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You can file this under a sub class of movie reviews: stuff my wife makes me watch. That’s hardly ever a bad thing – she’s got some great taste when it comes to movies. Of course, saying that a movie staring the man with charisma that can punch you through a TV screen, Yul Brynner, [...]
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Like any red-blooded American dude, I enjoy watching a good ass kicking.¬† However, Kung Fu movies are a special treat; they are a form of visual poetry, a testament to the potential of human kinesiology and served up with a healthy dose of kitsch from our nation’s point of view.¬† And if a good story [...]
Like a lot of folks, when I watch any movie I have a ritual. ¬†Before, during, and/or after the viewing is check out the film’s IMDb page to see what kind of crazy shit is there. ¬†Every once in a while, I hit a gem like this one- Tom Selleck’s character’s name “Ramsay” is said [...]
In preparing for this review, I watched this movie for what should be around the 5th or 6th time. ¬†I’m a pretty big fan of the Kruger franchise but have only seen this first part of the franchise a handful of times. ¬†As far as the remaining films, I’ve only been through those about once [...]
As much as I appreciate the indelible mark director Alfred Hitchcock left on the horror and thriller genre, I’ve seen very little of his work. Before watching The 39 Steps tonight, I had only seen The Birds and Psycho. But I had a dream last night that they were showing Vertigo in a newly converted 3D version and the worst part was that I wasn’t upset about this bastardized version of such a classic, likely due to the fact that I’m starved for the man’s work. So I guess my noodle decided it best that I would be watching a Hitchcock film this evening. In fact, given that I’ve had basically no aim with this column since the 70s sex comedy theme from January, I think I’ll start focusing on more of his cannon at some point in the future.
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The Clash of the Titans is one of those movies that makes you think, “This is why we invented movies.” We open on a Greek beach with Acrisius, the king of the island of Argos sentencing his only daughter Danae to death along with her illegitimate son in a very James Bond bad-guy fashion- with [...]
Editor’s note- it was not my intention to review this film for this week’s Retro Review. Not that I have any issue with Spartacus, but I watched it nearly three weeks ago and never really planned to write anything about it. As such, this review may be a bit of a mess. Unfortunately, Netflix Instant Queue decided that I could only watch American Ninja one minute at a time before it would have to pause and buffer further. After the first 20 minutes had taken nearly 40, I gave up.
So here we are with the film I didn’t want to review, Spartacus. In the realm of gigantic movies, Spartacus must have seemed out of this world at the time of it’s release. The opening sequences in Libya, filled with seemingly thousands of slaves showcases a detail that’s covered up by digital effects in the modern era of cinema.
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Well, well, hello again everyone.  You don’t normally see me here on the Breach twice in one week unless I’m reviewing something new to go along with the Crawl Space.  I’m commandeering the Retro Review (which actually is open to all of us on staff) because Dustin is spending his time schmoozing with Bill Murray [...]
The great thing about doing this column is that I get to see a lot of movies that I missed. ¬†The wife had been wanting to check this one out and it finally became available on the Netflix Instant Queue, so we jumped at the opportunity. ¬†I’m a pretty big gadget freak so all of [...]
This was the first time I had ever seen this movie. ¬†I know, what kind of an asshole loves zombies but doesn’t see the one film that paved the way for the modern zombie apocalypse? ¬†This one, that’s who. ¬†So I sat down to watch this flick the other day. ¬†For those even less cool [...]
I figured I would review this one since the remake is coming out tomorrow. ¬†I’ll be honest, I hadn’t even heard of this film before I saw the trailer for the new one. ¬†I haven’t seen the new one yet but I can already tell they’ve made a film that’s quite a departure from this [...]
If you’ve been reading our site at any length, you’ve probably noticed that I’m a rather huge fan of the zombie sub-genre. ¬†I had heard of Lucio Fulci’s Zombi 2, or Zombie as it was released here in the states, and had even seen several clips as they played before movies at the Alamo Drafthouse. [...]
Never heard of this one? Neither had I but the wife insisted it was cool so into the Netflix Queue it went. We watched it the other night and I was actually pretty impressed. You take your immediately post-apocalytpic setting, insert your strong female lead complete with uzi, and then add a few zombies and [...]
From the opening stunt montage, Rad lives up to its name. This is one of those movies that I’ve actually had a couple of requests to review from our readers. When I posted on Facebook about acquiring the film through a stealthy manner, I was accosted with more comments than usual, mostly from people that I haven’t spoken to since high school. There is quite an impressive fervor for a film that has never been released on DVD and really hasn’t been relevant in 24 years. But more on that after the jump.
The first thing I need to do with this review is thank reader and frequent commenter Cminor for suggesting it. The second thing I’ll have to do is go ahead and apologize because some readers, especially females, may find some of the things I’m about to write offensive. ¬†Things like boobies, bujungas, cheechees, and fun [...]
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