Dead Ringer: A person or thing that seems exactly like someone or something else. You have to admit that the idea of taking over the life of someone who appears to be happier, wealthier and healthier has its appeal. But could you pull it off: even if the person was […]
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An old woman (Nobuko Otowa) and her daughter in law (Jitsuko Yoshimura) are trying to survive in feudal countryside of Japan in the 15th century. The only way they can make money is by killing lost samurai and selling their belongings to a fence named Ushi (Taiji Tonoyama). The two […]
Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 masterpiece is finally coming to BluRay from Criterion on June 28th. This film brilliantly satirized the fears and anxiety surrounding the mounting tensions between the United States and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War era. Sterling Hayden stars as Jack D. Ripper, an Air Force general who […]
Year of Furious Films is our newest series on FC where we’ll be choosing our favorite films from each designated year. You may notice that we won’t be going in chronological order, it’ll be more random, but thats really part of the fun. We’ll be covering a wide array of […]
Writer-Director Sam Fuller often began his movies with indelible imagery that would jump out from the screen and this film has one of the best examples as we witness a call girl named Kelly (Constance Towers) beating up her pimp. As she hits him repeatedly with her shoe he grabs […]
Two hitmen, Charlie (Lee Marvin) and Lee (Clu Gulager) are hired to track down and kill Johnny North (John Cassavetes) by an unknown client. When they find North he is teaching auto repair at a school for the blind. Right away it is apparent these two assassins mean business as […]
I first became aware of the rotund character actor Victor Buono from his role as the comical schizoid villain King Tut on the 1960s Batman TV series. Ever since I’ve been a fan, regarding Mr. Buono as one of those special personalities that you can never quite pin down or […]