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Asian Cinema

Blue Spring
(2001) Yet another Japanese drama about shoe-gazing, waifish, bad-asses in high school.
Dead or Alive
(1999) More shocking Yakuza bloodletting from the director of Fudoh!
Evil Dead's Trap
(1988) Ultra-stylish and gory Japanese giallo. Required horror viewing.
 
Fallen Angels
(1995) Another of Wong Kar-Wai's seminal crime dramas.
First Option
(1996) Michael "Fitzgerald" Wong: Chinese or American? Who cares?
For Y'ur Height Only
(1979) Midget James Bond kicks butt and gets the chicks!
Full Metal Yakuza
(1997) The rampant silliness of Takashi Miike's RoboThug.
Godzilla: A Demon Reborn
(19XX) An article on the "new" Godzilla movies. (originally appeared in Video Junkie Magazine in 1996)
Hard-Core Hong Kong
(19XX) An over-view of the Cat-a-gory III nasties of the '90s! (originally appeared in Video Junkie Magazine in 1996)
Hitman
(1998) Jet Li is Rainman in the HK Triads!
 
Hunting List
(1992) Ultra-violent Triad action that definitely earns that Category III rating!

The Legend of Zu
(2001) Tsui Hark hops into bed with Miramax to deliver the most vacuous fluff piece of his career. And that's saying something!

 

Mothra 3
(1999) The little singing Motsura girls are wearing out their welcome.
 
Nowhere to Hide
(1999) A virtual sensory overload of uber-stylized crime cinema from Korea! 
Once Upon a Time in China and America
(1997) Jet Li returns and is ripped off by Shanghai Noon years later.
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
(1969) The master of all that is HK cinema, Jimmy Wang Yu, returns to massacre all who stand before him.
Sabu
(2002) Takashi Miike tries his hand at the jidaigeki genre and comes up with a fistful of air.
Shinjuku Triad Society
(1995) Still more Takashi Miike gangster stuff! The first of the Black Triad series.
The Tale of Zatoichi
(1962) The legendary Shintaro Katsu teams up with the legendary Kenji Misumi to create the first of the legendary Zatoichi blind swordsman films.
Walk In
(1997) HK crime with Danny Lee - who does not play a cop in this one!

European Cinema

Aftermath
(1994) Slick, yet brutal Spanish necrophilia rotgut from Nacho Cerda.
Clive Barker's Salome and The Forbidden
(19XX) Clive and company show off their penchant for art films and... male anatomy.
Hammer 1970 A,D.
(19XX) A massive retrospect of the glory that is Hammer Horror in the '70s!
Hitcher in the Dark
(1989) Umberto Lenzi's Winnebago nightmare with Josie Bissette!
Maniac Nurses Find Ecstasy
(1990) Emanuelle Kervyn... Why? For the love of God, why?

North American Cinema

The Devil's Rain
(1975) Quite possibly the coolest movie about Satan ever.
Hard Target: Director's Cut
(1992) The brutality! The carnage! The savagery! And that was just in the editing room! (originally appeared in Video Junkie Magazine in 1996)
The Night Gallery / The Munsters
(1969-73 / 1964) Universal brings the first seasons of two revered semi-horror themed TV shows to DVD. Is it a true blessing or a burnt offering?
Nightmare at Noon
(1988) Niko Mastorakis' under-appreciated sci-fi/action/horror outing with an amazing B-movie cast!
The Prophecy II
(1998) Christopher Walken hams it up. And what is with that hair, anyway?
 
Return to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(1994) A sequel so bad, that it actually may be one of the worst films ever made. (originally appeared in Video Junkie Magazine in 1996)
Samurai Cop
(1989) Probably the worst film ever to have "cop" as the second word in the title, and yet, it's also the best!
Search and Destroy
(1979) Perry King and Don Stroud kick mucho post-'Nam ass!
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
(1997) Chilling gothic horror version of the fairy tale.
The Wind
(1987) Niko Mastorakis delivers a stylish giallo with a sweaty, unhinged Wings Hauser in the lead.