Mar 8, 2026 Cultural Diet Samurai Wolf II: Hell Cut by Hideo Gosha (1967) Much like the first Samurai Wolf movie, Hell Cut delivers a deeply cynical take on the samurai genr…
Mar 7, 2026 Cultural Diet Once Upon a Time in China IV by Bun Yuen (1993) Tsui Hark, Jet Li, and Rosamund Kwan did not return for this installment of the vaunted Once Upon a…
Mar 6, 2026 Cultural Diet When Worlds Collide by Rudolph Maté (1951) Sci-fi movies require no small amount of suspension of disbelief, and that’s especially true of “en…
Mar 3, 2026 My Cultural Diet (February 2026): Once Upon a Time in China, The Expanse, Slow Horses, Lone Wolf and Cub A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.
Mar 2, 2026 Cultural Diet In the Blink of an Eye by Andrew Stanton (2026) Andrew Stanton is best-known for his work on Pixar classics like Finding Nemo and WALL-E, and he ai…
Feb 25, 2026 Cultural Diet Shelter by Ric Roman Waugh (2026) Jason Statham has perfected a very specific role over the years: the taciturn loner who just wants …
Feb 23, 2026 Cultural Diet Stone by Sandy Harbutt (1974) “Before Mad Max There Was Stone” goes the poster’s tagline. Which might lead you to believe that th…
Feb 22, 2026 Blades of the Guardians by Yuen Woo-ping (Review) The legendary martial arts filmmaker returns after nearly ten years with his most epic feature film to date.
Feb 21, 2026 Cultural Diet Blades of the Guardians by Yuen Woo-ping (2026) Yuen Woo-ping’s first feature in nearly a decade is arguably his most epic film to date, a sweeping…
Feb 19, 2026 Yuen Woo-ping and Jet Li Return with Blades of the Guardians The latest from the legendary martial arts director is an adaptation of the acclaimed Chinese manhua series.
Feb 16, 2026 My 50 Favorite Movies of All Time Hollywood’s Golden Age, arthouse classics from around the world, sci-fi and anime, and of course, ninjas.
Feb 13, 2026 Cultural Diet She Rides Shotgun by Nick Rowland (2025) No offense to Taron Egerton and the rest of the cast, but She Rides Shotgun is worth checking out e…
Feb 13, 2026 Cultural Diet Once Upon a Time in China III by Tsui Hark (1992) The third Once Upon a Time in China still finds China grappling with the ramifications of moderniza…
Feb 13, 2026 Cultural Diet Once Upon a Time in China II by Tsui Hark (1992) The first Once Upon a Time in China was a massive box office hit in Hong Kong when it was released …
Feb 11, 2026 Cultural Diet Once Upon a Time in China by Tsui Hark (1991) Although he’d appeared in several martial arts films prior to Once Upon a Time in China, this was t…
Feb 8, 2026 Cultural Diet Top Gun by Tony Scott (1986) Back in 5th grade, I was absolutely convinced that I was going to be a fighter pilot when I grew up…
Feb 7, 2026 Cultural Diet Dust Bunny by Bryan Fuller (2025) What would you do if the monster under your bed was real and ate your parents one night? For young …
Feb 6, 2026 Cultural Diet Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell by Yoshiyuki Kuroda (1974) It seems only fitting to watch a movie that culminates in an epic ski ninja battle on the eve of th…
Feb 5, 2026 Cultural Diet Blade Runner Live by The Avex Ensemble (2026) It’s pretty safe to say that Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is my favorite movie of all time. I don’t …
Feb 5, 2026 Cultural Diet Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons by Kenji Misumi (1973) The fifth Lone Wolf and Cub movie begins in a really promising manner that suggests it might just b…