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Sep 29, 20242 min read

The Protector 2 (2013)

Tony Jaa burst onto the international scene with Ong-Bak (2003, released in North America in 2005). His hard-hitting Muay Thai felt new...

Sep 27, 20243 min read

If The Hidden was like a Grand Theft Auto rampage in movie form, L.A. Wars is the movie version of rushing through a bunch of low-level...

Sep 25, 20243 min read

After watching Maniac Cop 2 and The Hidden, I noticed another Claudia Christian movie, Hexed. I decided to check it out when I saw that...

Sep 23, 20247 min read

A body-hopping alien parasite leads cops on a deadly chase around Los Angeles in this action/sci-fi/horror hybrid. The thin script gets a...

Sep 20, 20244 min read

I have been meaning to watch this 2002 movie since seeing it on video store shelves 20 years ago. It has so many potentially appealing...

Sep 19, 20242 min read

the following is a repost of my first review on Letterboxd nearly ten years ago: This movie used to play all the time on cable in the...

Sep 18, 20242 min read

Why am I starting this blog? I have written and talked about pop culture extensively, but non-professionally, for more than 20 years. In...