One thing you notice right away about kung fu heroes is that they don’t talk much. They’re men of action. They exchange a couple of curt words: And then they lay into each other with fists, feet, elbows, and fingernails. Even in the early scenes, when they’re setting up the plot, they keep the dialogue […]
Hey everyone! Jonathan Moody is back again for another blog post here. And this time I’m here to talk about the 1989 Andy Sidaris flick, “Savage Beach”, which Paul and I did with special guest Cayt Feinics. Based on her being on the last episode of IFC where she reviewed Samurai Cop and absolutely loved
Burt Sullivan, hard-nosed sheriff of a tough border town, throws in his job and travels south in search of the man who killed his father many years prior. All he knows is the man’s general whereabouts and his name, Cisco Delgado. As a taciturn loner, it is no surprise that Sullivan intends to travel solo
From an alcohol-drenched lair, he burst, literally firing from all cylinders. Screen legend Dennis Hopper is known as one of Hollywood’s great proponents of method acting, which in the case of Philippe Mora’s 1976 Australian classic Mad Dog Morgan meant drinking prodigious amounts of booze and behaving like a lunatic. Stories about Hopper’s wicked gonzo
Charlton Heston, Raimund Harmstorf, Michele Mercier, George Eastman, Maria Rohm. Based on the novel by Jack London. Director: Ken Annakin.John Thornton is a fearless man who’s after more than gold; he wants to do what’s right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how
Molly Stewart (Betsy Russell) used to be a teenage prostitute known as Angel, but those days have been put behind her as she is now a successful law student, though she is still in contact with the cop who helped her off the streets, Lieutenant Andrews (Robert F. Lyons). Unfortunately, their chummy relationship is about
Now revealed as the first film seen by Quentin Tarantino at the age of five. For a movie intended to set up a series character in the vein of James Bond, it was ironic that it was the women who stole the show, not just from their tendency to turn up in bikinis but for
Destroys the English galleon The Twelve Apostles near Madagascar. He and his confederates bury the stolen treasure on a remote island. He returns to London and hires a gentleman’s gentleman. Kidd then presents himself at the court of William III of England as an honest shipmaster seeking a royal commission as a privateer after striking
Corbucci had a love-hate relationship with most of the people he had ever worked with. When Manolo Bolognini (the producer of Django) proposed a new project to him, to be executed in the last months of ’66, he was still at odds with the producer and therefore accepted another offer, made to him by Albert
Hong Kong action legend Jackie Chan made his lead role debut with this standard kung fu film, which would later be used in a composite film that capitalized on his success. This review is for this original rare classic. Hsiao Hu is a young man who works at an uncle’s restaurant as a waiter and
