NYAFF 2024 Review: Breaking and Re-Entering
While the NYAFF this year is littered with a ton of character dramas and generally unconventional narrative films, it’s not lacking in crowd-pleasing ...
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NYAFF 2024 Review: Baby Assassins: Nice Days
For over 20 years now, action director Kensuke Sonomura has been rising up the ranks of both video game and film choreography to ...
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NYAFF 2024 Review: Bushido
Much like how Westerns have gradually faded away from modern Hollywood cinema, samurai films have mostly fallen out of favor with modern Japanese ...
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Review: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Mad Max: Fury Road is a masterpiece of a film. I don’t think saying that is too far of a stretch, mind you. Out ...
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Review: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
When the reboot of the Planet of the Ape movies began in 2011, I, like many people, was pretty captivated by what I saw. Over ...
Review: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Guy Ritchie, as a director, is a man who can deliver perfectly serviceable films. As someone who has seen most of his output ...
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Review: Monkey Man
In the decade since its release, it’s hard to understate just how much John Wick shifted the action movie landscape. Gone were large special ...
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Review: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Since last year, I guess you can say I’ve been on a bit of a Godzilla kick. I’ve never been the biggest fan ...
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One Percenter is an in-depth musing on the nature of action stars
Disclaimer: On the very day I put the finishing touches on this draft, a rather informative thread from Japanese film critic Tom Mes ...
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Review: Argylle
2024 has gotten off to a rough start. January barely had any notable releases outside of a mediocre remake of a comedy classic, ...
Review: Rebel Moon – Part 1: A Child of Fire
Rebel Moon is a knock-off of Star Wars that wants you to think it’s more grand and important than it actually is. It’s a bad movie ...
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Review: Silent Night
Director John Woo really needs no introduction to the world of action cinema. After beginning his career under the tutelage of the legendary ...