The Running Man
The Running Man (1987) continued a trend in American mainstream media of critiquing late Reagan-era conservatism through the moral decay of commercial public television. Like Robocop (1987) and Frank Miller’s… Read more »
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Jolt
Kate Beckinsale is one of those performers that is quite good in everything they appear in though what films they appear in tend to be mediocre. Throughout her entire career… Read more »
L’uomo senza memoria
L’uomo senza memoria (1974) opens in London with the amnesiac Ted (Luc Merenda) confronted with an old criminal accomplice who is convinced that Ted is faking his condition to rob… Read more »
Switchback
Switchback (1997) is a tightly plotted thriller full of inventive twists and turns that is elevated by the authenticity brought to the characters by Danny Glover and a host of… Read more »
Woman With Red Hair
Woman With Red Hair (1979) sees filmmaker Tatsumi Kumashiro returning again to the fringes of Japanese society to tell a tale of sexual comodafication and societal oppression. Like the torrential… Read more »
The Competition
I first became an Amy Irving fan when I saw The Fury (1978) on a VHS tape that I rented from the public library when I was about twelve years… Read more »
Get A Job
It took four years after principal photography wrapped on Get A Job (2016) for the film to get a release. This delay was caused by issues between distributors and rights… Read more »
The Three Swordsmen
Directed by Taylor Wong, The Three Swordsmen (1994) is a modestly budgeted wuxia comedy. The Three Swordsmen follows the adventures of Siu Sam-siu (Andy Lau) who has tied with Ming… Read more »
Brannigan
After he failed to secure the lead role in Dirty Harry (1971), John Wayne made McQ (1974) then he went on to do another cop picture, Brannigan (1975). Brannigan takes… Read more »
The Howling On 35mm
Joe Dante’s film The Howling (1981) remains one of the seminal horror films of the eighties whose critical reputation has only grown since its initial release. It’s the film that… Read more »
