Red Sonja (1985) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Richard Fleischer, having helmed Conan the Destroyer, the less-than-auspicious follow-up to John Milius’ grandiose 1982 Conan the Barbarian, moved on …
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Unconquered (1947) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Continuing my recent pseudo-survey of Cecil B. DeMille’s films, Unconquered brings me to his first post-WW2 film, and his last …
The Fifth Element (1997) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Luc Besson’s attempt to generate blockbuster cash flow after his best work Leon (1994), stuck in my mind as a …
Fast & Furious (2009) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
The Vin Diesel School of Diplomacy: mumble softly, carry a big motherfucking shotgun A pseudo-reboot of the charmingly dumb 2001 …
Aragami (2003) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
On a dark and stormy night, not long before the Meiji Era dawns in Japan, two mortally wounded samurai (Takao …
The Crusades (1935) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
When generations of pedants have complained about historical inaccuracy in the movies, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Crusades could have been …
Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance (Shurayukihime: Urami Renga,1974) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
A cobbled-together sequel to Toshiya Fujita’s classic is hampered by a storyline that suggests mastermind Kazuo Koike’s playbook was exhausted …
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Moral and emotional nuance. Intricate characterisation. An ambiguous ideal of masculinity and a revolutionary woman’s place in a man’s field …
Where Eagles Dare (1968) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Where Eagles Dare, adapted by Alistair MacLean from his own novel and directed by Brian G. Hutton, looks a lot …
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Ernest Schoedsack and Merian Cooper’s companion piece to their epochal King Kong, shot on many of the same sets and …
