Monthly Archives: August 2017

Review: Death Warrior aka Olum Savascisi (Turkey 1984)

Posted on August 8, 2017 by David

I’ve seen a lot of crazy old Turkish genre movies over the years, ranging from the relatively well-crafted and genuinely enjoyable Kilink and Tarkan films to bananas mindbenders like Turkish Superman and 3 Dev Adam, in which Turkish El Santo … Continue reading →

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Review: Reign of Assassins aka Jian Yu (Taiwan/China/Hong Kong 2010)

Posted on August 4, 2017 by David

Reign of Assassins is one of the best wu xia films of the past decade, marrying old school pleasures with comic book aesthetics and inventive action instead of relying on the grim seriousness mandated by the Hero model. Characterization is … Continue reading →

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Review:  Atomic Blonde (USA 2017)

Posted on August 1, 2017 by David

A hard-R gender-flipped Bond film pretending it’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, Atomic Blonde is one of the clearest cut cases of style over substance I’ve seen in a while.  The film – a mess of double … Continue reading →

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