A low-budget “Die Hard” knock off starring Jon Moxley, f.k.a. WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose. As long as you are not expecting a foreign villain or explosions, the film is a lot of fun.

Italian “Mad Max” exploitation. It was a door prize at the first B-Fest that CatBusRuss. If you like what Mike and the Bots watched from the Mediterranean, this will be fun.

Per IMDb: A remote facility, built as a prison with a secret super lie detector, is compromised and the five guarding it are possibly dead. An armed team of six investigates what's wrong.

“The World of John Wick” is expanded with the tale of Eve, a fellow Rusko Roma (Ana de Armas), seeks vengeance against the cult that murdered her father for trying to keep her away from the world of assassins. With the New York Continental on her side, she may stand a chance.

CatBusRuss lets Chuck Thomas from “Atlanta Film Chat” try and sell him on the Eighties craziness of Eric Robert’s answer to “Bloodsport” and “The Karate Kid”, 1989’s “Best of the Best.”

CatBusRuss is joined by Andrew “Couchman Bakes” Tiede & Jorge Marrero from not a “Not a Strong Start” to discuss John Carpenter’s action masterpiece. This is a film that may have led to the thought that “KPop Demon Hunters” might work.

Blinded in Vietnam and left for dead, Rutger Hauer returns to the States to find his best friend after being trained as a swordsman. His friend is being held by Vegas gangsters who are trying to make him create a new drug. The leverage they want is the son of his comrade.

During a break from his conversation about C2E2 2025 with ThePoeticCritic, CatBusRuss reviews the excellent (and sadly relevant) Alex Garland feature. He also gets a chance to talk Christopher Walken’s British mercenary classic.

CatBusRuss and Faydra Black are given the honor to host a Q&A with the creator of “The Crow”, James O’Barr, and stars Bai Ling, Laurence Mason, and Rochelle Davis.

Gregory Carl and CatBusRuss discuss the under-appreciated Quentin Tarantino feature, “Death Proof” to warm up for “Ninety For Chill: The Panel” at Indiana Comic Convention.

CatBusRuss looks at 1985 cinema to prepare for an Indiana Comic Convention. This includes action classics along side coming of age tales.

CatBusRuss explores what are perhaps the most influential movies Mark L Lester ever directed: the classic “Class of 1984” and the “Class of 1999” franchise. The Roger Corman influence is shown in White Snake exploitation tale “Groupie”.

CatBusRuss’s first conversation with Michael Dubois. They discuss the first solely Schwarzenegger movie, “Commando”

Sho Kosugi moves his family from Japan to Houston to start their own business. Unfortunately, the house they bought is being used by criminals as a front for jewel smuggling. Too bad for the baddies because Kosugi also left Japan to escape his ninja pass.

It is not CatBusRuss’s favorite RE movie, but it maybe the best directed of the series. Russell Mulcahy shows that he still had it, 20 years removed from “Highlander”.

“They Live” is the film that truly opened CatBusRuss up to the works of "The Horror Master" ⁠John Carpenter⁠. Featuring ⁠Keith David⁠ and ⁠Rowdy Roddy Piper⁠, CatBus considers it his favorite flick from JC. Gregory Carl joins Russ to discuss this satirical action movie.

The conclusion of ⁠CatBusRuss⁠ and ⁠Gregory Carl⁠'s conversation about the most politically-minded movie from ⁠John Carpenter⁠, "⁠They Live⁠": The two paid recognize the actor/stuntman legend ⁠Al Leong⁠ and the use of props from far more renowned films. Let's go bust some Reagan policies.

CatBusRuss and Andrew Tiede discuss the historical accuracy of the Billy the Kid story and if the over-the-top violence made sense.