In many respects, “Druid Gladiator Clone” has the same whimsical feel and texture of the amateur backyard movies that you made with your friends when you were a kid. However, creators Matt Farley and Charles Roxburgh are far from amateurs, as “Druid Gladiator Clone” is the third...

Remember the first time you saw fat Elvis? How saddened you were to see someone truly great reduced to a chubby mess, their remaining talents overshadowed by their unwieldy physical condition? That’s how I feel when watching any Steven Seagal movie made in the last four years, where his subtle...

“Gay Samurai? Never seen that before.” The above are my words, and probably the words of countless people upon discovering “Gohatto” (aka “Taboo”), a tale of homosexuality within a Samurai training camp during Japan ’s Shogun era. The plotting is minimal, so...

Anime is seen by many a film enthusiast as a deep form of cinema, on par with the noirs and cult classics of the world. And with films like “Akira”, “Perfect Blue”, “Tokyo Godfathers” and “Spirited Away”, it’s hard to disagree with the fan base. However,...