy into a very large man-child. Now Scott takes care of him, like a testosterone-fueled rendition of Of Mice and Men. The two friends open a bar together after the war but are harassed by local thugs. Billy is tricked into underground cage fighting, so naturally Scott has to save him…...
- 1/31/2011
- by Heather Seebach
- Killer Films
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