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Tag Archives: swordplay
Dungeons & Dragons
A game try Guest Review by Steve Sullivan In the interest of full disclosure, let me say I’ve been working on Dungeons & Dragons related products for over 20 years. I was hired onto TSR’s staff in 1980 and worked … Continue reading
Castle of Cagliostro DVD
Give me all your Lupins In The Castle of Cagliostro, master thief Lupin III and his hard-boiled sidekick Daisuke Jigen pull off a casino robbery, only to find that the booty is all in counterfeit bills. Lupin recognizes the fakes … Continue reading
Go to Hell VHS
Cheese from the Netherworld Wisconsin upstart Car School Films makes a bid here to compete in Troma territory with this horror action conspiracy comedy.
Peter Pan DVD
Girls will be boys Unfortunately, as with most of children’s literature at this point, many people today believe Peter Pan to be a creation of the Walt Disney Company. This video release of the original 1924 film, from an original … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review
Tagged adaptation, Anna May Wong, Betty Bronson, black & white, crocodile, DVD, fairy, fairy tale, fantasy, James Wong Howe, mermaid, monster, Movie, pirate, Review, silent, swordplay, UK
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Ice from the Sun VHS
Fresh Blood from the Heartland A 1998 horror fantasy, shot in Missouri by writer/director/editor Eric Stanze. Allison (Ramona Midgett) commits suicide, but instead of escaping whatever her problems are (apparently the inability to eat her breakfast), she finds herself standing … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review, VHS
Tagged angel, assassin, backyard, blood, demons, devil, Eric Stanze, explosions, gun fu, heads roll, magic, Missouri, monster, Movie, mutants, nudity, psycho killer, Review, swordplay, VHS, wizard
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Don’t shoot me! Good thing they tacked on that subtitle, or else I would’ve been looking for the bicycle through the whole picture. Here’s the ex-husband-and-wife team of Luc Besson and Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element) with their latest epic, … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged action, blood, explosions, France, God, gore, heads roll, John Malkovich, kung fu, Luc Besson, Milla Jovovich, Movie, murder, psychic phenomena, Review, swordplay
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The Mummy
Ancient Tomb, Shallow Grave A strange twist of fate, but I like it. For years, Universal has been considering a remake of the classic Boris Karloff gothic horror romance, but couldn’t figure out what to do with it. Who’d ever … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged action, airplane, Arnold Vosloo, blob, blood, Brendan Fraser, comedy, explosions, fantasy, gun fu, horror, insect, John Hannah, kung fu, magic, monster, Movie, mummy, murder, psychic phenomena, Rachel Weisz, reboot, remake, Review, sorcery, Stephen Sommers, supervillain, swordplay, vehicle chase
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Blade
Cutting Edge The curse is broken! Until now, every film based on a Marvel Comics character has turned out mediochre at best. Some of them have been downright horrible. Here at last we have one that’s not just decent – … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged adaptation, blood, explosions, gun fu, heads roll, horror, kung fu, mad laboratory, monster, Movie, psycho killer, Review, Stephen Norrington, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, Tracy Lords, Udo Kier, vampire, Wesley Snipes
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The Avengers
How Now Brown Cow? Well, not so good, if you’re a dedicated fan of the Avengers TV series. Watching it on television 30 years ago, we all had the benefit of discovering a show that’s main virtue was charm, wrapped … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, explosions, killer robot bees, killer teddy bears, kung fu, mad scientist, Movie, mutant clone, Patrick Macnee, Ralph Fiennes, Review, robot, Sean Connery, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, Uma Thurman
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Army of Darkness DVD
Disc of Spaghetti Sam Raimi and his pals disappointed a lot of folks with this feature when it was first released. For one thing, the studio wouldn’t let them name this sequel Evil Dead 3 — or even Raimi’s even … Continue reading →