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Author Archives: David
Review: We Are Little Zombies (Japan 2019)
First off, that is not a “zombie movie” per se. Just had to be said. Horror movie fans should check this out – everyone should – but don’t expect any gut-munching. Rather, We Are Little Zombies is about a metaphorical … Continue reading
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Review: Deathsport (USA 1978)
This thematic sequel of sorts to Death Race 2000 from the Corman factory doesn’t capture any of the magic of that film (I mean, hey no Paul Bartel involved) but is a goofy good time. It’s post-apocalyptic silliness full of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1978, Allan Arkush, Claudia Jennings, David Carradine, Richard Lynch, Roger Corman
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Review: Da 5 Bloods (USA 2020)
I liked it just fine overall, but didn’t think it was one of Lee’s stronger films – too much that didn’t work. But in lieu of a real review (having trouble being coherent on this one – hard to disentangle … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Chadwick Boseman, Clark Peterson, Delroy Lindo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jean Reno, Netflix, Spike Lee, Terence Blanchard, USA, Veronica Ngo
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Review: Juno and the Paycock (UK 1930)
Social tragi-comedy based on a play about a poor Dublin family with a blustering father who come into a brief payday, set against the backdrop of the Irish Civil War. The material doesn’t really suit Hitchcock, and only really comes … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930, Alfred Hitchcock, UK
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Review: Men from the Monastery (HK 1974)
Oh my god, dude got stabbed in the TAINT! Seriously though, this has a reputation for being one of Chang Cheh’s better films, but I did not find it terribly engaging, especially compared to an epic like Shaolin Temple or his … Continue reading
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Tagged 1974, Alexander Fu Sheng, Chang Cheh, Chen Kuan-Tai, Kung Fu, Shaolin Temple, Shaw Brothers
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Review: Satan’s Brew (West Germany 1976)
This arch “comedy“ of manners about a blocked, grasping, bilious poet and his lovers and hangers-on raises the existential question of whether a comedy can be a comedy if it does not actually appear to be intended to be funny. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1976, Germany, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Review: Gunan, King of the Barbarians (Italy 1982)
One star for sexy Sabrina Siani, a mainstay of Italian Conan the Barbarian knockoffs. No stars for anything else. This story of two brothers seeking revenge with the aid of a magical Amazon tribe is otherwise an entirely dull affair, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1982, Italy, Sabrina Siani, Sword and Sorcery
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Review: That Man from Rio (France 1964)
Jean-Paul Belmondo stars in a light-hearted action-comedy romp through Brazil, in what mostly amounts to a continuous pursuit of his abducted girlfriend (the tragic Francoise Dorleac) and some archaeological McGuffins. If you know Belmondo’s more populist films, you know that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1964, France, Francoise Dorleac, Jean-Paul Belmondo
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Review: The Lodge (USA 2019)
I didn’t much care for Goodnight Mommy, but I thought it had a certain undeniable level of quality and creepiness. This? This was straight up garbage, with plot points lifted from much better movies and noisy music cues substituting for … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, Horror, Riley Keough, Severin Fiala, USA, Veronica Franz
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Review: Color Out of Space (USA 2019)
I hate to say it, but I think Richard Stanley would have been better off not casting Nic Cage in this. I enjoy an unhinged Cage performance as much as the next guy, but every scene he was in was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, H.P. Lovecraft, Nicolas Cage, Richard Stanley, USA
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