http://trashcinemaclub.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Country: United States Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts Director: Billy Chan Year: 1987 [rating:4/5] 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 ... http://trashcinemaclub.com/movie-reviews/code-of-honor-the-tyranny-of-self-interest/ Country: United Kingdom Genre: Drama/ Suspense Director: David Yates Year: 2003 [rating:3.5/5] 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 ... http://trashcinemaclub.com/movie-reviews/state-of-play-the-political-is-personal/ Country: France Genre: Action/ Comedy Director: Jacques Deray Year: 1970 [rating:3/5] 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 ... http://trashcinemaclub.com/movie-reviews/borsalino-young-punks-as-heroes/ Country: United States Genre: Drama/ Mainstream Director: Gus Van Sant Year: 2008 [rating:2.5/5] 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 ... http://trashcinemaclub.com/movie-reviews/milk-hagiography/ Country: Hong Kong Genre: Horror/ Drama Director: Oxide Pang Year: 2004 [rating:2.5/5] 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 ... http://trashcinemaclub.com/movie-reviews/ab-normal-beauty-the-artistic-impulse/ Country: United States Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Comedy Director: Quentin Tarantino Year: 2003 [rating:3/5] 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 ... http://trashcinemaclub.com/movie-reviews/kill-bill-volume-1-mixmaster-quentin/ Country: Korea Genre: Drama Director: Yun-ho Yang Year: 2007 [rating:2/5] NOT WORTH YOUR TIME Faithful readers will no doubt recall that I consider Jerry Bruckheimer responsible for indirectly ruining more action movies, through his bad example, than any other director alive. Directors of the world: stop imitating Jerry Bruckheimer! Unless you're only trying to make money, ... http://trashcinemaclub.com/movie-reviews/rainbow-eyes-all-that-glitters-aint-necessarily-gold/ Country: United States Genre: Action/ Drama/ Romance Director: Dito Montiel Year: 2009 [rating:2.5/5] WORTH A LOOK Oddly enough, in Fighting, the background action is more interesting than what the picture is ostensibly supposed to be about. In it's bare outline, Fighting couldn't be more straightforward. Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard) happens to witness Shawn MacArthur (Channing Tatum) in a ... http://trashcinemaclub.com/movie-reviews/fighting-more-like-scuffling/ Country: Vietnam Genre: Action/ Martial Arts Director: Truc 'Charlie' Nguyen Year: 2006 [rating:3.5/5] TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE Here's an aphorism that's almost always true: "If it ain't on the page, it ain't on the stage." I would maintain that it's pretty much impossible to make a great movie without a great, or at least very good ... http://trashcinemaclub.com/movie-reviews/the-rebel-my-kingdom-for-a-script/ Country: United States Genre: Action/ Comedy/ Mainstream Director: Renny Harlin Year: 1996 [rating:4.5/5] TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE I'm not sure why The Long Kiss Goodnight wasn't a bigger success when it came out. It is certainly entertaining enough. Maybe the leftist politics woven into the plot alienated patrons in the flyover states. After all, the idea that ... http://trashcinemaclub.com/movie-reviews/the-long-kiss-goodnight-the-whore-and-the-virgin/