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The Films: There are very few people who can claim to have achieved such monumental global success as an action star as the great Jackie Chan. His incredible martial arts skills & prowess have been entertaining audiences for several decades, starting all the way back in the '60s, followed by his major breakout in Asia in the late '70s, and further still with his introduction to the US in the '90s. To celebrate this phenomenal icon, Arrow Films has assembled a collection of si

The Films: Back in 1992, a little video game called "Mortal Kombat" was unleashed and instantly became an insanely popular phenomenon. Utilizing an intriguing photo-realistic style that had actors standing in for its characters, this little fighting game also became a rather controversial one among parents for its use of blood (though obviously quite tame to what would follow in the proceeding decades), leading to it being omitted from certain versions of the home port. It wo

The Film: It would take quite a while to add up the number of times that the classic "Robin Hood" legend has been adapted for film & television, but it would probably be more than fair to say that the most highly-regarded has always been the beloved 1938 masterpiece "The Adventures of Robin Hood," starring Errol Flynn. Other notable versions also include the delightful Disney adaptation from 1973, "Robin and Marian" from 1976, and the 1991 film "Robin Hood" with Patrick Bergi

The Film: Director John Badham is another one of those directors whose name you might not recognize right off the top of your head, but whose work you are more thank likely familiar with, work that includes such classics as "Saturday Night Fever," "Dracula (1979)," "WarGames," and "Short Circuit." One of his projects that you don't hear a lot of talk about nowadays is his 1983 actioner "Blue Thunder," which involved a little bit of intrigue and a whole lot of helicopters flyi

The Film: Throughout his remarkable career, director Joe Dante has given us many films that have gone on to be considered classics, including "Gremlins," "Gremlins 2: The New Batch," "The Howling," and "The 'Burbs." However, another one of these classics that perhaps doesn't get mentioned as much as his other work is a little sci-fi adventure called "Innerspace," which has had a mixed reception from critics over the years, but which found great success with audiences when it

The Film: In the early 2000s, Asian horror was seemingly dominated by Japan, who gave us such popular works as "Ju-On: The Grudge," "Pulse," "Dark Water," and more, but that hardly stopped others from getting in on the horror craze, including South Korea and Hong Kong. In fact, it's from the latter of these that we received an intriguing entry in the genre also considered by many to be a classic called "The Eye," written and directed by The Pang Brothers (Danny Pang Phat and

The Film: Once again we return to the seemingly-never-ending collection of films based on the work of prolific writer Stephen King, this time for what is perhaps one of the most well-known adaptations of one of his books. "Salem's Lot," based on the 1975 novel, was turned into a two-part miniseries by director Tobe Hooper ("The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," "Poltergeist") that first aired on CBS in 1979, with later releases including a shortened theatrical version for audiences

The Film: When it came to action stars of the 1980s, one of the very biggest around was Arnold Schwarzenegger, who gave us multiple classics of the genre like "The Terminator," "Predator," "Commando," and "The Running Man." However, one of his '80s works that no one ever seems to bring up in discussions of his incredible career is a little "Sword & Sandals" actioner called "Red Sonja," a project that has a somewhat intriguing history, at least as far as its biggest star was c

The Film: There have been many films over the years that have delved into Arthurian legend, including the animated "The Sword in the Stone," the musical "Camelot," the dramatic romance "First Knight," and the greatest of them all, the wildly-goofy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." However, one of the most well-known of these came in 1981, where director/co-writer John Boorman attempted to give us a gritty, realistic take on the classic material with "Excalibur." Reviews were

The Film: Beloved author Michael Crichton gave us many novels throughout his illustrious career that have become classics to readers around the world, including "Sphere," "Congo," and perhaps most famously, "Jurassic Park" and its sequel "The Lost World." However, well before he took us to his dinosaur park, he also began to dabble in screenwriting, with one of his earliest projects taking us to a rather different kind of park in "Westworld," where guests are able to live out