Imagine a sequel to “Rosemary’s Baby” if they decided to ramp up the violence and the idea of demons and satanic cults, and you would probably get something like “The […]
Movie Review – “The Omen” (1976)
Movie Review – “Imitation of Life” (1959)
It is funny that I mentioned Douglas Sirk in my “An Affair to Remember” review, and then I watch my first film by Douglas Sirk in years shortly after that review. Going […]
Movie Review – “Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance” (1974)
If you didn’t get enough blood, gore, and samurai dismemberment in the first “Lady Snowblood,” get ready for even more in the sequel, plus nudity, long take fight sequences and […]
Movie Review – “El Dorado” (1966)
John Wayne plays an aging gunman in the lawless west, who must aid a drunkard in the capture of an outlaw, as they capture their criminal in a jail cell […]
Movie Review – “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017)
I’ll be the first to admit that I was unnecessarily hard on “Guardians of the Galaxy,” painting the movie in broad strokes and calling it a good “popcorn flick.” And while the […]
Movie Review – “Alien: Covenant” (2017)
For a time, it felt like Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” was one of the more divisive films of 2012. While the idea of humans exploring the cosmos to find our creators, in […]
Movie Review – “Coraline” (2009)
While I certainly feel that “Kubo and the Two Strings” is Lakia’s most visually enthralling and captivating film, “Coraline” is Lakia’s most well-told story with mesmerizing visuals that both astound and terrify. […]
Movie Review – “Lady Snowblood” (1973)
Meet the biggest inspiration for the “Kill Bill” saga – “Lady Snowblood.” And it is exactly what it sounds like. Set in feudal Japan, at a time when thieves and mobsters ruled […]
