It’s been quite some time since I came up with any kind of a Top 10 list. I was flipping through the channels the other night in a hotel room and ran across First Blood on AMC. Naturally, I sat there and watched it till the end and it got me to thinking what a great era the 80′s was for action flicks.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Revenge Of The Ninja (1983) – When I think of “ninja movies” this is the one that comes to mind. Main character Cho (Sho Kosugi) swears off being a ninja only to be brought “out… Continue reading
My wife and kids were out of town a few weeks back and I had some alone time with the DVR. I of course took it upon myself to watch a bunch of movies that I’d seen before. When it comes to 80′s action flicks this is one of the best. The premise of the movie is pretty straight forward:
- Bar owner buys a place and wants to clean it up
- Said bar owner decides that he needs to get the best “cooler” to help him with said clean up
- Patrick Swayze is said cooler (I.E. bad ass) and chaos… Continue reading
Combos, Fireworks and Canoes – The Bachelor In Brookville
“What happens in Brookville stays in Brookville.” Headed into the weekend that was our battle cry. Our mission was simple – to give my little brother one last weekend of bachelorhood. In the words of Peter Venkman: “We came, we saw, we kicked it’s ass!!!”
Friday afternoon, 2 groups (Devin, Mark & I from Cleveland and Phil & Chris from Chicago) set out to converge on Brookville, Indiana where the festivities were to take place. The Cleveland group started out the trip with the musical brilliance of Randy “Macho Man” Savage. Yep… the wrestler. If you’ve never hear Randy on… Continue reading →