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Pete Volk

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I write about cool things and talk to the people who make them at PV Guide: https://pvguide.ghost.io/ host of @sportsmoviespod.bsky.social editor/writer for hire. contact: petevolk91 @ gmail https://letterboxd.com/Pete_Volk/ he/they

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Hum (1991) - Disco fight with Batman theme playing in the background
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...

04.03.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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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...

04.03.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a collage image of sports movies that came out in 2025, featuring 100 Meters, Marty Supreme, F1, and Eephus

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-...

04.03.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

04.03.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ah! nice catch, ty

04.03.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

04.03.2026 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Hum (1991) - Disco fight with Batman theme playing in the background
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...

04.03.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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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...

04.03.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a collage image of sports movies that came out in 2025, featuring 100 Meters, Marty Supreme, F1, and Eephus

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-...

04.03.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… 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...

03.03.2026 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

02.03.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
poster for The Forbidden City, staring Liu Yaxi

poster for The Forbidden City, staring Liu Yaxi

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02.03.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you know it!!

28.02.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
poster for Chinese DTV movie Fight Against Evil

poster for Chinese DTV movie Fight Against Evil

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28.02.2026 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
27.02.2026 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

27.02.2026 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
title card for Red Eye

title card for Red Eye

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27.02.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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!

25.02.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… 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

24.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
poster for Taiwanese movie 96 Minutes

poster for Taiwanese movie 96 Minutes

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24.02.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
criterion cover for Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

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

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22.02.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… 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...

21.02.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
poster for john woo's once a thief

poster for john woo's once a thief

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21.02.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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A β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½ review of Blades of the Guardians (2026) a star-studded wuxia epic from the master Yuen Woo-ping that lives up to the insanely high bar set by that sentence. part Lone Wolf and Cub, part Stagecoach, part Fury Road, all Yuen Woo-ping. the mov...

hell yeah. the movies are BACK letterboxd.com/pete_volk/fi...

20.02.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Emerald Fennell think she Sofia Coppola, Sofia Coppola think she Francis Ford Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola think he the Hamburglar

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this is the post this website needed tonight

21.02.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½ review of Blades of the Guardians (2026) a star-studded wuxia epic from the master Yuen Woo-ping that lives up to the insanely high bar set by that sentence. part Lone Wolf and Cub, part Stagecoach, part Fury Road, all Yuen Woo-ping. the mov...

hell yeah. the movies are BACK letterboxd.com/pete_volk/fi...

20.02.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
poster for Yuen Woo-ping's Blades of the Guardians

poster for Yuen Woo-ping's Blades of the Guardians

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20.02.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Weekend Watchlist, 2/20: Delayed Transmission What to watch this weekend

my picks for what to watch this weekend! written last week because of (good!) personal life stuff that has kept me busy this week pvguide.ghost.io/weekend-watc...

20.02.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I love to see filmmakers these days shoot fight scenes in big wides and adopt a more sloppy style of combat, in which the participants' entire bodies are being used like a weapon.

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