The Bloody Fists (1972) dir. Ng See-Yuen It is the 1930s in China. A certain fugitive named Jang Wu-dip (Sing Chen) attacks a dignitary’s automobile, but it turns out to be a police trap. (Jackie Chan is one of the cop extras!) The fugitive barely escapes. Cut to a rural village best known for growing Dragon… Continue reading Movie Review: The Bloody Fists
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Manga Review: Japan Inc.
Manga Review: Japan Inc. by Shotaro Ishinomori It is the 1980s, and Mitsumoto Trading Company is attempting to navigate the “bubble economy” that Japan is experiencing. We follow the activities of a small group of their office workers, and in particular the contrasting efforts of the amoral Tsugawa and compassionate Kudo. Which approach is better,… Continue reading Manga Review: Japan Inc.
Movie Review: Parasite (2019)
Movie Review: Parasite (2019) directed by Bong Joon-ho When we first meet the Kim family of Seoul, South Korea, they’re living in a cramped, insect-infested basement apartment. No one currently has a paying job, so they’re having to steal wi-fi from the neighbors to try to get any quick temp assignments they can, like folding pizza… Continue reading Movie Review: Parasite (2019)
Movie Review: The Casino Murder Case
Movie Review: The Casino Murder Case (1935) directed by Edwin L. Marin We begin our story with urbane amateur detective Philo Vance (Paul Lukas) fencing with his manservant Currie (Eric Blore). This is part of Vance’s recent exercise kick, and Currie has been dragged into it as well. More relevantly to the plot, an anonymous letter… Continue reading Movie Review: The Casino Murder Case
Comic Book Review: Nemesis the Warlock Volume 1
Comic Book Review: Nemesis the Warlock Volume 1 written by Pat Mills, art by Kevin O’Neill and Jesus Redondo In the distant future, the planet once called Earth is now Termight. Its surface is blasted and twisted, while the interior is hollowed out with an intricate network of tunnels that are home to the Termight… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Nemesis the Warlock Volume 1
Book Review: But Not Forgotten | The Schemers
Book Review: But Not Forgotten | The Schemers by Ruth Fenisong It’s time for another Ace Double paperback, this time a pair of mysteries by Ruth Fenisong (1904-1978). She’s best known for her Lieutenant Gridley Nelson series, but he’s barely in the first, and the other is independent. But Not Forgotten Leo Socarus is a… Continue reading Book Review: But Not Forgotten | The Schemers
Book Review: Swords Against Wizardry
Book Review: Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber We return, gentle readers, to the fabled world of Nehwon, home of those bold rogues, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. But they are not in their favorite city, Lankhmar, but in Fafhrd’s home territory of the Cold Wastes to the north. For they have learned of fabled… Continue reading Book Review: Swords Against Wizardry
Comic Book Review: Simpsons Comics Confidential
Comic Book Review: Simpsons Comics Confidential published by Matt Groening The Simpsons started as a number of short cartoons shown on The Tracy Ullman show in 1987. A dysfunctional family partially named after creator Matt Groening’s own family, they were popular enough to spin off into their own prime time series in 1989. It was… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Simpsons Comics Confidential
Anime Review: Uncle from Another World
Anime Review: Uncle from Another World (Japanese title: “Isekai Ojisan”) The year is 2017. Yosuke Shibazaki has just woken from a seventeen year coma he entered when hit by a truck when he himself was seventeen. The shock of all those missing years–his toddler nephew Takafumi Takaoka is now in his early twenties–is compounded by… Continue reading Anime Review: Uncle from Another World
Comic Strip Review: Hooky
Comic Strip Review: Hooky by Miriam Bonastre Tur Daniela “Dani” and Dorian Wytte are twelve-year-old twins who are looking forward to their first day at witch school. Except they’re late and miss the only departure of the bus. Rather than go home and admit the problem to their parents, the twins appeal to their Aunt… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Hooky