Category: Action

• Battle Royale (2000) dir. Kenji Fukasaku

  4–5 minutes

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  January 10, 2026

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  2000s, Action, Asian, Japanese

  The father and son duo who crafted this story deserve a special award for creating one of the most accurate depictions of high school ever.

  

• One Battle After Another (2025) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

  4–6 minutes

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  September 28, 2025

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  2020s, Action, New

  Icon Leonardo DiCaprio and newcomer Chase Infiniti burn up the screen in this chaotic yet engrossing action flick that feels timely yet timeless simultaneously. I just got back from watching this film at the Paseo Nuevo theater in downtown Santa Barbara, and holy shit. Where has this film been all year? Despite being adapted by…

  

• Invasion U.S.A. (1985) dir. Joseph Zito

  3–4 minutes

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  September 4, 2025

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  1980s, Action

  Invasion U.S.A. might be one of the most ridiculous movies I’ve ever seen, but it was also ironically one of the most fun. There was something invigorating about what I was seeing onscreen, even though I knew it would be incredibly dangerous and traumatizing in real life. Although it wasn’t as stylish as Natural Born…