WATCH NOW This thrilling ninja and samurai movie produced by Toei Studios is known as Shogun’s Ninja. It was released in the Japan in November of 1980 and generated some revenue. It also enhanced the careers of some quality actors. I found this film in a combo DVD set by Saint Clair Vision that was […]
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WATCH NOW In the dark, cold waters near North Korea, a disaster awaits a US Navy fast attack submarine a hideous stealth submarine attacks it resulting in the sinking of the vessel while murder of the Executive Officer and Engineering Officer, Tom Palatonio. The vessel’s captain, Commander Burt Habley, Palatonio’s lover, gets a Naval Inquire’s
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WATCH NOW While waiting to hear back from a publisher for a possible manuscript titled, “Strangers On A Train”, Patricia Highsmith wrote a novel in 1949 on the relationship between a timid shopgirl and her much older housewife. This book, “The Price of Salt”, was later published in 1952, under a pseudonym. It is well-known
WATCH NOW From “Princess Mononoke” to “Crash,” incredible stories come in all forms. Some are so beautiful and hard-hitting that simply watching them makes me grateful I even had the chance to see it. Some films that represent reality touch your emotions on a level beyond mere entertainment. The best of these is when a
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WATCH NOW This was the motion picture that marked the development of Bruce Li from a mediocre actor to a competent fighter on screen. Instead of clumsy impersonation, Li took on the role of a fast-moving martial artist. The irony here is that unlike the ordinary early Bruce Li movies, which he assumes the Bruce
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WATCH NOW Karate champion Steve Chase has been hired by Kandy Kane. Her father, the scientist Dr. Horatio Kane, has created a fuel alternative made from potatoes that can also serve for mind control. But Marduk, a billionaire who fancies himself a Babylonian god, has taken Dr. Kane. Marduk’s plan is to add the serum
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WATCH NOW I am back after a short break during which I filmed a short movie. I have decided to share Welcome Home Brother Charles with you all. It is a socially aware revenge film by Jamaa Fanaka. It is about a man’s quest for street justice using his magic penis and a classic tale
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WATCH NOW Racism continues to be a major problem in modern society. It is not as blatant as the Ku Klux Klan’s white hooded figures, but it is usually available ‘just under the surface’. The Academy Award winning film Crash will get many viewers on the edge of their seat as it reveals the ugly
WATCH NOW Caniff achieved worldwide acclaim for his syndicated Terry and the Pirates by the year 1946. However, he had a problem with having full creative control over the strip as the Chicago Tribune newspaper syndication head Captain Joseph Patterson owned all the rights for the particular strip he created, wrote, and drew. This led
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WATCH NOW I always expect mountains of explosions and an invincible hero in view whenever I see a Cannon action film, and that expectation does not disappoint. However, when there is a movie that has the stoic David Carradine, for example, ‘Kill Bill’, I am on the other hand not so persuaded that I will
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