Andre Joseph

New York

Staff Writer at Superhero Hype

Filmmaker, Writer, Blogger, Man About Town.

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Timothy Dalton’s Scrapped Third James Bond Movie With Terminator-Style Robots Just Might Have Been the Best - or Worst - Thing To Happen to the Franchise

1 week ago | collider.com | Andre Joseph

Long before Daniel Craig gave audiences an honest depiction of James Bond, Timothy Dalton tried and fell short of reinventing Bond during his tenure. After seven fantastical entries in the series starring Roger Moore, fans of Agent 007 struggled to embrace Dalton’s no-nonsense approach to the iconic role, beginning with 1987’s The Living Daylights, which tried to return to the pulp spy thriller tone of Ian Fleming’s novels.
Sylvester Stallone's First R-Rated Leading Role Was in This Urban Thriller That Kicked Off His Epic Action Hero Career

1 week ago | collider.com | Andre Joseph

Sylvester Stallone will go down as one of the greatest action stars in Hollywood history. Yet, the legendary star’s path to escaping being a one-hit wonder with Rocky was not an easy one. Stallone was still a work in progress in 1981 when he traded the boxing gloves for an NYPD badge in Nighthawks.
John Woo’s Last True Hong Kong Masterpiece Was This Vicious Dirty Harry-Inspired Thrill Ride

1 week ago | collider.com | Andre Joseph

The legendary Hong Kong films of director John Woo have influenced American action filmmakers for nearly four decades. He crafted a new visual language through his signature ‘heroic bloodshed’ storylines that featured eye-popping gunplay mixed with melodramatic themes. As the crossover success of A Better Tomorrow and The Killer resulted in his global influence on action cinema by the early ‘90s, Woo proved that he was ready for Hollywood when he made his magnum opus, Hard Boiled, in 1992.
There's No Movie in Harrison Ford's Career Like This One — And It Was Written By The Director of 'The Force Awakens'

1 week ago | collider.com | Andre Joseph

J.J. Abrams is known today for reinventing the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises and his popular sci-fi television efforts with Lost and Fringe. Yet, long before he became a household name, Abrams was just an aspiring young screenwriter telling grounded human tales about fate and identity. Among the biggest highlights of his early career was writing for superstar Harrison Ford’s 1991 melodrama Regarding Henry.
Before Tom Cruise Risked His Life in Mission: Impossible, Wesley Snipes Jumped Out of Planes for This Underseen '90s Thriller

2 weeks ago | collider.com | Andre Joseph

Extreme sports were all the rage for big-budget Hollywood blockbusters in the ‘90s. Action thrillers ranging from Point Break to Cliffhanger were implementing high-risk athletics into complex heist plots. One of the decade’s action icons, Wesley Snipes, cashed in on the craze by taking on a gang of deadly skydivers in 1994’s Drop Zone.
This Underrated Sylvester Stallone Cop Thriller From the Director of 'A Complete Unknown' Is So Much Deeper Than You Remember

2 weeks ago | collider.com | Andre Joseph

Sylvester Stallone has proven himself to be one of Hollywood’s ultimate underdogs, but in the ‘90s, his turn as a generic action star-driven in formulaic vehicles like The Specialist and Judge Dredd started to get old for an audience hungry for fresh storytelling. By taking on the role of an out-of-shape sheriff in 1997’s Cop Land, Stallone not only trashed his perfect body, but he also took a huge risk appearing in a crime drama that is more than meets the eye.
Jackie Chan's First Attempt at Being an American Action Star Was Doomed, but It Led to One of His Biggest Hits

2 weeks ago | collider.com | Andre Joseph

At age 70, Jackie Chan has ruled martial arts action movies for nearly five decades. His upcoming reprisal of “Mr. Han” in Karate Kid: Legends brings the cinematic icon a new opportunity to inspire a new generation of moviegoers around the world. But in the mid-‘80s, Chan struggled to attract American audiences with his cop thriller vehicle The Protector.
This Gritty Crime Thriller Pitted Christian Bale Against Samuel L. Jackson - and Now It’s Free to Watch

2 weeks ago | collider.com | Andre Joseph

In the early ‘70s, Shaft did not just usher in a new cinematic genre geared to black audiences. It redefined the image of a black leading man who was not subservient to authority and carried a charismatic swagger that overcame the criminal underworld. Then in 2000, the effort to revive the character for John Singleton’s soft reboot of Shaft struggled to recapture that zeitgeist moment from decades before. The update of Shaft starring Samuel L.
When Jean-Claude Van Damme Took on a Beloved Video Game Franchise, Hollywood Should Learned a Hard Lesson

2 weeks ago | collider.com | Andre Joseph

The Street Fighter series has been one of the biggest-selling fighting game franchises in history. Yet, Hollywood has been struggling to produce the right live-action adaptation, with the most recent plan for a Sony-produced reboot facing release date delays. Despite its success in the gaming world and anime specials, the franchise has never truly gotten out of the shadow of 1994’s Street Fighter movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.
You Can Finally Watch Bruce Willis Play a Cold-Blooded Villain in This High-Octane '90s Thriller With Richard Gere for Free

2 weeks ago | collider.com | Andre Joseph

The massive success of Die Hard and its sequels made Bruce Willis one of the biggest action heroes during the ‘90s. Yet, the megastar distinguished himself from his action peers by taking roles to showcase his dark side in films such as Mortal Thoughts and The Siege. In 1997, Willis did away with all the wisecracks and everyman heroics to play a cold-blooded killer in The Jackal.

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Articles

Timothy Dalton’s Scrapped Third James Bond Movie With Terminator-Style Robots Just Might Have Been the Best - or Worst - Thing To Happen to the Franchise

Sylvester Stallone's First R-Rated Leading Role Was in This Urban Thriller That Kicked Off His Epic Action Hero Career

John Woo’s Last True Hong Kong Masterpiece Was This Vicious Dirty Harry-Inspired Thrill Ride

There's No Movie in Harrison Ford's Career Like This One — And It Was Written By The Director of 'The Force Awakens'

Before Tom Cruise Risked His Life in Mission: Impossible, Wesley Snipes Jumped Out of Planes for This Underseen '90s Thriller

This Underrated Sylvester Stallone Cop Thriller From the Director of 'A Complete Unknown' Is So Much Deeper Than You Remember

Jackie Chan's First Attempt at Being an American Action Star Was Doomed, but It Led to One of His Biggest Hits

This Gritty Crime Thriller Pitted Christian Bale Against Samuel L. Jackson - and Now It’s Free to Watch

When Jean-Claude Van Damme Took on a Beloved Video Game Franchise, Hollywood Should Learned a Hard Lesson

You Can Finally Watch Bruce Willis Play a Cold-Blooded Villain in This High-Octane '90s Thriller With Richard Gere for Free

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