Memory Run (1995, aka Synapse) Director: Allan A. Goldstein – 4/10 (passable/mediocre)In spite of the intriguing premise, the flick ultimately fails to deliver in that the conceptual originality is not followed up by technical prowess or any outstanding scripting ingenuity. A large chunk of the material simply comes out pedestrian […]
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The Killing Time (1993) – Director: Rick King – 3/10 (very mediocre/bad)Another great performance wasted in a deeply troubled and ultimately meaningless production. Kiefer Sutherland‘s portrayal of the mysterious killer impersonating a deputy constitutes the only compelling aspect of this bungled thriller/neo-noir/whatever. Not only does the story not make a whole […]
Death Machine (1994). Director: Stephen Norrington – 5/10 (okay/decent)There is much to like about film’s starting point and its overall setting, nevertheless, something seems to be missing to differentiate it from a myriad of other early to mid 1990s actioners. The primary issue appears to reside in that the flick […]
Deep Space (1988) – Director: Fred Olen Ray – 2/10 (very bad)This is basically a low-budgeted rip-off of The Thing (1982), The Blob (1988) and Alien (1979), but without any finesse or sophistication exhibited by these classics. From the very get-go, the motion picture bears all the hallmarks of cheap […]
When you think of Hong Kong movies of times past, John Woo‘s bullet opera classics feature rather prominently. Aside from Shaw Brothers martial arts films and Bruce Lee, his films have been among the most influential pieces of Asian cinema – as much as they were themselves highly influenced by […]
Now that it’s playing at the Alamo Drafthouse, I thought I’d do a quick translation of my mini review of Yorgos Lanthimos’ excellent THE LOBSTER. Internationally the movie received high critical acclaim but is getting treated like shit by distributors. The Lobster tells the story of a near future, where […]
It took a while for it to surface on YouTube, but now it is here, the Bone Tomahawk trailer, with Kurt Russel, his beard and cannibals! It looks like a dark western, one that we might enjoy. Musician S. Craig Zahler‘s flick does look promising, we can’t wait to see […]
Cutting a movie trailer is real art. Not many have mastered this art of teasing, creating anticipation, conveying a sense of an upcoming motion picture while not giving too much away, yet creating curiosity. Trailers are also an extreme technical challenge in terms of editing and sound arrangement. Here at […]
“Better to be alive and cool, than dead and uncool.” – Harley Simon Wincer (imdb), director of such Disney flicks as Operation Dumbo and Free Willy, also made Lonesome Dove and the Aussie western Quigley Down Under, to name some of the more popular motion pictures in his portfolio. He […]