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301/302 (1995) Movie Review
“301 302″ is a rather odd little Korean film, though one which has won a great deal of critical praise, including the 1995 Grand Bell award in its native country, as well as being
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Sniper 3 (2004) Movie Review
As the saying goes, Tom Berenger does his best work in military fatigues. This was the case with the original “Sniper”, which was enough of a modest hit that it spawned a franchise. “Sniper
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Bunshinsaba (2004) Movie Review
Another day, another Korean horror film set in an all-girls high school, involving kids with psychic abilities, long-dead former students who returns as ghosts minus the desire to comb their hair, an evil school
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Sayonara Jupiter (aka Bye-Bye Jupiter, 1983) Movie Review
When it was announced in the early 1980s that American audiences were returning to Jupiter via “2010″, the Peter Hyams sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s groundbreaking “2001″, Toho decided to give Japanese audiences a trip
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Seed of Chucky (2005) Movie Review
The “Child’s Play” franchise is known for two very stable and dependable things — Chucky the doll is a homicidal maniac with one of the greatest laugh in Cinematic Slasher history, and you can
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Spider Forest (2004) Movie Review
“Spider Forest” is the latest offering from South Korean writer/director Ilgon-Song, who last gave audiences the award winning surreal feminist road movie “Flower Island”. Like that other movie, “Spider Forest” is a cinematic oddity,
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My Lover is a Sniper (2004) Movie Review
“My Lover is a Sniper” is the third part in a series that started with two TV movies that proved popular enough to warrant a feature on the big screen. The movie stars Miki
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Sisily 2km (2004) Movie Review
There’s a lot you can do with a horror film spoof, especially with all the Asian horror films flooding the market, with their cookie cutter formulas, derivative plotlines, and obsession with ghosts with long
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Destroy All Monsters (1968) Movie Review
Godzilla’s popularity was on the wane in the late 60s, both in Japan and abroad. As a result, Toho management decreed that “Destroy All Monsters” would be Godzilla’s swan song, and ordered a film
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) Movie Review
Since the success of the original “Anaconda” back in 1997, there has been an absolute flood of similar creature feature/nature runs amok films. Apart from a few high profile efforts such as “Lake Placid”,
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Paparazzi (2004) Movie Review
In another life, Forrest Smith’s script for “Paparazzi” must have been a “Columbo” movie of the week. At least, that’s my guess. Evidence number one: Dennis Farina, playing a police Detective, is basically Columbo
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Daughter of Darkness (1993) Movie Review
Even in the rancid depths of category III cinema, there is bad taste, and then there is bad taste. Ivan Lei, director of such redoubtable classics as “Ancient Chinese Whorehouse” and “The Peeping Tom”,
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Categorize Me: A History of Hong Kong’s Category III Genre
WHAT HAPPENED TO CATEGORY 1 AND 2? Hong Kong films have been a major part of the spread of Asian cinema in the West, both in terms of imports and through the infusion of
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King Arthur: Director’s Cut (2004) Movie Review
While I’m not saying that Antoine Fuqua’s “King Arthur” is the definitive “real” story of the English legend, I am saying that I recently saw a special on the History Channel that seems to
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Giant Monster Gamera (1965) Movie Revie
Toho’s Godzilla series was so successful that Daiei Studios decided they wanted a monster of their own. Probably realizing they couldn’t compete at the adult level with the Big G, Toho aimed somewhat lower,
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Children of the Living Dead (2004) Movie Review
After standing on the sideline and witnessing the success George Romero had with his two sequels to “Night of the Living Dead”, John Russo, who co-wrote and produced “Night”, decided to make a sequel
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Nothing (2003) Movie Review
If there’s one thing about Canadian filmmaker Vincenzo Natali that you can take to the bank, it’s that the guy really, really likes to make movies that challenge him as a director. No one
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R-Point (2004) Movie Review
Here’s the heads up on the new South Korean horror film “R-Point”, a movie set during the tail end of the Vietnam War: it’s not so much as scary as it is psychologically interesting,
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Kolobos (1999) Movie Review
The phenomenal success of “The Blair Witch Project”, and its micro-budgeted, cunning use of digital filmmaking techniques, rejuvenated the horror film industry and unleashed a rapidly overcrowded subgenre based around high tech voyeurism. Although
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Bloody Bill (aka Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill, 2004) Movie Review
“Bloody Bill” is a zombie film with probably one-millionth the budget of the recent “Dawn of the Dead” remake’s catering budget — if that. Directed by long-time cinematographer Byron Werner and written by John
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