Where the Long Tail Ends

I’m not a huge fan of 3D. I’ve seen it used effectively on occasion, Coraline is one recent example that quickly comes to mind, but when it comes to modern films I am not in any rush to see the 3D version over the standard version, and I don’t think I’m alone in that feeling, no matter […]

I wasn’t what you would call a quick convert to the Church of Tarantino. I remember when Pulp Fiction came out and I fully admit to thinking the ad campaign for it made the film look stupid. My freshman year at the University of Minnesota I lived on the St Paul campus which had its own movie

One of the real treats of this site is trying to find obscure and weird foreign films to watch. I’ve been watching movies long enough that finding obscure American and English language films is a relatively easy proposition, and on the Internet it has become a bit of a cottage industry unto itself. But finding

You’d think that I would be a fan of war films, but for whatever reason, I’m not. Of sure I like most modern war films, and I have a soft spot for exploitive films like Commando or Red Dawn, but old school John Wayne/John Ford war films? They just don’t interest me in the slightest. To be fair much of

One of the real pleasures of running this site is it provides an easy excuse for me to continue searching out Ozploitation films. Ozploitation (a shorter, cooler term for the huge amount of films that fall under the umbrella of Australian exploitation cinema) is unique among exploitation film making for two primary reasons. The first is the

Is there anything cooler then a ninja? Fun fact, while growing up I used to wish for the day a ninja would be in the Transformers cartoon, and while the Transformers/GI Joe crossover comic satiated this desire somewhat, it really wasn’t what I was after. Just like when Spider-Man guest starred, these shameless cross overs diluted both of these great franchises