Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama/ Suspense/ Horror/ Category III
Director: Tsang Kan-Cheung
Year: 1997

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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
One of the heartbreaking things for fans of movies from Hong Kong’s Golden Age (1985-1995) is that the owners of these films often neglected the negatives. The movies from that time had a very distinctive aesthetic in terms of art direction, […]

Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Suspense/ Drama
Director: Oliver Blackburn
Year: 2008

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NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
It serves me right. I couldn’t resist checking out a flick which trades on the urban legend, Donkey Punch. For those of you who don’t know, a Donkey Punch occurs when you’re giving it to a girl up the ass and, right when you’re […]

Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Drama/ Suspense/ Bullet Ballet
Director: Michael Mak
Year: 1989

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TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE
I have to admit, when I sat down to watch Long Arm Of The Law III, I wasn’t expecting a whole lot. The third entry in the series is fairly obscure, unlike it’s more famous predecessors, which I thought […]

Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Comedy/ Suspense
Director: Tom Gries
Year: 1975

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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Many times, revisiting genre movies from the past can be dispiriting. The violence is no longer jarring, the pace seems lethargic, the acting is from an extinct style. On the other hand, Breakout is better than I remembered, and I enjoyed it […]

Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts
Director: Billy Chan
Year: 1987

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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Before we get started on Code Of Honor, I’d like to vent a little bit.
The state of Hong Kong film preservation is simply deplorable. For example, the best print Tai Seng could get for Code Of Honor was an old […]

Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Drama/ Suspense
Director: David Yates
Year: 2003

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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
First of all, this isn’t the recent American movie with Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe. It’s the original BBC miniseries. I actually haven’t seen the American version, but often times, the British originals are better. A great example of this is Traffik. The Michael […]

Country: France
Genre: Action/ Comedy
Director: Jacques Deray
Year: 1970

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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
I’ve got to warn you. I saw Borsalino under less than optimal circumstances, which might cloud my judgement on the merits of the film.
The print I saw was copied from a long ago TV broadcast, so the quality was low to start with and the […]

Country: United States
Genre: Drama/ Mainstream
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 2008

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WORTH A LOOK
I’ve got to be honest. Even though I enjoyed Milk, it’s not a very good movie.
Before you get your panties in a bunch, let me explain why.
First of all, I’ve got to acknowledge that there’s a lot of good acting in Milk. Sean Penn […]

Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Horror/ Drama
Director: Oxide Pang
Year: 2004

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NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Here’s the problem: with Ab-Normal Beauty, writer/director Oxide Pang creates a thoughtful, lovely examination of the artistic mind, but then he takes a big dump on his own work by tacking on horror/thriller elements which don’t add to the discussion he started. The shame […]

Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Comedy
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Year: 2003

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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Here’s my biggest problem with Kill Bill Volume 1. It doesn’t work as drama because Quentin is too busy geeking out.
Why should that be a problem? After all, Quentin Tarantino has been archly quoting from his favorite movie genres as long as […]