Cinema Strikes Back
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Movie reviews, news and interviews since 2004. We particularly love the unusual and absurd – kung fu, giallo, Czech New Wave, etc. Letterboxd: Cinema_Strikes
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#NowWatching Project A (1983) - Dir Jackie Chan. Stars Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung and Dick Wei. An old favourite to see out the weekend. This colonial caper has it all. Fights, stunts, laughs and enough back breaking falls to keep chiropractors in employment for years.
Jacob Ethington Saw elsewhere how the spines popping out are akin to control rods rising in a reactor, and intentional parallel or not, that made the imagery & mechanics of G:MO’s atomic breath even more compelling
#NowWatching Silent Night (2023) - Woo does a full on Death Wish/Punisher with Kinnaman fighting cartoonish gangbangers. Action is pretty fun, especially a Raid-esque staircase battle and a wildly OTT finale, but when the bullets aren’t flying and we’re stuck with Kinnaman … oy.
Sad to hear of the passing of Frances Sternhagen at the age of 93; a welcome presence when ever she showed up; remember her most as Cliff's mom on CHEERS, and the tough old lady who almost makes it in THE MIST, and why didn't they ever cast her as Aunt May? #RIPFrancesSternhagen