“Eleven-hundred men went into the water; 316 men came out. The sharks took the rest.” Robert Shaw utters that line toward the end of his haunting monologue — one of the best movie moments of the last 50 years — in Steven Spielberg’s ...
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The Glock 17 in Movies: Most Badass Moments
The Glock 17 is getting old. The Austrian import first made its way to the US market in 1988, and as ridiculous as it sounds, that was 33 years ago. The original Glock pistol’s use of modern polymers and its large ammo capacity and robust ...
Analyzing Alec Baldwin’s Movie Set Shooting Story
A lot has been said and written about the tragic events that unfolded on the set of Rust in the New Mexico desert since they occurred less than two months ago. Oct. 21 ended with the film’s cinematographer dead, its director suffering a gunshot ...
Bart the Bear II, Actor and Cancer Spokesbear, Has Died
Everyone, raise a glass and pour one out. One of the greatest ursine actors to grace the silver screen — and there haven’t been many of those — has gone to the great beyond. Bart the Bear II, a highly acclaimed and extremely well-trained grizzly bear ...
Stallone’s Rocky 4 Director’s Cut Delivers More Heart, Less Synth
During the COVID-19 pandemic, when the country was mostly locked down in 2020, Sylvester Stallone told Rocky fans that he’d been occupying his time by doing something that nobody really expected — completely recutting Rocky IV (1985), which is a fan ...
New Documentary Chronicles Insane Mountain Climbing Record Quest
Climbing the 14 highest peaks in the world is an accomplishment very few mountaineers have achieved. Only 44 highly motivated souls, to be exact, have done it. Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja, a Nepalese mountaineer and former British army soldier, is the ...
Who Is the Best James Bond? All Six 007 Actors Ranked
In 1953, British intelligence officer and author Ian Fleming created one of the most recognizable characters of all time: James Bond. The fictional secret agent has been fighting for queen and country since first appearing in Fleming’s ...
The Mossberg 500 Shotgun: Best Movie Moments
When someone says the phrase "American-made, working-class shotgun," only a few models spring to mind in this day and age. One is a shotgun that hunters, law enforcement, and regular people looking to defend themselves and their homes have trusted ...
The Real Spooky Stories Behind 3 Iconic Stephen King Novels
This post contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you buy through these links. Master of horror Stephen King has collected interesting anecdotes and real-life characters since before he was a teenage gravedigger, saving them to weave ...
Mel Gibson Has Been Cast in John Wick Prequel Series ‘The Continental’
John Wick fans got good news over the summer. Not only is a fourth feature film finally being made, but a whole bunch of JW universe backstory is also inbound with The Continental, a limited series that will air on Starz consisting of three ...
Senator, Directors Move to Ban Guns on Movie Sets After Hutchins Death
Controversy continues to swirl around the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last week on the set of Rust, a Western being filmed in New Mexico. Since the incident on Oct. 23 there have been calls from some in Hollywood and ...
Alec Baldwin Movie-Set Shooting: How Prop Guns SHOULD Be Used
Tragedy struck the New Mexico set of a movie called Rust yesterday, Oct. 21, when an accident involving a prop gun took the life of Halyna Hutchins (above, right), the film's director of photography. Veteran actor Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) reportedly ...
Muzzleloaders in Movies: Hollywood’s Coolest Smoke Poles
Movies that paint muzzleloaders in a badass light are kind of rare. It’s tough to make an exciting action movie with firearms that put out about 3 rounds per minute (flintlock musket) unless it’s a war movie with tons of guns and troops. That’s not ...
How Marine Who Stunned World in ‘64 Olympics Healed a Broken Soul
At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the world watched in awe as an unheralded Oglala Lakota runner came from behind and conquered the 10,000-meter race, setting a world record and becoming the first and only American to ever win gold in that event. Legendary ...
‘The Alpinist’ Should Be the Next Climbing Documentary You Watch
The Alpinist (2021) is a new and riveting documentary about the extraordinary life of Canadian climber Marc-André Leclerc. This climbing documentary chronicles Lelerc’s remarkable transition from living in a stairwell with girlfriend Brette ...
Gary Paulsen, Renowned Wilderness Author, Dead at 82
Gary Paulsen, the critically acclaimed author of Hatchet, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at age 82. According to NPR, his publisher confirmed his passing but did not give a cause – only calling it “sudden,” according to ...
Naked And Afraid: What I’ve Learned From Survival Shows
We have all been guilty of being backseat adventurers when watching programs such as Naked and Afraid, Man vs. Wild or Alone, just to name a few. We kick back, crack open a cold one and proceed to judge the ever-loving shit out of ...
The Remington 870 Shotgun: 5 Most Badass Movie Moments
The Remington Model 870 shotgun, usually just called the Remington 870, is one of the most popular pump-action shotguns in history. Since it hit the market in 1950, more than 11 million 870s have rolled off the line, but that progress took a long ...
Why The Hell Are There No Movies About Daniel Boone?!
There's never been a good movie made about frontier legend Daniel Boone. It's true. There were at least five announcements about remakes of movies from the 1980s and 1990s last month, but a guy who led one of the wildest frontier lives of all time ...
5 Books About Public Land To Bring With You Into the Backcountry
Hunting season is finally here. Over the next few months, many of us will be spending quite a bit of time enjoying America’s public lands. Whether you’re stuck in your tent due to bad weather or just looking for something to relax with at night, ...
The 8 Best ‘Cabin in the Woods’ Movies of All Time
The good ol' rickety cabin in the woods: The site of many hunting trips, lakeside vacations, and according to Hollywood, fairly frequent bloody killing sprees. This setting has become so common in horror movies that it has been elevated to the status ...
7 Underrated Wilderness Movies You Should Give a Chance
You will find wilderness movies in pretty much every film genre because the wilderness makes a great backdrop for drama. It’s where the usual rules and rhythms of everyday civilized life no longer apply, and when something goes wrong in the wild, ...
NASCAR Is F*cking Awesome: VIP Access With Noah Gragson at ‘The Glen’
I'm behind the big fence at a NASCAR race at the Glen, and all the cars are corralled in the south paddock behind the garages like nervous stallions with every team’s slick trailer circled like wagons around them. The crews triple-check every last ...
Man in the Wilderness: The Other Hugh Glass Movie
The Revenant (TR) was a hugely popular movie released in 2015, and it earned a slew of awards, including three Oscars. It’s a gorgeous, naturally lit film, and it’s certainly an exciting ride, even if it isn’t exactly true to the utterly remarkable ...
Davy Crockett: The Silver-Screen History of a Frontier Legend
Davy Crockett was one of the biggest characters to come out of the American frontier and one of the few to achieve national fame while still alive. While many stories circulated about the bear hunter from Tennessee amounted to tall tales, his actual ...
Iran’s Sajad Ganjzadeh Wins Karate Gold by Getting Knocked Out
The final strike delivered in the Olympic debut of karate had all the drama, power, and intensity that has inspired millions to fall in love with combat sports. Fans who watched the gold-medal bout between Tareg Hamedi (Saudi Arabia) and Sajad ...
7 Great and Criminally Underrated Westerns
There are a whole lot of movies that fit in the broad genre known as Westerns, and they've been around since the dawn of the motion picture industry itself. There have been great Westerns, horrible ones, and a lot that fall somewhere in between. ...
Gable Steveson Wins Wrestling Gold With Mind-Blowing Comeback
Buzzer beaters, especially when they seal a win, are some of the biggest moments in sports. Turning the last second of competition into a heart-stopping, time-defying, career-defining, hold-your-breath-and-pray win requires a blend of skill, some ...
‘Captain America’ Brings Home First-Ever US Climbing Medal
Nathaniel Coleman showed nerves of steel in a field absolutely loaded with world-class climbers by putting up three rock-solid climbs that earned him, and the United States, the first-ever medal — silver — in Olympic sport climbing. It was a ...
Watch: NZ Rugby Team Performs Haka Dance After Winning Gold
A true warrior tends to be a quiet and humble being. The strong, thoughtful nature of a great leader is given much respect. But when that warrior is called to duty, their enemies better have made their peace with whatever higher power they believe ...