Monthly Archives: April 2017

Review: Captain America: Civil War (USA 2016)

Posted on April 27, 2017 by David

Entertaining enough, for a lumbering behemoth that had to service over a dozen major characters and advance multiple plot threads.

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Review: Live and Let Die (UK 1973)

Posted on April 25, 2017 by David

Is it damning to praise Live and Let Die for not being as racist as it could have been (even though it’s still pretty damn racist) because its racism seems to come from a place of profound ignorance rather than … Continue reading →

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Review: Witching and Bitching (Spain 2013)

Posted on April 20, 2017 by David

Man, I wanted to like this – I generally enjoy Alex de la Iglesia movies, and I like what he’s doing for genre – but this black comedy about a bunch of idiot criminals who wander into a town full … Continue reading →

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Review:  Dragon Lord (Hong Kong 1982)

Posted on April 18, 2017 by David

Within the two years after Dragon Lord’s release, Chan would enter into his golden age with the quadruple punch of Project A, Winners and Sinners, Wheels on Meals, and Police Story, catapulting him into superstardom and cementing his reputation as … Continue reading →

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Review:  Creepy (Japan 2016)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by David

Creepy marks something of a return to form for the one-time po-mo J-horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa.  There was a point in the late 1990s and early 2000s when Kurosawa was one of the most exciting filmmakers working, and his every … Continue reading →

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Review: Missing in Action (USA 1984)

Posted on April 9, 2017 by David

I like Joseph Zito, but this quickie Vietnam revenge actioner starring Chuck Norris that Cannon rushed out in time to beat Rambo: First Blood, Part II is a real stinker. The narrative is incredibly choppy, and the action scenes are … Continue reading →

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Review: Punk Vacation (USA 1990)

Posted on April 6, 2017 by David

This movie is profoundly confused.  The filmmakers basically took all the tropes of the 60s biker film (think The Wild Angels or The Glory Stompers), and moved them into the 1980s while substituting new wave punks for the traditional leather-clad … Continue reading →

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Review: Shin Godzilla (Japan 2016)

Posted on April 4, 2017 by David

As a Godzilla fan of the old school, I’ve always loathed the occasional American attempts at the Big G – whether the truly awful Matthew Broderick version or the decent-monster-movie-but-in-no-way-Godzilla attempt by Gareth Edwards from 2014 – but I think … Continue reading →

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Review: Empire of Lust (South Korea 2015)

Posted on April 2, 2017 by David

Trashy enough to live up to its title, Empire of Lust is a hilariously overwrought and deeply, deeply silly historical action/drama that takes itself deadly seriously. Full of preening villains, sexy femme fatales, and convoluted scheming, Empire of Lust wants … Continue reading →

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Review: Hell Comes to Frogtown (USA 1988)

Posted on April 1, 2017 by David

I watched this grotty little treat recently as a tribute to the late, great Rowdy Roddy Piper. Actually, I did see about half of this on late night HBO as a misguided teen, but pretty much forgot everything.

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