Archive for January, 2010

  • Kings Row successfully navigates around the edges of the movie-style soap opera to bring us a memorable look at how that most hallowed slice of Americana, the clean, pretty, small...0January 12, 2010

    Kings Row (1942)

    Kings Row successfully navigates around the edges of the movie-style soap opera to bring us a memorable look at how that most hallowed slice of Americana, the clean, pretty, small…

  • “We have to be awesome if we want to win!” Though rich brat Kevin is clearly a douche and though his dance moves are clearly cribbed from Vanilla Ice, he...0January 10, 2010

    Body Moves (1990)

    “We have to be awesome if we want to win!” Though rich brat Kevin is clearly a douche and though his dance moves are clearly cribbed from Vanilla Ice, he…

  • As soon as King of Kings began, I felt my heart race and my left arm go numb when the narrator (Orson Welles) intoned that the year is 63 B.C....4January 10, 2010

    King of Kings (1961)

    As soon as King of Kings began, I felt my heart race and my left arm go numb when the narrator (Orson Welles) intoned that the year is 63 B.C….

  • On the surface, this movie delivers exactly what it promises. There’s a bunch of snakes and they kill people. I don’t imagine that a movie called The Killer Snakes owes...0January 9, 2010

    The Killer Snakes (1975)

    On the surface, this movie delivers exactly what it promises. There’s a bunch of snakes and they kill people. I don’t imagine that a movie called The Killer Snakes owes…

  • It is said that no parent should ever have to bury their child. Such a death, especially when the child is quite young, is certainly the most heartbreaking experience any...0January 7, 2010

    Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966)

    It is said that no parent should ever have to bury their child. Such a death, especially when the child is quite young, is certainly the most heartbreaking experience any…

  • I had been hoping that Kidnapped was a movie along the lines of Treasure Island – you know something involving a guy with one leg and a murderous little kid...2January 3, 2010

    Kidnapped (1960)

    I had been hoping that Kidnapped was a movie along the lines of Treasure Island – you know something involving a guy with one leg and a murderous little kid…

  • This is amateur filmmaking at its absolute worst. I realize there’s a lot of kids out there that fancy themselves filmmakers and I understand that everybody has to start somewhere....0January 3, 2010

    Kick of Death (1997)

    This is amateur filmmaking at its absolute worst. I realize there’s a lot of kids out there that fancy themselves filmmakers and I understand that everybody has to start somewhere….

  • The old saying about the fighting in academic politics kept popping into my head as I watched this debut effort from Japanese director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri. It goes something like, “academic...0January 3, 2010

    Kichiku dai enkai (1997)

    The old saying about the fighting in academic politics kept popping into my head as I watched this debut effort from Japanese director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri. It goes something like, “academic…

  • Omega Cop is back! And this time he’s Karate Cop! Why? Because that’s the title of the movie! Ron Marchini, the short, stocky guy with large ears who in Omega...0January 2, 2010

    Karate Cop (1991)

    Omega Cop is back! And this time he’s Karate Cop! Why? Because that’s the title of the movie! Ron Marchini, the short, stocky guy with large ears who in Omega…

  • If your mom has told once, she’s told you a thousand times: do not steal Omega Cop’s hat! A group of thugs learn that lesson the hard way during one...1January 2, 2010

    Omega Cop (1990)

    If your mom has told once, she’s told you a thousand times: do not steal Omega Cop’s hat! A group of thugs learn that lesson the hard way during one…

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