B‑Movie Bravado: Bryan Kristopowitz’s Guide to Forgotten Action Gems
When Bryan Kristopowitz drags you behind the velvet curtain of late‑night video stores — the hum of fluorescent lights and the scent of worn VHS — you discover that direct‑to‑video films are not failures but secret adventures. In this episode of Cinema Yugen, Bryan tells the improbable story of how a trove of rescued reviews became a book celebrating fifty explosive action movies that skipped theaters but burned bright in rental aisles and bedrooms. From Mario Van Peebles’ discarded sci‑fi to Rutger Hauer’s trench‑coat bravado and the gloriously strange careers of Seagal and Van Damme, the…
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