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May 4, 2024

Burns’ “The Central Park Five” Compared To DuVernay’s “When They See Us.”

Ken Burns and his daughter Sarah made The Central Park Five in 2012. It was a sober, unsensationalized documentary intended to relay an objective point […]
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April 14, 2024

Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla Is About As Good As Its Title

They couldn’t come up with a better name for Godzilla’s new foe? Anything would have been better than Spacegodzilla. Call him Harold, or even Harold […]
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April 14, 2024

“Queen Of Lost Island” Donald Jackson Commits Another Crime Against Cinema

Some films are bad. Some films are so bad, they are good. Other films make you want to hunt down the filmmaker like the rabid […]
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April 14, 2024

“Asterix Conquers America” Candy Coated Nostalgia With A Nasty Racist Center.

 I was 12 when I was introduced to my first Asterix comic book. I was quarantined in an infirmary at a run-down summer sleep-away camp […]
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April 14, 2024

Jet Li in “Fist of Legend”

If I had to pick a favorite martial arts film, it would be Fist of Legend. Mostly, it’s due to the star, Jet Li, and […]
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April 14, 2024

Only Japan Could Make A Film Like “Butt Attack Punisher Girl Gautaman”

I’m not sure what it is about that little island country at the edge of the Pacific Ocean, but Japan has a culture unlike any […]
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April 14, 2024

The 1994 Version Of “Raja Harish Chandra”

Raja Harish Chandra is a mythological Hindu story about the fate of an ancient king and his kingdom. "Raja" means king, and according to the […]
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April 14, 2024

"Fantastic" Four Is Mistitled

Here’s the thing about superhero movies: they’re for children. I understand that Marvel and DC are targeting a much broader audience than just children, but […]
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April 14, 2024

Mom Verses The Demons In Jai Maa Vaishnodevi

Polytheism is just demonstrably better than monotheism. The god of Abraham is such an authoritarian prick, but if you’re Hindu, and you’re not a fan […]
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April 14, 2024

The Lament Of An Otherwise Healthy Girl

Hentai is its own little world, with its own set of rules and its own aesthetic. I think for many people, the whole genre is […]
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March 3, 2024

Andy Milligan’s First Film “Vapors”

Andy Milligan was a self-taught writer, actor, and costume designer who lived and worked in Greenwich Village in New York City. In 1965, he got […]
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February 25, 2024

Unintentional Absurdity In Andy Milligan’s Movie “Seeds”

 I may be wrong, but I think Seeds was a sincere attempt to produce an edgy melodrama. The intensity is pitched so high, it feels […]
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February 18, 2024

Favorite Scenes No. 35: “Hellraiser”

 In 1987, Clive Barker decided to try his hand at directing. He was dissatisfied with previous film adaptations of his writings and opted to direct […]
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December 31, 2023

Favorite Scenes No. 34: Amadeus

Miloš Forman directed Amadeus in 1984. It was a movie version of the hit play by Peter Shaffer from 1979. Shaffer never claimed that the […]
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December 27, 2023

Chi Chi Larue’s "Bi-ology: The Making of Mr. Right"

I don’t know what Bi-ology is. I know it’s a film, and there were naked people in it, but I’m pretty confused about the rest. […]
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December 24, 2023

Victor Sjöström’s “He Who Gets Slapped”

He Who Gets Slapped is an unusual film. It took a special confluence of factors to create something so layered and rich. It was made […]
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December 15, 2023

The First Film Based On Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818. She wrote it as part of a friendly contest between her, her husband Percy, John Polidori, and Lord Byron. […]
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November 29, 2023

Joe D’Amato’s “Tarzan X - Shame Of Jane”

Joe D’Amato has made more than 200 films. That’s a lot, even for a porn director, but Joe isn’t just a porn director. He’s made […]
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November 19, 2023

The Strange Psychology of “Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen”

I was unfamiliar with Nobita and Doraemon when I first went to watch Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen. I recognized the image of Doraemon, he pops […]
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October 22, 2023

Piotr Szulkin’s Visionary Tetralogy Part 2: “O-Bi O-Ba” and “Ga-Ga”

Like Golem (1979) and The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981), Piotr Szulkin’s O-Bi, O-Ba: The End Of Civilization (1985) is an ugly film. […]
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October 18, 2023

Piotr Szulkin’s Visionary Tetralogy Part 1:“Golem” and “War Of The Worlds”

Piotr Szulkin (1950-2018) was a Polish director, screenwriter, animator, novelist, theatrical director, and painter. In 1979, he released the first of four films that would […]
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October 15, 2023

William Kentridge’s Film “Felix In Exile”

William Kentridge was born in Johannesburg in 1955. He is white. He spent the first forty years of his life living under apartheid. Both of […]
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October 11, 2023

The Weird World of LSD

Robert Ground’s The Weird World of LSD is not a sober public service announcement about the dangers of lysergic acid diethylamide. It’s really just a […]
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October 8, 2023

The Newly Discovered Korean Kaiju Epic “Space Monster Wangmagwi”

All that Ahn Hee wanted was to have the beautiful wedding day she had always dreamed of, but no one seemed to care. The police […]
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