Q
Larry Cohen’s notorious kaiju flick Q (1982) follows a smalltime hood and a police investigation into a series of ritual murders until both plots collide and the deity of Quetzalcōātl… Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
The Image Revolution
When I was growing up I loved X-Men. It was Jim Lee’s art that defined those characters in X-Men for me. I wasn’t aware of who Jim Lee was by… Read more »
The World Of Hammer
The World Of Hammer (1994) was a thirteen part series of twenty-five minute episodes narrated by Oliver Reed. Each episode in the series looked at a theme in Hammer Films… Read more »
American Graffiti
Unlike George Lucas’ soulless science fiction features American Graffiti (1973) is a film of warmth and compassion. It’s an episodic narrative that uses nostalgia to frame carefully observed truths regarding… Read more »
The Hunt For Red October
John McTiernan’s Tom Clancy adaptation The Hunt For Red October (1990) is a “dad movie”. It’s the kind of film that you watch with your dad when you’re out sick… Read more »
Supermarkt
Roland Klick’s Supermarkt (1974) is a frantic portrait of life on the fringes of Hamburg. Klick’s film interrogates the political responsibility of the middle class for those outside the societal… Read more »
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
“Crazier than a mule humping goat.” It’s fitting that Sam Peckinpah’s final western, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973), should be a eulogy for the genre. The entire film… Read more »
Reds
Reds (1981) realizes imperfect memories as historic fiction. What is truth is never clear, only ever suggested by actors and interviewees who so often seem at odds with the story… Read more »
Shriek Of The Mutilated
Shriek Of The Mutilated (1974) is a horror-exploitation film by sleaze peddler Michael Findlay. The film follows a college professor and his students on a field trip into the remote… Read more »
The Blonde Fury
“So you’re a colleague? I thought you were a whore.” Cynthia Rothrock plays an FBI agent sent to Hong Kong to bring down a ring of counterfeiters. Her cover is… Read more »
