Sonny Chiba

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Survive Style 5+ — movie review

by Chris   ⋅   March 13, 2006   ⋅   Comment now

Aman (Tadanobu Asano, Party 7, Ichi the Killer) is having a bit of trouble with his wife (Reika Hashimoto). Every time he kills her, even though he is careful to bury her body deep in the woods, he finds her well and healthy inside his house, ready to deliver him a night’s worth of frenzied [...]

The Original Ezekiel 25:17 Speech

by Chris   ⋅   February 5, 2006   ⋅   Comments [3]

Most people, whether they are fans of Tarantino or not, know the Ezekiel 25:17 speech from Pulp Fiction like they know their ABC’s. Now Tarantino has admitted his version does not match any printed bible version of the passage, noting that he had embelished the passage for dramatic effect. He has also noted that the [...]

Battle Royale II (aka: Batoru Rowaiaru II Chinkonka) — movie review

by Chris   ⋅   April 29, 2004   ⋅   Comments [6]

ENDLESS DISPLAYS OF STUPIDITY Every country suffers from sequelitis at some point in time. As with those spurned by occidental production companies, Asian cinema has had its fair run of sequels in the past two decades. Some have topped the originals, some managed to entertain while being vastly inferior, and some have crashed and burned [...]

Kill Bill vol. 1 — he said, she said — movie review — screener! — +japanese-cut dvd!

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   October 7, 2003   ⋅   Comments [12]

WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS?
HE SAID: Kill Bill Vol. 1 is Quentin Tarantino’s loveletter to exploitation, grindhouse, and overall bad-taste cinema. He references absolutely everything he loves: De Palma, Switchblade Sisters, Shaw Brothers films (it actually opens with the shaw scope logo), Japanese samurai splatter, Italian Giallos, Master of the Flying Guillotine, etc, [...]

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