Entries Tagged as 'International Cinema'

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

EVIL Review

EVIL (2003) Erik has been kicked out high school for pummeling a fellow student, and has one last chance to graduate when his mother sends him to a boarding school in Sweden. Should Erik become expelled, both his education and future will become failures. After moving in to the lower class dormitory, he quickly […]

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DORKS Review

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DORKS (2004) Three best friends, Philip, Wurst, and Konrad are three unpopular seniors just trying to make it through high school in one piece. One night, when the visit a Satanic ritual being performed by the school’s goth crowd, which includes Philip’s next door neighbor Rebecca, three friends are accidentally […]

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

HOT FUZZ Review

HOT FUZZ (2007) Nick Angel (Simon Pegg) is one of the best cops in all of London. He is so good that he makes the rest of his department look bad in comparison. His arrest rate is 400% higher than anyone else! So the higher ups do the only thing they can think of - […]

Friday, April 20th, 2007

13 TZAMETI Review

 

13 TZAMETI (2005) Sebastien is a Georgian immigrant living in France and working as an smalltime contractor fixing houses to help his family make ends meet. When his employer dies of an overdose, Sebastien finds a mysterious envelope with a train ticket and hotel room receipt. Recalling an overheard conversation regarding a job that he […]

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

SHALL WE DANCE? Review

SHALL WE DANCE? (1996) Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho, who may be recognized from his many roles in Kyoshi Kurasawa’s recent horror films) is a salaryman who is dedicated to the ideals of Japanese society - career, family, material wealth - even at the cost of his own happiness. Every evening during his long commute, he sees […]

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER Review

STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER (1975) When a fashion model dies during an abortion, it sparks a series of murders that are all connected to the modeling agency she worked for. As the models drop like flies in grisly deaths by a mysterious killer dressed in a leather jumpsuit and motorcycle helmet, those remaining alive […]

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

ATTACK OF THE BLIND DEAD Review

ATTACK OF THE BLIND DEAD (1973) 500 years ago, the Templar Knights were finally captured by a small village, and had their eyes burned out so they could not find their way back from Hell before being put the stake. Every year since then, that village has since held a festival celebrating their victory. […]

Friday, March 30th, 2007

MEMORIES OF MURDER Review

MEMORIES OF MURDER (2003) It is 1986, in South Korea. In a small village, a young woman is found raped and brutally murdered. The local police force is completely caught off guard, and have no idea how to handle the situation. Then another body is found, and they realize they are dealing with a serial […]

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

EL MARIACHI Review

EL MARIACHI (1992) Out of the desert and into a small Mexican town roams a down-on-his-luck guitar player, seeking out his destiny to continue the family tradition of being a mariachi. But as fate would have it, the black-clad, guitar carrying mariachi bears the same trademarks as a local crime figure, who is being hunted […]

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

MAN BITES DOG Review

MAN BITES DOG (1992) A small film crew, consisting of a director/interviewer, a cameraman, and a sound engineer have been chronicling the exploits of a serial killer, Ben, in Belgium. Ben is well-groomed, well-spoken (even if quite misled), poetic, and above all charming. He works his way from town-to-town, killing and choosing his victims at […]