First Clue: September's Screening

 Clue #1: September's movie is a mindless exploitation-action movie.



Tape Freaks Presents: September's Mystery Movie! at the Trylon microcinema, Wednesday, September 7th@ 7:00pm, only $5!

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From Sport to Silver Screen: Double Team

Both the stars of this film tried their hands at sports careers and then moved into acting, though each had a better time with one over the other... This doozie's lineup also includes 90s Mickey Rourke and it's amazing.


The IMDB plot summary: Counter-terrorist Jack Quinn misses his target, Stavros, on the eve of his final mission. From there, he is sent to "The Colony", a rebirth for presumed-dead assassins. He breaks free from there, and seeks the aid of Yaz, a weapons dealer, for his final battle with Stavros.

Opening weirdness: At the start of this film JCVD's character is basically sent to the Village from the Prisoner.



Epic ending: SPOILER clearly. This film ends with the baddie blowing himself up to avoid being mauled by a tiger, but the explosion causes the coliseum to also explode forcing the heroes to take shelter behind one of the MANY soda machines in the halls.

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Third Clue: August's Screening

Clue #3: This month's movie was directed by a member of a prolific Hollywood stunt family.

Tape Freaks Presents: August's Mystery Movie! at the Trylon microcinema, Wednesday, August 3rd@ 7:00pm, only $5!

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Second Clue: August's Screening

Clue #2: The climax of this month's film was made possible by Bill Clinton.

Tape Freaks Presents: August's Mystery Movie! at the Trylon microcinema, Wednesday, August 3rd@ 7:00pm, only $5!

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From Sport to Silver Screen: Wrestlers

Wrestlers are the best at moving from sport to screen, I mean their sport is 50% acting anyway! And you know what that means... it's time for another list post!



Tyler Mane:
Better known to me as the guy who everyone hated on for being Sabertooth* in the first X-Men movie, but Tyler also got to be Michael Myers in the Halloween reboot. Which also likely got hated on a lot... (*I thought he was just fine as Sabertooth!)

Andre the Giant:
Andre was much better known as a wrestler than he was an actor, but being Fezzik in the Princes Bride will likely be what he's remembered for the longest. That and for being the image that Shepard Fairey paired with "OBEY".

Kevin Nash:
It might be pertinent to mention at this point that I know nothing of wrestling, but it seems to me that Nash is pretty legendary in the world of wrestling. Whether that means he's good or not I have no idea, but I only know him from Magic Mike and John Wick, two movies we love and love him in!








Jesse Ventura:
I was working at a Video Update the year that Ventura ran for governor and we could not keep Predator or The Running Man on the shelf. And somehow he still became our governor...

Randy Savage:
Another wrestler who'll be remembered for being a wrestler over his nominal acting run, but he'll also forever be the only part of Spider-Man that I remember.

Dave Bautista:
Before he was in Guardians of the Galaxy he was in Riddick and we can't wait to see what he does next! (Especially Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.!)
















Rowdy Roddy Piper:
They Live might be one of my all time favorite movies, but let's not forget Piper was also the star of the epically weird Hell Comes to Frog Town.






The Rock:
Oh how I love the Rock. The first thing I think I saw him in was Pain and Gain, and I never looked back. If you've not seen Pain and Gain, you should fix that. Not only is it great, it also might be the only Michael Bay movie we recommend watching because it's good.

I could seriously go on and on! Maybe a second list is in order... Maybe.

From Sport to Silver Screen: Action Jackson

Action Jackson was allegedly born on the set of Predator through conversations between Carl Weathers and producer Joel Silver over their love of blacksploitation movies. We are so glad those conversations took place!

The plot unfolds something like this:
Someone must stop auto magnate Peter Dellaplane from systematically eliminating his competitors and also from being just generally evil. Lucky for everyone, the legendary Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson is more than up for the task.

The best parts:
Aside from (almost) everyone bringing a great performance to this action classic, it was also Craig R. Baxley's directorial debut after stunt coordinating and second unit directing for the better part of 20 years, so the action in this flick is packed!

The unintended comedy:
Vanity. Whether it was how her character was written, or just that it was played by her, she is the source of most of this movie's unintended comedy. (I mean, at one point her character is supposed to be high on heroine and she proclaims that she "has the munchies". It's like no one on set had so much as read a book with drugs harder than weed illustrated in it so they assumed all drugs caused the same side effects. If you're going to write about something you don't know about, do your research people!)

The athlete:
Carl Weathers played for the NFL and CFL while obtaining a B.A. in drama from San Francisco State University. 

The That Guys:
There are many That Guys in Action Jackson, but a handful of them showed up in Die Hard later the same year, likely because both were produced by Joel Silver.

How we feel about this movie:
If it's been a while since you've seen this classic, or if you've never seen it at all, put this at the top of your list. We absolutely LOVE this film.

From Sport to Silver Screen: Plan 9 From Outer Space & Ed Wood

I did not think I was going to run into another pair of movies that strangely fit our theme so soon after the last time, but here I am. This time it's Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space, and Tim Burton's Ed Wood.

Plan 9 From Outer Space:
There's little point in explaining the plot of an Ed Wood movie, but if you're unfamiliar, know that it's a disjointed sci-fi B-movie from 1959. As a director, Wood was known for a few trademarks including his casting of B-movie fave Tor Johnson. And although Tor was featured in many B-movies, his main gig was professional wrestling.





Ed Wood:
This movie is a quasi biopic of director Ed Wood and since Wood worked with Tor on three of his most infamous movies, he makes an appearance in this film as well. But Tor isn't played by just any old actor, he's played by George “The Animal” Steele who (as you might guess by his name) was also a professional wrestler. One with an uncanny resemblance to Mr Johnson.




I can't wait for to see what kind of movie turducken shows up for next month's theme!