Archive for February, 2010

  • I suppose you could make a worse zombie movie than Living Dead in Tokyo Bay. If you tried. Really, really hard. And had a whole lot of luck, too. Of...0February 16, 2010

    Living Dead in Tokyo Bay (1991)

    I suppose you could make a worse zombie movie than Living Dead in Tokyo Bay. If you tried. Really, really hard. And had a whole lot of luck, too. Of…

  • This was one of those films that I wanted to like a lot more than I did. The premise had the potential for lots of grim chills. A ship load...0February 13, 2010

    Lighthouse (2000)

    This was one of those films that I wanted to like a lot more than I did. The premise had the potential for lots of grim chills. A ship load…

  • Don The Dragon Wilson, Esq. It’s the sort of phrase that conjures up a variety of dream-like images. There’s the one where Don The Dragon is doing research using Westlaw...0February 12, 2010

    Out for Blood (1992)

    Don The Dragon Wilson, Esq. It’s the sort of phrase that conjures up a variety of dream-like images. There’s the one where Don The Dragon is doing research using Westlaw…

  • Did it really take until 1999 to make a movie where a rapper hijacked a combination flamethrower/rocket launcher from low budget action icon Frank Zagarino? Did it really take cinema...0February 11, 2010

    No Tomorrow (1999)

    Did it really take until 1999 to make a movie where a rapper hijacked a combination flamethrower/rocket launcher from low budget action icon Frank Zagarino? Did it really take cinema…

  • Roger Corman’s version of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall Of The House Of Usher is a bore that left me with several questions. For instance, do the characters really stand...0February 11, 2010

    House of Usher (1960)

    Roger Corman’s version of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall Of The House Of Usher is a bore that left me with several questions. For instance, do the characters really stand…

  • Pardon me if I don’t get too excited about another film where a group of restless young people decide that since they have no idea what to do with their...0February 11, 2010

    Ley Lines (1999)

    Pardon me if I don’t get too excited about another film where a group of restless young people decide that since they have no idea what to do with their…

  • Yuji is one of those hitmen who exudes that sort of anti-hero attitude that somehow makes guys who murder other guys for a living seem to be someone we would...0February 11, 2010

    Rainy Dog (1997)

    Yuji is one of those hitmen who exudes that sort of anti-hero attitude that somehow makes guys who murder other guys for a living seem to be someone we would…

  • Takeshi Miike’s Shinjuku Triad Society has a Chinese triad and the Yakuza mix it up over some illegal organ trafficking business resulting in lots of guys getting beaten, shot, stabbed,...0February 11, 2010

    Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)

    Takeshi Miike’s Shinjuku Triad Society has a Chinese triad and the Yakuza mix it up over some illegal organ trafficking business resulting in lots of guys getting beaten, shot, stabbed,…

  • Does the fact that the there were at least four different moments during the completely expected “shock” ending that I didn’t understand mean that that movie was incompetent crud? Or...0February 11, 2010

    Bloody Psycho (1989)

    Does the fact that the there were at least four different moments during the completely expected “shock” ending that I didn’t understand mean that that movie was incompetent crud? Or…

  • This is one of the gimpier offerings from William Powell and Myrna Loy, a pair known for their sophisticated brand of comedy that triumphed in such fare as The Thin...0February 10, 2010

    Double Wedding (1937)

    This is one of the gimpier offerings from William Powell and Myrna Loy, a pair known for their sophisticated brand of comedy that triumphed in such fare as The Thin…

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