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The Swashbuckler - The Adventure Movie
In the 1930's Errol Flynn starred in Captain Blood and became the natural successor to Douglas Fairbanks, the man who had pioneered the swashbuckler. more...
Robin Hood - Starring Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks became the first actor to play Robin Hood on film in this 1922 swashbuckler directed by Allan Dwan. more...
The Mark of Zorro Starring Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks stars as Zorro in this classic from 1920. Fred Nibla directs The Mark of Zorro, the first movie to feature the masked hero. more...
The Action Movie - Early Days and the Silent Era
A look at how the action movie was influenced by literature and how Douglas Fairbanks became cinema's first action star. more...
Angel of Death - Starring Death Proof's Zoe Bell
Based on an original script by comics writer Ed Brubaker, Zoe Bell stars as a deadly assassin who turns on her masters after suffering a gruesome head injury. more...
Chev Chelios (Statham) returns from the dead in a hilariously over-the-top follow-up to Crank. It has to be seen to be believed; it really does. more...
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Boondock Saints II – All Saints Day Movie Review
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Lauren Flanagan
Boondock Saints 2 stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins Jr., Billy Connolly, Julie Benz, and Judd Nelson. Directed by Troy Duffy. more...
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Lauren Flanagan
Roland Emmerich directs the grand daddy of disaster movies with 2012. The world is about to end, but with any luck John Cusack will live on. more...
The Boondock Saints II Fast Facts
Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus star in the continuing saga about vigilante justice. more...
Roland Emmerich's 2012, an epic adventure about the end of the world, certainly didn't live up to expectations. more...
By: Justin Key
Roland Emmerich's 2012 is an action-movie busting at the seams with special effects, suspense, and epic doom. It works. more...
Michael Douglas Stars in Falling Down 1993 Film
On a hot day in downtown LA, a man abandons his car and tries to return home. He has snapped under the weight of the world and becomes angry with life's frustrations. more...
By: Gareth Harding
John Cusack is on hand to save humanity in Roland Emmerich's quite disastrous disaster movie 2012. Read a review of the film below. more...
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