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Before Squid Game made “hunting humans for sport” a global phenomenon, Hollywood was already doing it on a VHS tape from your local mom-and-pop video store. In 1994’s Surviving the Game, Ice-T plays a homeless man lured into the Pacific Northwest wilderness — only to discover he&#…

After exploring the limits of the multiverse long before it was a cinematic trend, Jet Li decided to face off against his toughest opponent yet—himself. In 2001’s The One, we see a high-stakes pursuit across parallel dimensions that left audiences seeing double and critics feeling single-mind…

On the heels of directing V for Vendetta, James McTeigue decided to bring a stylized ninja story to the silver screen called, Ninja Assassin. Legend says that the movie cut the hearts of viewers everywhere who loved it, but the hearts of critics were apparently made of iron. Join the team of The Bo…

Straight to Amazon Prime comes War of the Worlds (2025), a “screen-life” style alien invasion film starring Ice Cube as a DHS agent watching humanity unravel through monitors and phones. Critics say the shaky visuals, heavy product placement, and flat script make it a disaster — but could this mode…

On the heels of the release of “Bloodsport,” Mark DiSalle got to work on a new action pack martial arts movie about a man out to prove he’s the best at fighting style that he’s just learned. Bloodsport 2! er…. Kickboxer! This Jean-Claude Van Damme movie worth watching?…

In 1988, during the height of the Karate Movie boom, Jean-Claude Van Damme exploded into popculture with what some would call a cult classic. It was a film that was based on true… well mostly true… well we aren’t really sure about that either… story about one man fighting to…

In 2015, the makers of War Room and Pendragon: Sword of His father, created an action packed revolutionary war Assassins Creed like movie that was meant to inspire to be more than they were. It was met, however, with very poor reviews. But is it better than what the critics say? Can this film be mo…

In 1977 everyone’s favorite webslinger came to the big screen… on small screens. While the spin off series is generally remembered fondly the movie was critically caught in a web of bad reviews. Is it better than what critics say? Or does it truly belong on… The Bottom Shelf? Con…

Welcome to a special episode of The Bottom Shelf! This time, we’re diving into Madame Web, the latest addition to the Spider-Man universe. Join our hosts—John, Dallas, and Force Ghost Branson—as they dig into this standalone origin story of one of Marvel’s most mysterious heroines. With plent…