ActionFest: Blog
TRAILER: DJANGO UNCHAINED Kills It
What Up Actionites? We all know the works of Quentin Tarantino. The man is a peace maker who brings together the worlds of the genre geek and the art film connoisseur. His new film just got a brand spanking new trailer and day-um. My favorite moments would have to be: – James Remar (The Warriors’ [...]
TRAILER: Latest EXPENDABLES 2 TV Spot
AFTER DARK ACTION: See DRAGON EYES, TRANSIT, and More In Theaters And On VOD Today!
VIDEO: Reelz Channel Interviews Jeff and Trevor Habberstad, as Well as Cung Le!
Actionites Of The World! This is the second video from ReelzChannel’s visit to ActionFest. Check out this highlight reel with a heavy focus on interview time with Best Young Stunt Man of the Year Award Winner Trevor Habberstad and his father Jeff Habberstad. The video features some interesting glimpses at both Habberstads’ bodies of [...]
VIDEO: Reelz Channel Came To ActionFest!
Hey There Actionites – I was really excited to catch the video that ReelzChannel TV came up with upon their visit to ActionFest. Reelz’ Jeremy Parsons came down to Asheville to experience ActionFest and this video is the first report from their visit! Here you’ll see their introduction to the festival itself, along with [...]
VIDEO: Avengers ’78!
TRAILER: NEW Trailer For The Dark Knight Rises Is Online!
VIDEO: The Best Car Stunt Of The Decade Award Goes To Tom Elliott!
Hey There Actionites – Ever since the Awards Ceremony at ActionFest 2012, there has been buzz about Tom Elliott’s award for Best Car Stunt of the Decade. And with good cause. Tom is the President of Stunts Unlimited and he always brings an added flare to his work (the exploding water barrels came [...]
Action Flick Chick Reviews WONDER WOMEN!
2011 ActionFest Juror Katrina Hill reviews Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines on her website, Action Chick Flick: “This documentary is an excellent depiction of the struggles of women throughout the years to overcome opposition while seeking equal opportunities. During that uncertain time women were looking for strong female role models in media [...]
PODCAST: Man Of Action Jack Gill Makes His Case For an Academy Award For Stunt Coordinators!
Hey There Actionites – If you have been following ActionFest for any amount of time, you know that we are big fans of the stunt community. We’ve done interviews with Stunt Legends like Tom Elliott and Jack Gill. And we’ve promoted their causes. In fact, one of the main purposes for the existence of [...]
VIDEOS: The ActionFest 2012 Awards Ceremony! AMAZING Stunt Reels, Behind The Scenes Footage, And Chuck Norris
Photos: Scott Varn (Mickey Gilbert, Colin Geddes, Dennis Berman, Bill Banowsky, Aaron Norris, Tom Quinn) To All The Actionites Out There! One of the clear highlights of ActionFest 2012 was the amazing collection of talent who came to Asheville, NC to be honored and celebrated. ActionFest gave out some fun awards to a very [...]
BREAKING: ActionFest Award Winner Gina Carano In Talks For FAST SIX!
Hey Actionites – Looks like the cat is out of the bag! Chick Norris Award Recipient (And upcoming action super star) Gina Carano is in talks to have a major role in Justin Lin’s Fast Six! This information is coming directly from ActionFest Jury Panel member Borys Kit, no less! So Gina’s next major [...]
TOP 5: Funniest Moments of ActionFest 2012 With PHOTOS
What’s Up, Actionites? ActionFest 2012 had a number of amazing highlights, from the films to the panels to the live stunt show. But you can probably tell that we don’t take ourselves ALL that seriously, right? So why not shine a light on some of the funniest moments of the festival, whether intentional or [...]
Tales From The ActionFest Chauffeur
The Beautiful Grove Park Inn Hey There Actionites – While I had an amazing experience at ActionFest 2012, it was a little different than most peoples’. Rather than checking out a dozen or so great action films while consuming massive quantities of Zaxby’s fried chicken, I was tasked with shuttling the special guests to [...]
THE RAID Director and Stars Offer An EXCLUSIVE ActionFest Greeting Over At Twitch!
Hey Actionites – We have a ton of post-ActionFest 2012 coverage to send out to the interwebs in the coming days and weeks. But one of the coolest things we can share with you is the ultra-exclusive video that The Raid: Redemption director Gareth Evans recorded just for ActionFest! You’ll have to head [...]
WATCH: The Car Stunt of the Decade!
Gina Carano & Cung Le Kick Back in the Powder Keg!
ActionFest 2012 Awards Announced!
Hot off the ActionFest Twitter feed–the ActionFest Awards! Congratulations, everyone, and thank you to all this year’s filmmakers for your service to the World of Action! (Updated 4/15 at 4:00 ET) Fight Coordinator of the Year: J.J. Perry Best Young Stuntman of the Year: Trevor Habberstad Man of Action Award: Jack Gill “Chick” Norris [...]
Twitch Reviews HEADHUNTERS!
Kurt Halfyard reviews Headhunters at Twitch. “Flat out surprises like Headhunters is one of the main reasons I attend festivals; a gem that pops seeming out of the blue (at least to North American audiences) and sets the bar for quality genre thrills. The mechanics of a good crime thriller, Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing for instance, should involve communicating [...]
ActionFest Review: MANBORG Is Both Man And Borg. And Awesome.
To All The Rabid Actionites – If you aren’t familiar with the Canadian filmmaking collective Astron-6 (which I wasn’t until very recently), then check out our piece here which introduces you to them. From what I can gather, they are a group of craven geniuses intent on basking in the glories of shot-on-video [...]
VIDEO: Highlights From TRAILER WAR Presented By The Alamo Drafthouse
Hey There, Actionites! Amidst all the flurry of ActionFest-y goodness, I have actually only caught a couple of screenings so far. But I had an absolute blast with both. First up for me was Trailer War, a collection of roughly 90 minutes of vintage trailers from cult films ranging from Stunt Rock all [...]
FACES OF ACTIONFEST: Who Is Jiang Wen?
WATCH: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan’s Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the history of those superheroines from Wonder Woman through Lynda Carter’s tv incarnation, the Bionic Woman Jamie Sommers, Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor to Buffy Summers and ending with girls taking up the camera to make their own superheroine stories at Reel Girls film camp. [...]
