Big Bad IV Review: In WINGS OF DREAD, A Beat-For-Beat Hostage Actioner That Finishes Strong
The movie enjoys its North American Premiere at the 4th Big Bad Film Fest this weekend.
Reviews
MUTINY Review: Jason Statham Kills On Rough Waters In Jean-François Richet’s New Action Thriller
The film opens this Friday in theaters from Lionsgate.
Big Bad IV: Shorts Round-Up For This Year’s Fourth Edition!
The fourth Big Bad Film Fest kicks off this week and I’m here to help profile most of the shortfilms that were made available to me for this year’s edition. The shorts roster this year includes a few entries that I’ve actually already screened in previous online coverage as well as at least one past […]
Streaming Sleepers: In KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR, You Get What You Paid For, More Than Twenty Years Later
Directed by Quentin Tarantino, and starring Uma Thurman and David Carradine
Streaming Sleepers: In WICK IS PAIN, ‘Wick’ Is Everything
Directed by Jeffrey Doe
THE KUNG FU KID Review: A Doting Underdog Martial Arts Adventure That Doesn’t Take ‘No’ For An Answer
Coming to Digital on August 11 followed Blu-ray and DVD exclusively through Amazon on September 15.
Fantasia XXX Review: In GOZU, Peak Miike
The film enjoyed its screening for the 30th edition of Fantasia Festival
Fantasia XXX Review: In UNHOLY NIGHT, Welcome To Yuletide Hell!
The film enjoyed its World Premiere at the 30th edition of Fantasia.
Fantasia XXX Review: In TOKYO BURST: In CRIME CITY, A World-Building Cop Procedural That Challenges Aesthetics
The film enjoyed its International Premiere at Fantasia Festival last Friday.
Streaming Sleepers: In SHOGUN’S NINJA, A Hiroyuki Sanada Joint That Cuts Loose And Deadly!
Directed by Norifumi Suzuki
Fantasia XXX Review: In THE SPECIALS, There’s Blood On The Dance Floor In Eiji Uchida’s Otherwise Genial New Crime Romp
The film enjoyed its Canadian Premiere for Fantasia Festival
Japan Cuts XIX Review: In SATO AND SATO, A Love Story For Grown-Ups
The film enjoyed its North American Premiere at the 19th edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film.
NYAFF XXV Review: In SAMURAI VENGEANCE, The Show Must Go On!
The film enjoyed its North American Premiere at the 25th NYAFF!
Japan Cuts XIX Review: In TOKYO TAXI, A Ride To Remember
The film enjoyed its East Coast Premiere for the 19th edition of Japan Cuts
NYAFF XXV Review: In HIGUMA!! THE KILLER BEAR, Eisuke Naito Unleashes The Beast!
The film enjoyed its North American Premiere at the 25th edition of NYAFF.
Japan Cuts XIX Review: In SUZUKI=BAKUDAN, Humanity’s Biggest Test Yet Isn’t Pass-Or-Fail…
The film enjoyed its U.S. Premiere at the 19th edition of Japan Cuts
NYAFF XXV Review: In A DANCE WITH RAINBOWS, A Fistful Of Hope
The film enjoyed its North American premiere at the 25th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival
ABOVE AND BELOW Review: Antonio Banderas Shows His Teeth In Jesse V. Johnson’s Shark Survival Thriller
Opening in theaters on July 29
SEVEN SNIPERS Review: A Tense Genre Bender From Down Under
Seven Snipers is currently available on VOD and arriving August 11th on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Set in the Australian countryside Seven Snipers is an action thriller about Kris Hendricks (Radha Mitchell) codename Voodoo Child a former elite sniper living quietly off the grid raising her daughter until learning she is the target of the infamous “Dragon” (Tim Roth) a past rival she believed was long dead out for revenge. Out of concern for her and her daughter, Kris calls in a favor and enlists a team of mercenaries to help her make a stand against the lethal “ Dragon.” The siege film genre was popularized by westerns like Howard Hawks’s Rio Bravo where John Wayne and Dean Martin were forced to defend the jail from a ruthless gang out to free the imprisoned brother of the rancher they work for. However over the years it’s has proven flexible and […]
Fantasia XXX Review: In HOME BODIES, There’s Only One Way Out!
The film enjoyed its world premiere at the 30th edition of Fantasia International Film Festival.