Escaping the Blast- Angela Bassett

It's one thing to escape starring in a bad sequel. It is another thing to escape the blast of a bad fourquel. Our subject today managed to do just that...

Angela Bassett

While not the biggest name in Hollywood, she is a multi-award nominee. She has a Golden Globe and has even been nominated for an Oscar. But that didn't happen yet.

As an unknown, she had a whole run of guest spots on shows including Spencer for Hire, The Cosby Show and Alien Nation. This led to her big role in Kindergarten Cop...as a Stewardess. Swing and a miss.

Her first lead role comes in 1991's...

She plays the 'tough as nails' pilot of the salvage ship that ends up with the pod full of critters. Thankfully for her, she is one of the three survivors.

In the next couple of years, she appeared in numerous TV shows- like The Flash- and a couple little films like Boyz in the Hood, Malcom X and Waiting to Exhale. Good save, honey.

In 1993, she portrayed Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It? and got her Golden Globe and Oscar nomination.

To this day, she works pretty regularly in solid, supporting roles. Though, to me, she will always be that sassy space pilot who won't take no crap from any animatronic puppet!

More survivors coming. Stay tuned...

Escaping the Blast- Jeffrey Donovan

Have you ever seen a guy in a really bad movie and thought 'he'll never work again, will he?'

A lot of the time, you are right. Take, for example, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter. According to movie buff Joe Bob Briggs, it was the last film of nearly all of the cast, save for maybe two. But that's not always the case...

In today's segment, we cover a horrific sequel and one guy who has managed to live through it. That sequel: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

Right away, you know this movie is going to be bad. A big budget remake of a film famous for making the most of its low budget? Sign me up, mister. More importantly, it is a sequel to a film in which NOTHING HAPPENS. What do you follow that up with, more nothing? One guy stands out amongst the group. See if he looks familiar...
Don't recognize him too well? You will.

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Cut to modern times and a new hit show on USA. It's about a spy who gets forcibly retired and puts his job skills to a new use. The star is this guy...
Yes, one and the same. Out of the four stars of the movie, he's the only one to go on to good work. Hurray for partial success in a different medium, Jeffrey!

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Stay tuned...