Pete Volk

poster for War Machine with big lad Alan Ritchson

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A ★★★ review of Don't Fool Me (1991) very silly Trading Places rip-off with a few added action elements. great cast (Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Teresa Mo, and Anthony Wong with a Jheri curl!) which means it has its charms. Leung and Lau in pa...

hard to go wrong with "Andy Lau and Tony Leung Trading Places rip-off" letterboxd.com/pete_volk/fi...

lol, Tsui Hark zaniness can be an acquired taste but I think this era of JCVD and Rodman are a perfect match for it. a very silly fun time

poster for Don't Fool Me with Andy Lau and Tony Leung

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it actually rules!!!

Weekend Watchlist, 3/6: Something old, something new What to watch this weekend

my picks for what to watch this weekend: pvguide.ghost.io/weekend-watc...

YouTube video by Miroslav Libicher Hum (1991) - Disco fight with Batman theme playing in the background

I want to draw special attention to this batshit sequence from the Bollywood hit Hum that you have to see to believe -- a disco fight set to the old Batman TV theme, with the characters mouthing along to the words. it is incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8911...

Back in Action: February 1991 A look at the major action releases (and trends) of February 1991 and February 2026

my project taking a month-by-month look at the action movies released in 1991 and 2026 continues with a look at February -- Feb 1991 had big new John Woo and Jackie Chan movies as well as box office hits in India, France, and the Philippines pvguide.ghost.io/back-in-acti...

a collage image of sports movies that came out in 2025, featuring 100 Meters, Marty Supreme, F1, and Eephus

🚨new bonus episode of @sportsmoviespod.bsky.social! Austen and I went through the very busy crop of 2025 sports movies to tell you which ones are worth your time. here are The Sports Movies That Don't Suck of 2025, give it a listen! www.patreon.com/posts/2025s-...

have since been informed this is actually Prince’s version from Batman (1989), which is even better

ah! nice catch, ty

I love Pete’s project chronicling the cinematic badasses of the world. that is not what Pete would call it, but that’s what it is to me, and my life is better for it

YouTube video by Miroslav Libicher Hum (1991) - Disco fight with Batman theme playing in the background

I want to draw special attention to this batshit sequence from the Bollywood hit Hum that you have to see to believe -- a disco fight set to the old Batman TV theme, with the characters mouthing along to the words. it is incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8911...

Back in Action: February 1991 A look at the major action releases (and trends) of February 1991 and February 2026

my project taking a month-by-month look at the action movies released in 1991 and 2026 continues with a look at February -- Feb 1991 had big new John Woo and Jackie Chan movies as well as box office hits in India, France, and the Philippines pvguide.ghost.io/back-in-acti...

a collage image of sports movies that came out in 2025, featuring 100 Meters, Marty Supreme, F1, and Eephus

🚨new bonus episode of @sportsmoviespod.bsky.social! Austen and I went through the very busy crop of 2025 sports movies to tell you which ones are worth your time. here are The Sports Movies That Don't Suck of 2025, give it a listen! www.patreon.com/posts/2025s-...

A ★★★★ review of The Forbidden City (2025) very fun italian kung fu movie about family ties, the criminal underbelly of Rome, and culture melding (and clashing) in a modern metropolis. stellar action choreo that makes the most of its lead's ta...

i liked this one a lot. coming to digital 3/17! letterboxd.com/pete_volk/fi...

this is very good timing for my 1991 action project. thank you!!!

poster for The Forbidden City, staring Liu Yaxi

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you know it!!

poster for Chinese DTV movie Fight Against Evil

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Weekend Watchlist, 2/27: Timing What to watch this weekend

my picks for what to watch this weekend pvguide.ghost.io/weekend-watc...

title card for Red Eye

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this resonates! when I lived in Norway as a teen, I learned the language by watching countless episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond on Norwegian TV (they don't dub over there, it was subtitled). i recommend this method!

A ★★★★ review of 96 Minutes (2025) tense Taiwanese bomb-on-a-train thriller that surpasses other recent similar movies by adding an interesting moral dilemma element on top that subverts norms of the genre. also some strong stylistic c...

I love a bomb-on-a-train thriller, and this is a good one! on Netflix: boxd.it/dialbl

poster for Taiwanese movie 96 Minutes

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criterion cover for Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

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A ★★★★ review of Once a Thief (1991) has some pretty glaring issues that prevents it from matching the heights of Woo's masterpieces, but it's a fun and stylish heist comedy with three of the most charming and beautiful people on the pla...

what a blast. in the pantheon of the great art heist movies, but not quite in the pantheon of the great john woo movies. which only shows you how incredible john woo is letterboxd.com/pete_volk/fi...

poster for john woo's once a thief

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