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

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...

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...

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 bit repetitive and peaks too early for my taste, but for the most part this is a fast paced and entertaining flick I would recommend to all fans of violent B-movies. I also would have preferred a little more style and excitement in the staging of the action scenes, but they almost make up for it with sheer bloodiness. This might be the most

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 elements for me: A solid cast including two of my favorite actors to breakout circa 2000, Donal Logue and Natasha Lyonne. I like heist or crime stories set in unusual milieus, and this one is set in the world of comic stores and collecting that I grew up in. That kind of familiarity with a subculture can be frustrating when filmmakers get it w

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...

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