Entries Tagged as 'International Cinema'

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

SHADOWLESS SWORD Review

 SHADOWLESS SWORD (2005) In the 10th century, in what is today Korea, the kingdom of Palhae is under attack and is in danger of being taken over by a neighboring kingdom. A elite military team, known as the Killer-Blade Army, have been sent in to slaughter the royal bloodline of Palhae in an attempt to […]

Monday, December 18th, 2006

DJANGO Review

DJANGO (1966) When Django, a lone gunslinger who drags a coffin behind him, rescues a woman from being attacked by bandits, he sets himself up at odds with the merciless desperados. After the encounter, he wanders into a desolate, dirty, and muddy town that can only be describe as physically looking like Hell on […]

Monday, December 11th, 2006

BAY OF BLOOD Review

BAY OF BLOOD (1971) On a grand estate on a bay, an elderly woman is clinging desperately to the land so that it will not be bought and turned into a resort. However, her murder sets off a chain reaction that brings all of the potential heirs to the estate out of the woodwork, […]

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

A Review of MAD MAX

In the not-too-distant future, all Hell has broken out across Australia. Society is breaking down, the criminals and outlaws are getting more vicious, and the police in turn, must become even tougher. Of these officers, “Mad” Max (Mel Gibson in his leading actor debut) is the toughest. Dressed from head to toe […]

Friday, December 1st, 2006

A Folktale from South Africa (a review of DUST DEVIL)

DUST DEVIL (1992) In the barren desert wastelands of South Africa roams an ancient, shape-shifting demon that is bound by human form, who searches for the souls of those that have given up on life. With these souls, the Dust Devil, as he has become known in storytelling and mythology, will be able to return […]

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

A Review Of ZINDA (aka Bollywood OLDBOY)

Attention Readers: This review will heavily compare and contrast (mostly contrast) against Park Chan-Wook’s OLDBOY, of which this film is a remake. If you have not seen OLDBOY, then for the love of all that is brutal, go see it first and then come back here. There will be spoilers ahead for sure. Still here? […]