≡ Category: Comedy, Essential, Horror, Suspense, United Kingdom | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Suspense/ Comedy/ Horror
Director: Robin Hardy
Year: 1973
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The Wicker Man is endlessly fascinating. Screenwriter Anthony Shaffer uses a mystery structure as an excuse to imagine what a modern version of a pagan society might look like, contrasting it with the character of Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward, in a pathetic, amusing, […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Drama
Director: Chang Cheh
Year: 1967
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Amazingly enough, up to the present I’ve only seen one other of director Chang Cheh’s movies, The Heroic Ones, which was absolutely terrible. So, I wasn’t expecting much of One Armed Swordsman, which meant that I was in for a very pleasant […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Drama/ Comedy
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
Year: 1969
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One of the ways you can tell that Japanese cinema of the late 60s and early 70s was so fantastic is that these stories are still relevant and engaging 40 years later.
In Red Peony Gambler 4, the filmmakers ask the question “When progress […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts
Director: Tony Liu
Year: 1983
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If there was ever a movie that deserved the epithet action-packed, that movie would be Lady Assassin.
It seems like there’s a blistering kung fu/swordplay battle every five minutes or so. The thing is that it never seems gratuitous. Credit that to a […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Drama/ Art
Director: Jun-ik Lee
Year: 2005
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I’ve just been floored by yet another Korean drama.
The King and The Clown tells the true story of a troupe of acrobats/comedians that became part of the court of King Yeonsan (Jin-yeong Jeong) back in the 1500s. The king, who was unstable emotionally, used the […]
≡ Category: Drama, Essential, Hong Kong, Romance | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Romance/ Drama
Director: Sherman Wong
Year: 1993
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Enigma Of Love is that rarest of beasts, an excellent Hong Kong flick that doesn’t rely on action to make it’s point.
When Jackie’s (Jacky Cheung) gigolo bar is busted by tough cop Tammy (Maggie Cheung), he decides to humiliate her […]
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Country: Italy
Genre: Spaghetti Western
Director: Sergio Sollima
Year: 1966
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The Big Gundown has the reputation of being one of the very best spaghetti Westerns. It turns out that reputation is well earned.
The story seems simple enough at first. Cuchillo (Tomas Milian) is wanted for raping and murdering an 11 year old girl. Bounty hunter […]
≡ Category: Comedy, Essential, Romance, Suspense, United States | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: United States
Genre: Suspense/ Comedy/ Romance
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Year: 1955
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Most movies date poorly. Go back to the early 70s and try to watch a film like, oh, I dunno, Prime Cut with Gene Hackman and Lee Marvin. It can be tough sledding.
On the other hand, modern audiences can still enjoy Citizen Kane, […]
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Country: Italy
Genre: Drama/ Art/ Comedy/ Romance
Director: Michael Radford
Year: 1994
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Fleeing his native Chile to avoid arrest, poet Pablo Neruda (Philippe Noiret) winds up on a remote Italian island. In the area in which he is staying, Neruda is the only person who isn’t illiterate. The local post office hires Mario Ruoppolo (Massimo […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Drama/ Pinku Eiga
Director: Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Year: 1968
Rating:
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I have to admit, when I saw that Female Demon Ohyaku was going to be in black and white, my heart sank.
I figured that since Female Demon Ohyaku was a forerunner to the Pinku Eiga (pinky violence) genre, the levels of […]
