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After taking a look back at the John Ratzenberger cameo in House II: The Second Story, the beginning of House of 1000 Corpses, the awesomeness of Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, the leg smashing in the Stephen King adaptation Misery, three separate moments from John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China, the “Jason vs. Tina” battle in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, the “all hell breaks loose” sequence from the start of Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake, the opening sequence of Pitch Black, a cool moment from The Crow, a memorable shark attack from Jaws 2, a creepy moment from Lost Highway, the climactic factory chase sequence from Child’s Play 2, the “Stigmata Martyr” dance scene from Night of the Demons, the beginning of Strange Days, and the Tech Noir club scene from The Terminator, JoBlo’s own Lance Vlcek is...

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For lifelong cinephiles, the kinds of folks determined to experience as many movies as the medium has to offer before they hit the soil, revisits are an extravagance. Sometimes, they're essential. Jean-Luc Godard's films are dense with ideas and, especially later in his career, visual information. You leave the first viewing with merely an impression of what he's saying, but the meat of his thesis doesn't completely shake out until a second or perhaps third go-round. Meanwhile, a film like "Memento," with its fractured narrative told from the perspective of an amnesiac, might not make total sense until you retrace Leonard Shelby's journey on a subsequent watch.

And then there are movies we return to over and over because they never fail to work their rare magic. Dating back to my early childhood, I've seen Steven Spielberg's "Jaws...

Martial Arts movies are one of the most beloved niches of the action genre, and the 1990s was a standout decade for these projects. Including both intricately crafted and moving portraits of complex characters and downright cheesy movies that are fun until the very end, the diversity of these films provides something for all audiences. The best martial arts movie performances won't be found in these films. However, plenty of icons of the genre take on fun comedic roles that allow them to show off a sillier side of their personalities.

However, no matter how much humor is added to the story, this never takes away from the explosive action onscreen. Many of these are great martial arts movies for beginners because of the comedic elements and the characters who don't take themselves too seriously. Letting loose and watching films that allow the viewers to relax and enjoy themselves while...

Die Hard is a rewatchable action movie and a Christmas classic, launching Bruce Willis as a superstar. The rumor of Huey Lewis appearing in Die Hard started because one of the terrorists resembles him. Despite the rumor, Eddie in Die Hard is actually played by actor Dennis Hayden, not Huey Lewis.

There is a long-running question of a possible Huey Lewis Die Hard appearance thanks to one of Hans Gruber's terrorist entourage, Eddie, looking suspiciously like the famous singer. Die Hard helped launch Bruce Willis as a superstar and remains one of the most rewatchable action movies of all time, as well as a Christmas classic for many fans. The movie follows Willis' John McClane as he battles a group of terrorists who take over a holiday party in a Los Angeles skyscraper. It is in that group of bad guys that the Huey Lewis Die Hard rumor began,...

Saturday Update, 10:48 Am: The union says that it will “vigorously respond in the appropriate forum in due course” to the suit filed Friday by former SAG president Ed Asner and others over $110 million in undistributed residuals and royalties. Claiming that they are “proud” and “confident” in their foreign royalties program, SAG-aftra admit they haven’t actually seen the filing itself. Still, based on previous correspondence with the plaintiffs, the union calls the claims “completely without merit.” Read statement here: We are very proud of, and confident in, our unclaimed residuals and foreign royalties programs which distribute millions of dollars to performers every year. The foreign royalties program has successfully distributed to performers more than $14 million — money that would otherwise go uncollected and be lost to them forever. The foreign royalties program was previously subject to a class action lawsuit that resulted in a resolution favorable to the union after intense scrutiny of the program.