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In 1992, the now acclaimed director Roland Emmerich, alongside action superstars Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, created Universal Soldier. A movie that was maybe under-appreciated in the golden age of action films but nonetheless a highlight in all of their careers. Regardless, financial issues loomed for the studio that created it. This resulted in rights being sold and two mostly horrendous television movies being released on Showtime starring Gary Busey and Burt Reynolds. Seven years later, in 1999, the franchise would attempt its big screen comeback with the legendary Jean Claude Van Damme desperate for a career win on a project no director seemed willing to touch. Would the result be a resurrection of not only the franchise but its leading man’s once unstoppable career? Or one of the final nails in the coffin of both of their big screen futures? This is What Happened to Universal Soldier: The Return.

Here’s a weird fact: Shortly before the tragic events of 9/11, Jackie Chan was in pre-production on an action movie called “Nosebleed,” in which he would have played a window washer fighting terrorists at the World Trade Center. That movie obviously never got made, but the concept has apparently been floating around in the ether, because nearly 25 years later we’ve got “Cleaner,” a “Die Hard” knockoff starring Daisy Ridley as a window washer fighting terrorists on a different skyscraper.

As “Die Hard” knockoffs go, it could be worse.

“Die Hard” knockoffs are their own subgenre, in case you hadn’t noticed, and there sure are a lot of them. The formula is simple: Bad guys take over a specific location, a good guy is trapped in that location with them, and the good guy takes down those bad guys one at a time. In the years that followed John McTiernan...

Through iconic movies like Die Hard, Conan the Barbarian, and Rambo, stars like Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone practically defined the action genre for generations. Playing on the machismo of these stars, a non-stop slew of movies built up the ideal Hollywood action hero, men often known for their muscular forms and entertaining films. However, some of the best hero actors have played excellent villains too.

Action stars are often some of the most at-risk stars when it comes to typecasting, making it natural for many of them to try and spread to other roles and genres. For many, playing a bad guy has brought out the best in their skills as an actor, with some of their biggest fans praising those roles as their greatest work. While these stars are still best known for their franchise heroes, their villainous roles should be appreciated too.

Jean-Claude Van Damme Gave The...

Happy Valentine’s Day from The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.

Today we appreciate one of the great, under-appreciated Hollywood directors: Peter Hyams! Our B-Sides include Peeper, Hanover Street, The Star Chamber, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, and Running Scared.

Our guest is Mike Ryan, great writer, interviewer, and deep fan of Hyams’ eclectic body of work. Sudden Death is a favorite, along with 2010.

We discuss the auteur versus the “workman director,” why some filmmakers gather an intense following and others don’t, and the lasting effect many of Hyams’ films have had on the culture as well as other filmmakers.

There’s much talk about Hyams’ ability as a cinematographer, and how rare it is to be a director that films their own movies.

Mike makes the...

Following the release of the Christmas classic Die Hard in 1988, Hollywood scrambled to find the next great action movie with a hero fighting villains in closed spaces. While many failed to recapture the magic of the Bruce Willis-led masterpiece, others, such as Steven Seagal’s Under Siege and Wesley Snipes’ Passenger 57, elevated their stars to result in the best movies of their respective filmographies. Similarly, martial arts icon Jean-Claude Van Damme balanced vulnerability and kick-ass action in 1995’s Sudden Death.

It’s always cool when we have the chance to watch action heroes venture into horror territory. We’ve seen Arnold Schwarzenegger take on the Predator, battle Satan (in End of Days), and raise a zombie daughter (in Maggie). Sylvester Stallone has taken on psycho killers in Cobra and Eye See You. Charles Bronson tracked a serial killer in 10 to Midnight. Dolph Lundgren faced off with an alien drug dealer in I Come in Peace. Jean-Claude Van Damme played both a serial killer and the killer’s heroic clone in Replicant. Steven Seagal killed vampires in Against the Dark. The list goes on… but two separate action horror projects we tragically missed out on would have given us the sight of both Van Damme and Seagal fighting Yetis, a.k.a. Abominable Snowmen!

Back in 1995, Universal Pictures purchased a screenplay by Troy Neighbors and Steven Fienberg that told the...

The 1990s had plenty of action movie superstars, although many of this era's most notable heroes had lots of movies that have been hugely underrated. While this decade was categorized by major franchises as legendary sequels like Terminator 2 or the dawning of revolutionary series such as The Matrix dominated the conversation, those willing to dig below the surface will be rewarded with incredible hidden gems. As the 1980s stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone continued to hit big at the box office, this was also the heyday for new heroes like Nicolas Cage, Steven Seagal, and Wesley Snipes.

The biggest action movie stars of the 1990s all had several underrated releases that have failed to maintain the same kind of pop culture dominance as their most acclaimed work. This was a real shame, as many of these movies were packed with heart-racing action sequences and spectacular big-budget set...

1990s action movies thrive on absurd plots, delivering guilty pleasure with wild action and overblown theatricality. Movies like Sudden Death and Rush Hour turn their action stars into impermeable heroes. Face/Off, Total Recall and Men in Black blend sci-fi and action beautifully.

The 1990s produced plenty of brilliant action movies with ridiculous plots, but the absurdity often gives the movies some extra charm. Action movies don't always need to have the most grounded and believable plots, as long as they have compelling characters and convincing action set pieces. In some cases, a dash of absurdity can make things even more exciting and frenetic, since the story becomes harder to predict.

Many of the best action movies of the 1990s ask their audiences to believe in ludicrous concepts, but they don't necessarily push all the way into the territory of sci-fi. Even when they don't start out with absurd premises, many...

The world lost an icon with the sudden, tragic passing of Richard Simmons. See his shocking final social media message before his death.

Richard Simmons Changed The Fitness Landscape

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, you couldn’t talk about fitness without mentioning Richard Simmons. He became the go-to fitness guru of that era, and he certainly capitalized on all of that to further his brand. With his recent passing, millions of people are still talking about him. So, it’s clear that he did something right to leave a lasting impact.

In a lot of fitness spaces today, it’s all about grit and releasing frustration, often in a negative context. However, Richard Simmons brought fun and personality to sweating off the pounds. His larger-than-life personality made it so that everyone wanted to learn from him, and he brought some much-needed attitude and glam to the fitness sphere.

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"30,000 Pop Star Fans. 300 Cops. 1 Serial Killer. No Escape." Hell yes this is going to be awesome!! WB has debuted the second official trailer for the next M. Night Shyamalan movie titled Trap, arriving in theaters in August in just another month. The first trailer dropped back in April, but this looks even better now. He's going to mess with the whole concert! Ha. Josh Hartnett stars as a father who takes his daughter to a pop star concert (inspired by Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga). However, while there they discover that the concert is all a setup to catch a serial killer. But who is the killer? He is. Yep... But that can't be the only big spoiler?! I also have a feeling Shyamalan has worked in a few other big twists that we don't know about yet... The cast includes Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan performing as Lady Raven, Hayley Mills,...

Iconic action heroes like Keanu Reeves, Bruce Willis, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Jackie Chan, and Arnold Schwarzenegger have made a significant impact on the action genre. These actors bring unique style and charm to their roles, creating memorable performances and iconic roles in films like The Matrix and Die Hard. The action genre has provided audiences with thrilling entertainment for decades, thanks to the contributions of these legendary action heroes.

The best action movie stars of all time made their mark on the genre by portraying tough-as-nails heroes, stalwart sidekicks, despicable villains, and everything in between, though all gained a legacy from starring in the most pulse-pounding big screen experiences. Various actors have stepped into the action genre over the years, with some great examples who bucked typecasting and proved to be solid action stars, like Colin Firth in The Kingsman and Bob Odenkirk in Nobody. However, the...

Sudden Death finally gets a 4K Uhd release, showing wacky ice brawls and Jean-Claude Van Damme's immortal fight to the death with the Pittsburgh Penguins' mascot like never before. The film's oral history details a wild production, one that lives up to the movie's actual ridiculousness. The '90s cult classic marked the end of an era for brainless action flicks, paving the way for smarter heroes in sarcastic blockbusters.

The bonkers 'Die Hard hockey game' movie Sudden Death, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, has received a glorious 4K Uhd release. The film has been given a new Hdr Dolby Vision Master from a 16bit 4K scan of the 35mm original camera negative, so we can now see and hear the ice fights and rooftop rumble with more crisp definition than ever before. The commentary track, interviews, and behind the scenes details help reveal one of the wildest action movie productions of the '90s.

Many action stars tried their hand at a Die Hard copycat. Sylvester Stallone had Die Hard-on-a-mountain with his action movie Cliffhanger. Wesley Snipes had Die Hard-on-a-plane with the movie Passenger 57. Steven Seagal had both Die Hard-on-a-boat with Under Siege and Die Hard-on-a-train with Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. Martial arts star Jean-Claude Van Damme would get his own copycat film in the form of Die Hard-at-a-hockey-game with the 1995 film Sudden Death. You can now take the violent hockey action home with an all-new 4K transfer with the ultra HD Blu-ray from Kino, according to the announcement on Blu-ray.com.

Van Damme’s fare with this sports-themed film has its share of fans but is more notoriously known for the amusingly wild sequences that utilize its hockey setting, which include Van Damme fighting a terrorist who is disguised as a mascot for the Pittsburgh Penguins, as well as...

Jean-Claude Van Damme's passion project Frenchy has been in development hell for 14 years. Frenchy, a blend of action flick and arthouse film, is a personal project for Van Damme that awaits release. After years of edits and delays, Frenchy appears no closer to release.

Jean-Claude Van Damme wrote and directed his passion project Frenchy, but nearly after 14 years in development hell will it ever get released? Van Damme (Aka "The Muscles from Brussels") rose up from low-budget martial arts films like Kickboxer to become a genuine movie star during the 1990s. Van Damme's action movies like Hard Target, Timecop and Sudden Death were all hits, but as the decade wore on, he appeared in a string of critical and commercial duds. His various personal issues became tabloid fodder too, and by the 2000s most of his work was heading straight to DVD.

Even then, he starred in some solid action movies,...

Narrow Margin Release Date : 06/18/2024 Shop On Kino Lorber From Peter Hyams, the acclaimed director of Busting, Capricorn One, Outland, Running Scared and Sudden Death, comes this suspenseful remake of the 1952 classic Richard Fleischer film noir. Screen legend Gene Hackman stars as an L.A. District Attorney attempting to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to find the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours, as ... Read more...

Family Feud contestants are under a lot of pressure when they face off at the podium, but Kendall McCoy’s self-assurance was unmatched.

Kendall faced off against his competitor, Jacob Griffin, as host Steve Harvey read them their survey question.

Steve was looking for the top four answers on the board and asked Kendall and Jacob to name “an occupation that a boy wouldn’t want his girlfriend’s father to have.”

Jacob was the first to hit his buzzer, and when Steve called on him for his answer, he responded, “Lawyer.”

Unfortunately for Jacob, his answer didn’t make it to the top four, so Kendall was given a chance to steal the board with a correct answer.

Kendall leaned over the podium and calmly spoke into his mic: “Police officer.”

Family Feud contestant Kendall McCoy is extremely confident about his answer

Before Steve could finish repeating his answer,...

The end of the 1990s was an odd time for cinema and in general. We were in the midst of Y2K, a panic over clocks and computers needing to roll over from 99 to 00, something people feared more than monsters and cults, something people really feared and fearmongered about. It was expected to be something of an apocalypse by some. So of course, Hollywood ran with it. Technology gone wrong, end of days, Satan coming to Earth, etc. We got films like Strange Days, Stigmata, eXistenZ, Virus, The Matrix, and End of Days (watch it Here), our movie today.

Following a dry patch of work for Arnold Schwarzenegger following Batman & Robin and heart surgery, he didn’t get all that many offers and eventually, it seemed like he would not be coming back. Then, End of Days came his way, and it seemed like a good, if darker than his then-recent work,...

Everyone knows October is the month of horror. Whether it's movie marathons, extravagant decorations, or even All Hallow's Eve itself, television and film alike turn to chills and thrills until the advent of November. Thankfully, in the world of streaming, you still have plenty of options available if you find yourself burnt out on ghouls and ghosts. Tubi, in particular, is a great service for avoiding the norm, as they've made a name for themselves by hosting hundreds of unique and otherwise unconventional titles in their content library.

If you're a martial arts fan, you still have some exciting films to look forward to during October. If you're curious about the various martial arts movies coming to Tubi, we've assembled some highlights from the service's pending offerings. All movies will be available to watch as early as October 1 unless stated otherwise.

Road House (1989)

When you think of Patrick Swayze, you...

Street Fighter actor Jay Tavare reflects on working with Jean-Claude Van Damme on the movie's set, recalling that he was very "out of control". During the late 1980s and early '90s, Van Damme became an international action movie superstar, working constantly. The actor has been open about developing a serious cocaine habit during the '90s due to the stress of constant movie shooting and promotion. Street Fighter Steven E. de Souza has previously described Van Damme as "coked out of his mind" during the movie's production, which evidently led to a chaotic filming experience.

Street Fighter actor Jay Tavare reflects on what it was like working with actor Jean-Claude Van Damme on the 1994 action movie. Directed by Steven E. de Souza, Street Fighter serves as an adaptation of the popular video game series of the same name. Van Damme stars in the movie as Colonel Guile, who leads...

Bravo's Top Chef was rocked by the news of Padma Lakshmi leaving as host -- a position she'd filled so long that she'd become synonymous with the show. And not only was Lakshmi the face of Top Chef, but she also served as an executive producer, so her departure was much more than just a changing of the guard. Whoever followed her needed to have both a keen understanding of food and of the Emmy Award-winning franchise.

Audiences were pleasantly surprised when Kristen Kish was named as the new host of Top Chef. Her name had been in the conversation but there were so many possibilities, including judge and established Top Chef host Gail Simmons. Kish, however, will take the show in a different direction and has her own lengthy history with the brand. Here's everything to know about Kristen Kish and why she's a solid choice to start...

A surprise Fantômas reunion took place Wednesday night (May 24th) in Oakland, California, during the final show of Mr. Bungle’s “Geek Show” tour with Melvins.

The reunion wasn’t too far out of the realm of possibility considering three of the band’s four members — Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn, and Dave Lombardo — are currently in Mr. Bungle. Once Buzz Osborne of Melvins took the stage, the supergroup’s lineup was complete, along with the bonus additions of Bungle guitarists Trey Spruance and Scott Ian.

Osborne sat in with Mr. Bungle for a rendition of The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo track “Sudden Death” before the group launched into Fantômas’ cover of Henri Mancini‘s “Experiment in Terror” (featured on the band’s 2001 album The Director’s Cut). Fan footage captured the performance, which went off without a hitch as the band nailed the intricate loud-soft dynamics.

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CBS’s NCIS: Hawaii season two draws to a close with part two of a two-part finale. Episode 22, guest starring Julie White, was written by Matt Bosack and Jan Nash and directed by Tim Andrew. “Dies Irae” will air on Monday, May 22, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

Season two stars Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, and Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara. Jason Antoon plays Ernie Malik, Tori Anderson is Kate Whistler, and Kian Talan stars as Alex Tennant.

“Dies Irae” Plot: When a figure from Tennant’s CIA past reemerges, the NCIS team seeks help from the most unlikely place in order to catch a killer who threatens to destroy everything Tennant has built.

Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant and Noah Mills as Jesse Boone in ‘NCIS: Hawaii’ season 2 episode 22

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CBS’s NCIS: Hawaii season two is wrapping up with a two-part season finale. Part one, “Past Due,” was directed by Jimmy Whitmore and will air on Monday, May 15, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt. Part two of the finale, “Dies Irae,” follows on May 22nd.

Season two stars Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, and Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara. Jason Antoon plays Ernie Malik, Tori Anderson is Kate Whistler, and Kian Talan stars as Alex Tennant.

Episode 21 guest stars include Julie White and Linc Hand.

“Past Due” Plot: The discovery of a dead former MI6 agent uncovers secrets from Tennant’s past, forcing her to go to extreme lengths to track down the killer.

Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant and Tori Anderson as Kate Whistler in ‘NCIS: Hawaii’ season 2 episode 21

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Lucy’s in harm’s way on CBS’s NCIS: Hawaii season two episode 20. Directed by Tim Andrew from a script by Amy Rutberg, episode 20 – “Nightwatch Two” – will air on Monday, May 8, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

Season two stars Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, and Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara. Jason Antoon plays Ernie Malik, Tori Anderson is Kate Whistler, and Kian Talan stars as Alex Tennant.

“Nightwatch Two” Plot: When Lucy receives a strange call on night watch from a man admitting to murder, the NCIS team sets out to find him.

Tori Anderson as Kate Whistler and Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara in ‘NCIS: Hawaii’ season 2 episode 20

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The world’s most successful television series continues on the seductive shores of the Aloha State with the #1 new drama,...

Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, and Jason Antoon as Ernie Malik in ‘NCIS: Hawaii’ season 2 episode 19

CBS’s NCIS: Hawaii is taking a three-week break and will return with an episode that finds Ernie front and center in an investigation. Season two episode 19, “Cabin Fever,” will air on Monday, May 1, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

Season two stars Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, and Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara. Jason Antoon plays Ernie Malik, Tori Anderson is Kate Whistler, and Kian Talan stars as Alex Tennant.

“Cabin Fever” Plot: After the mysterious death of an astronaut in a highly sensitive Mars simulation, the NCIS team must send Ernie into the habitat to investigate alone.

Jason Antoon as Ernie Malik and Cara Mitsuko as Astronaut Lara Uchida in...

This episode of The Black Sheep was Written, Narrated, and Edited by Lance Vlcek, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

I’ll always have a soft spot for the horror of the late ’90s. It wasn’t the best of the decade, but it does contain that silly and ambitious mix of dark edginess and psychological tension. Coming somewhat from the boom of the ’90s type of thriller, the religious horror resurgence came out of changing tastes. And though it didn’t all work out, there was a style and tone that I’ll always love. So what happens when an action superstar tries to grow while the genre around him changes into a different beast? You get the ridiculous but damn fun End of Days (watch it Here) on this episode of The Black Sheep.

Context of the time is crucial for...

Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant in ‘NCIS: Hawaii’ season 2 episode 18

LeVar Burton returns to direct his third episode of CBS’s NCIS: Hawaii with season two episode 18. Written by Jan Nash, episode 18 – “Bread Crumbs” – will air on Monday, April 10, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

Season two stars Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, and Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara. Jason Antoon plays Ernie Malik, Tori Anderson is Kate Whistler, and Kian Talan stars as Alex Tennant.

“Bread Crumbs” Plot: When Tennant interrogates a suspect during his helicopter transfer and the helicopter crashes, she must utilize her skills to save herself and the other passengers.

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Enver Gjokaj returns to guest star as Captain Milius on CBS’s NCIS: Hawaii season two episode 17. Directed by Loren Yaconelli from a script by Megan Bacharach, episode 17 – “Money Honey” – will air on Monday, March 20, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

Season two stars Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, and Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara. Jason Antoon plays Ernie Malik, Tori Anderson is Kate Whistler, and Kian Talan stars as Alex Tennant.

“Money Honey” Plot: Captain Milius returns to Hawai’i as the NCIS team works to catch a dangerous high-value U.S. Government target with the help of an informant unlike any they’ve ever encountered. Also, Tennant and Daniel deal with Alex’s acceptance into the Naval Academy.

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Hey, "NCIS: Hawaii" fans. We, unfortunately, have something bad to run by you in this latest report. Yeah, the folks over at CBS are not going to serve up a new episode of NCIS: Hawaii tonight, March 6, 2023. That means the next, new episode 16 of NCIS: Hawaii will be missing in action for a little bit longer than expected, but not too much longer. We're currently hearing from CBS' official episode 16 press release that CBS does plan to air the new episode 16 as early as next Monday night, March 13, 2023 in its usual, 9 pm central standard time slot. So, definitely be sure to memorize that very important date and time. We did take a look at what CBS is airing in place of the next, new episode 16 of NCIS: Hawaii tonight. According to the TV guide listings, CBS has a repeat episode of NCIS Hawaii all lined up and ready to go.

Noah Mills as Jesse Boone and Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant in ‘NCIS: Hawaii’ season 2 episode 16

CBS’s NCIS: Hawaii is taking a two-week break and will return on Monday, March 13, 2023 with an episode that finds the team on the hunt of an elusive bandit. Season two episode 16, “Family Ties,” was directed by Christine Moore from a script by Ron McGee.

Season two stars Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, and Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara. Jason Antoon plays Ernie Malik, Tori Anderson is Kate Whistler, and Kian Talan stars as Alex Tennant.

“Family Ties” Plot: When Navy residents discover their vehicles were burglarized overnight, the NCIS team connects it to a series of peculiar crimes and tracks down an unlikely bandit. Also, Whistler struggles with an uncooperative Ci and Alex weighs his college options.

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Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant in ‘NCIS: Hawaii’ season 2 episode 15

Linc Hand reprises his guest starring role as Charlie 1 on CBS’s NCIS: Hawaii season two episode 15. Directed by Larry Teng from a script by Noah Evslin, episode 15 will air on Monday, February 27, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

Season two stars Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, and Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara. Jason Antoon plays Ernie Malik, Tori Anderson is Kate Whistler, and Kian Talan stars as Alex Tennant.

“Good Samaritan” Plot: When a Navy deserter accidentally comes out of hiding, his family becomes a target that drives the NCIS team and Charlie 1 (Hand) to investigate who is after them. Meanwhile, Lucy surprises the team by returning to Hawai’i from her agent afloat job early.

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The team needs the help of a former member on NCIS: Hawaii season two episode 14, “Silent Invasion.” Directed by Eric Hays from a script by Mike Diaz, episode 14 will air on Monday, February 13, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

Season two stars Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, and Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara. Jason Antoon plays Ernie Malik, Tori Anderson is Kate Whistler, and Kian Talan stars as Alex Tennant.

“Silent Invasion” Plot: When the murder of a captain and his wife echoes a previous case, the NCIS team brings in a former team member to help determine if they are dealing with a copycat killer.

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Kai’s got a target on his back on CBS’s NCIS: Hawaii season two episode 13. Directed by Larry Teng from a script by Yalun Tun, episode 13 – “Misplaced Target” – will air on Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

Season two stars Vanessa Lachey as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, and Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara. Jason Antoon plays Ernie Malik, Tori Anderson is Kate Whistler, and Kian Talan stars as Alex Tennant.

“Misplaced Targets” Plot: Following a close call at a meth lab explosion, the NCIS team learns Kai is being targeted by his old friend-turned-criminal and must take him down. Meanwhile, Lucy gets her first big case aboard her aircraft carrier.

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Nicki Minaj wasted no time filing a 75,000 defamation lawsuit against a blogger who called her a “cokehead” and said the rapper was known for “shoving” cocaine up her nose.

In the new complaint obtained by Rolling Stone, Minaj says Marley Green, a gossip blogger who goes by the name Nosey Heaux, “falsely and maliciously” called her a drug addict in a Twitter video posted Monday that “outrageously defamed” her and sparked a “firestorm of social media attention.”

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AMC Networks hit 9.5 million streaming subs for the first quarter of 2022, up from just over 9 million sequentially and in a newly-antsy streaming world, recommitted to its long-term goal of 20-25 million subs by 2025.

The company behind The Walking Dead universe said revenues nosed up 3 to 711 million; diluted Eps was 2.38 a share and operating income increased 3 to 175 million. Adjusted operating income dipped 11 to 211 million year-on-year compared on increased content, marketing and technology investments to drive streaming and digital.

Free cash swung to a negative 36 million from a positive 96 million.

The stock is off about 5 in midday trading.

Interim CEO Matt Blank (who stepped in for Josh Sapan last fall) will holding a conference call with investors at 10:30 am Et to discuss the numbers.

AMC Networks, he said, “had solid first quarter performance, highlighted by 3 total company revenue growth and continued growth of our streaming portfolio to end the quarter with 9.5 million total subscribers.

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The acclaimed Vestron Video Collectors’ Series delivers a double-barreled, brawny Western with Extreme Prejudice, arriving on Blu-ray + Digital on May 17 from Lionsgate. Directed by Walter Hill with story co-written by Academy Award® nominee John Milius, this action-packed shoot-’em-up stars three-time Academy Award® nominee Nick Nolte, Primetime Emmy Award® nominee Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso, and Michael Ironside. Extreme Prejudice includes hours of new special features, and will be available on Blu-ray for the suggested retail price of 17.99.

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Directed by the legendary Walter Hill, this gritty, modern Western is regarded as a classic and features an all-star cast with Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn, and Michael Ironside. Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen (Nolte) locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey (Boothe), now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they’re on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest...

Todd McFarlane's long-gestating Spawn movie is reportedly back on track with a new screenwriter, but even if it's a reboot ignoring the previous adaptation, there'd be no better person to star in the lead role than Michael Jai White. In the original Spawn, which was released in 1997, White starred as Al Simmons, the man who dies and comes back to Earth as the titular vigilante Hellspawn. There were early plans for a sequel following Spawn's release, but the project died in development hell.

In the years since, McFarlane has been working on getting a new live-action adaptation of Spawn off the ground. There were reports of Jamie Foxx boarding the project in 2018 to play a new incarnation of Al Simmons with plans to shoot in 2019, but for whatever reason, that date came and went with no real progress made on the project. Producer Jason Blum told ComicBook.com the...

Exclusive: Brooklyn-based sports startup Overtime, whose investors include Jeff Bezos, Drake, Alexis Ohanian and more than 25 current and former NBA stars including Trae Young, Devin Booker, Klay Thompson and Pau Gasol, has launched a college athlete creator studio.

Taking advantage of the recent NCAA rule changes that allow college athletes to profit from there name, image and likeness, the content studio has committed $1 million for name, image and likeness deals with male and female athletes across all sports, starting with Space Jam star and USC football player, Ceyair Wright. He stars in a new Overtime series, Dual Threat, that focuses on Wright’s life over the last few months of high school as he prepared for the release of Space Jam: A New Legacy and his transition to college.

The company is in talks with over a dozen other high profile college athletes around creator based content, including short-form and long-form video series and podcasts,...

Jean-Claude Van Damme is back in action in The Last Mercenary, now streaming on Netflix. A French action comedy movie from director David Charhon, The Last Mercenary stars Van Damme in the lead role as a former secret service agent on a mission to save his son. A trailer for the movie was released ahead of its streaming debut on Netflix, which you can check out below for a sneak peek at Van Damme throwing kicks once again.

In The Last Mercenary, Jean-Claude Van Damme is a former secret service agent who must urgently return to France when his estranged son is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking by the government. Though there are comedic elements, the movie features plenty of Van Damme back in action with the 60-year-old kicking faces, busting heads, and dodging bullets. It seems to be a must-see movie for big fans of the actor...

Jessie Ware has announced an expanded edition of her acclaimed 2020 album What’s Your Pleasure? and with it a new summer-ready single titled “Please.”

“I had such an amazing response to the What’s Your Pleasure? record that I didn’t want the lights to go up and the party to be over just yet,” Ware said in a statement. “‘Please’ is full of optimism and ready to be played in a place where we can all be together and flirt, dance, touch, and kiss. A wonderful excuse not to stop the party from ending.

Nancy Grace will host a new “America’s Most Wanted” aftershow on Fox Nation called “America’s Most Wanted Overtime” starting March 15. Tuesday’s announcement also noted that Grace signed a new multiyear deal with Fox Nation to continue hosting “Crime Stories With Nancy Grace.”

“America’s Most Wanted Overtime” will stream on the Fox News Media platform following the linear broadcast of the flagship program’s revival on Fox networks. “Overtime” is part of the slate of “Fox Justice”-branded shows.

“Overtime” will run on Fox Nation every Monday at 10 p.m. Et when Elizabeth Vargas finishes hosting the linear version on broadcast. Grace will take a deeper look into the cases and suspects profiled on the show. “America’s Most Wanted” will also be available to Fox Nation subscribers.

“Working with Fox Nation is an honor,” Grace said in a statement. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to continue...

Nancy Grace will host a new series for Fox Nation called America’s Most Wanted Overtime, tied to the Fox network airing of America’s Most Wanted, and she also has signed a new multiyear deal in which she will continue Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

America’s Most Wanted Overtime will debut at 10 Pm Et on March 15, and will run after the season premiere of America’s Most Wanted, which is hosted by Elizabeth Vargas. Overtime will take a deeper dive into the cases the cases on the show, with chief investigators, law enforcement experts and victims’ family members.

Grace’s new series will be released under the streaming service’s Fox Justice banner.

Grace also appears as a regular guest on Fox News Channel, and recently presented a Fox Nation tribute special to Larry King, her mentor and former colleague. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace is a daily SiriusXM radio...

Dazzler Media is releasing Welcome to Sudden Death, starring Michael Jae White, in the UK on DVD. You can pre-order the UK DVD here, or, wait until the week of the 15th as we will be having a giveaway for our UK readers, across the pond. For the moment check out the trailer below, where we know the term sudden death does not apply to the sport of basketball, but just roll with it. Jesse Freeman is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art sports arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap the team’s owner and...

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Die Hard isn’t just lauded as perhaps the single greatest action movie ever made, as John McTiernan’s classic is also one of the most influential. John McClane’s misadventures in the Nakatomi Plaza have served as the inspiration for countless similar titles over the last 30 years, many of which are terrible, but others rank as some of the finest actioners of the modern era in their own right.

Under Siege, Passenger 57, Executive Decision, Air Force One, Con Air, Cliffhanger, Speed, Sudden Death, White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen have all taken the basic high concept formula established in Die Hard and transplanted it to battleships, planes, mountains, buses, stadiums and the White House respectively to wildly mixed results. Homaging the Bruce Willis classic is never going to go out of fashion, though, which is why Rawson Marshall Thurber’s Skyscraper looked like such a slam dunk on paper.

A homicidal hockey mascot. A firefighter-turned-fire marshal-turned-Stanley Cup Finals goalie. Lethal gym equipment. A magnificent helicopter escape plan. Lots and lots of roundhouse kicks. All of these elements and more make Sudden Death, released on this date in 1995, the most glorious action extravaganza of superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme’s career.

Essentially Die Hard At A Hockey Game, Sudden Death tells the tale of divorced former firefighter Darren McCord (Jcvd), who, after a workplace tragedy, has become a fire marshal at Pittsburgh Civic Arena. For his young son Tyler (Ross Malinger)’s birthday, Darren is bringing Tyler and daughter Emily (Whittni Wright) to the office. The occasion? Game 7 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals, an imagined rematch of the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals bout between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Vice President Daniel Binder (Raymond J. Barry) is in attendance with a prestigious entourage in a skybox.

Of course, it wouldn...

Stars: Michael Jai White, Michael Eklund, Sabryn Rock, Nakai Takawira, Lyric Justice, Sagine Sémajuste, Gary Owen, Anthony Grant, Kristen Harris, Marrese Crump | Written by Dallas Jackson, Gene Quintano | Directed by Dallas Jackson

It started last year, with the release of Benchwarmers 2… Which is when I speculated that Universal’s Dtv arm Universal 1440 Entertainment were scraping the bottom of the barrel. How little did I know. After being set up to produce sequels to Universal’s properties such as Death Race, Tremors and The Scorpion King, the company has in recent years has churned out sequels to Kindergarten Cop, Daddy Day Care, Cop and a Half, Honey, Bring it On and unexpected sequels to the likes of Backdraft, Bulletproof and Undercover Brother.

Speaking of which, Michael Jai White – who starred in the aforementioned blaxploitation comedy film – is back working with Universal’s Dtv arm for Welcome to Sudden Death. A...

Mr. Bungle is back with their first album in over two decades, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo.For their latest music video, they turned to acclaimed director Derek Cianfrance for the band's epic 8-minute song "Sudden Death." Today, we are honored to premiere the video for "Sudden Death" in all of its ear-shredding glory.

When Mr. Bungle finished The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo earlier this year, singer Mike Patton started to think about making a video and knew that Derek Cianfrance was the right director for the job. Cianfrance and Patton came to know one another after working together on the 2012 film The Place Beyond The Pines. Cianfrance said, in an interview with Pitchfork, that once he shot the film, he knew the only person who should compose its score was Patton.

The director has also incorporated music from Mike Patton's discography into his current project,...

Nelly Karim and Dhafer L’Abidine star in groundbreaking genre picture by Rami Yasin.

Groundbreaking Arabic-language vampire feature Bloodline has secured a Halloween launch on Shahid VIP, the rising Mena region streaming platform which has seen subscriber numbers surge since a revamp by parent company Mbc Group earlier this year.

The feature, which will launch on Shahid on October 30, brings together some of the Arab world’s hottest directing, acting and producing talent.

It marks the feature debut of respected UAE-based producer and director Rami Yasin, whose producing credits include Sea Shadow, Rattle The Cage and The Worthy. His short film...

With “Mulan” arriving on more platforms October 6 and non-premium VOD titles like “The Witches” and Amazon’s “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” later this month, the home-viewing market was on pause with no new premium titles this weekend. That didn’t stop Jessica Chastain’s “Ava,” however: It had the best showing for a non-premium title in the six months we’ve covered weekly VOD performance.

The $6.99 female-assassin action film, which debuted September 25, placed #1 at the three transactional sites and second at FandangoNow, which lists by revenue. Other recent titles like “The Outpost,” “The Tax Collector,” and “The Silencing” have thrived for multiple weeks, but none topped the charts for two weeks.

Beating out “Ava” at FandangoNow, thanks to its $19.99 price point, is “Antebellum.” In its third week, it’s also #2 at Spectrum. It fell off Apple TV and Google Play, even with less competition among premium titles.

“Alone,” budgeted far lower...

Mario Covone, writer/director of hotly anticipated feature film ‘Overtime’, has released the first trailer to the movie today. The trailer comes a few days before the beginning of a Kickstarter campaign, launching Tuesday September 29th, to raise funds for the production of the Blu Ray and its special features. “The film itself is complete and …

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