Yojimbo is Kurosawa's quintessential action/dramedy, and it effervesces with witty dialogue and heart palpitating tension. While being entertaining, as a Kurosawa fan I do often see this as one of his films that tends to lack in poignancy, with th... Read the full review »
Unforgiven compassionately explores the consequence of violence through reflective lyricism. Big Whiskey, Wyoming. The year is 1880. A dilapidated brothel overlooks the tranquil town. Two cowboys visit the busty females at the heart of the second... Read the full review »
Jennifer, daughter of a single mother after claiming the position of the best journalist in india sat down for a interview. During this interview she is confronted with reasons to what does she owe her success. Throughout conversation we get to kn... Read the full review »
Red Beard is definitely a change of pace for legendary director Kurosawa, trading in his patented affinity for movement and violence with a different kind of human suffering - that of poverty and sickness. Yasumoto's character arc from vanity to s... Read the full review »
Mean Streets is bathed in crimson red, giving a sense of destined misfortune, no matter how desperately Charlie tries to fight it. With De Niro's loose cannon Johnny Boy being a constant ball of energy on screen, the film feels like the Safdie bro... Read the full review »
This screwball comedy has a blast utilising a fun dynamic whilst also redefining what the word disabled should mean. While it suffers from 80s sexism and a plot that sits in the backseat of this vehicle, Pryor, and Wilder both drive this comedy wa... Read the full review »
Swamp Thing embellishes the mossy terrain yet restrained by its monstrous rubber suit budget. A classic tale of abominable creature falling in love with the aggressively independent damsel in distress. The glorifications of science, where experime... Read the full review »
I was walking past the mental hospital the other day,
and all the patients were shouting, ’13….13….13.’
The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a
little gap in the planks, so I looked through to see
what was going on.
Some i...
The Starving Games left me hungry for some quality film-making. Oh boy. This was something else. No longer are we experiencing the tolerability of ‘Date Movie’. ‘Meet The Spartans’ now an echoing far cry for assistance. Stranded, isolated,... Read the full review »
WHAT I LIKED: The best thing about 'The Man With the Golden Gun,' is its villain. Christopher Lee brilliantly plays the titular assassin (involved in a plot to take over the energy market) who is fascinated by Bond when their paths cross, and the... Read the full review »
WHAT I LIKED: If Connery played Bond like a bull in a china shop, Roger Moore plays the character like someone who owns the whole store. He swaggers about not with Connery's brutish out-of-place smirk, but with the raised eyebrows of someone who's... Read the full review »