WATCH NOW So I decided to rent ‘NAKED WEAPON’ (2002) from ‘Tony’ Ching Siu-Tung, the magnificent director of A CHINESE GHOST STORY trilogy, THE SWORDSMAN trilogy, THE SORCERER AND THE WHITE SNAKE, and choreographer for A BETTER TOMORROW II, SHAOLIN SOCCER, and HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS. At first glance, this movie had fantastic reviews. However, […]
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WATCH NOW Movies usually happen in cities, however, these cities do not feel lived in. Alan Parker’s “Mississippi Burning” gives the impression of being made from the inside out, as though the movie knows about the people and the ways of the small southern city so well that after watching it, I know which coffee
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WATCH NOW Up until now, my favourite films have centred around the legendary Ip Man. However, IP MAN 3 was the first one that I watched on the big screen. Honestly, this one really baffled me. I watched it in a multiplex cinema with only four other viewers in the audience. Somehow I feel like
WATCH NOW Brenda (Tasha Smith) is the widow of former chief of staff to the Senator (Michael Toland), Clarence Harper (Sean Dominic). Local reporter, Pamela Odell (Kearia Schroeder), a family friend, reports about the funeral on her news segment. The Senator, who was also in attendance, proceeds to approach Brenda, her mother Dolly (Telma Hopkins),
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WATCH NOW “Understatement would be saying that contemporary escapist entertainment traces back to ‘The 39 Steps,’” said Robert Towne, the screenwriter of “Chinatown,” who noted this of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller dating back to 1935, which has now been re-released by Criterion. Hitchcock used source material from John Buchan (an author he liked) and created
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WATCH NOW I will admit I have missed this action film in the past, however, Blood and Bone is one of those films I would never forget missing. Not because of how bad the movie is but because it is an incredible action film. The fighting scenes in this movie are exceptional, so much so
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WATCH NOW For much of the 1970s, Burt Reynolds starred in rural southern movies often referred to as “chick flicks.” With the two Gator McKlusky films, we have one of his best, and well, another one. When I say Burt Reynolds, I’m pretty sure there is a specific film that came to your mind. If
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WATCH NOW Making A Killing (2018) is written and directed by Devin Hume; stars Michael Jai White, Mike Starr, Jude Moran; and features Christopher Lloyd and Sally Kirkland. It’s a crime drama, murder mystery based on a true story though names have been changed to disguise the guilty and make a catchier main character name
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WATCH NOW Witless as it may seem, “The Little Vampire” is a charming yet attractive film which tells a story of a child from San Diego moving to Scotland with his family where he encounters a household of vampires. This movie is derived from a best selling children’s novel by German writer Angela Sommer Boden
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WATCH NOW It has been about six months since I talked about the theory of an idiot plot, so I hope it won’t be an issue if I explain it yet again. To explain briefly, an idiot plot relies on one or more characters being total idiots. They get caught in a situation where they
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