“Movies” Archives

Kenji Misumi, who directed the previous Lone Wolf and Cub movies, was replaced this time around by …

The third Lone Wolf and Cub movie veers back towards arthouse territory thanks to its slower pace, …

The wealthy Davenport family is thrilled when their daughter Poppy agrees to marry her first cousin…

A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.

Whereas Sword of Vengeance is a relatively straightforward samurai film, bloody arterial sprays and…

Years ago, Ogami Ittō was the shōgun’s official executioner, a task he carried out with diligence a…

2016’s Zootopia was one of those rare movies that was far better than it had any right to be, deliv…

Critics respond to the documentary chronicling the First Lady’s preparations for Donald Trump’s second inauguration.

For his final Hong Kong action film, John Woo decided to pull out all of the stops and go for broke…

I think it’s safe to say that most of us have never given a single thought to the carpet that we wa…

At first glance, George and Kathryn look like a stylish and devoted couple living a perfect life in…

Hard Boiled, A Better Tomorrow, and The Killer have limited screenings in January, March, and April.

Plot-wise, Sword of Silence is close to inscrutable at times, as a black-clad figure wanders silent…

2022’s Prey expanded the Predator franchise into an 18th-century Native American setting, which gav…

For the record, I haven’t kept up with Jackie Chan’s recent films. I think I tried watching 2023’s …

A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.

Continuing in my quest to watch all of those movies whose VHS covers fascinated me back in the earl…

The Return of the King contains some of Peter Jackson’s biggest liberties with Tolkien’s original e…

This is where Peter Jackson’s liberties with Tolkien’s story really become noticeable, for better o…

I’m sure that when Peter Jackson — director of such splatter classics as Bad Taste, Meet the Feeble…