Movie Review: Bangkok Haunted (2001) directed by Pisuth Praesang-Iam & Oxide Chun Pang We open on a moving truck in the Thai countryside, heading for Bangkok. The man sitting in the back taking care of the packages gets scratched by…something. The moment he realizes he’s in a horror story, he jumps out the back of the… Continue reading Movie Review: Bangkok Haunted
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Movie Review: 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
Movie Review: 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008) directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi When Kenji Endo (Toshiaka Karisawa) was a teenager, he loved rock music, especially “20th Century Boy” by T. Rex. He thought rock, and in particular his own music, could change the world. But some twenty years on in the late 1990s,… Continue reading Movie Review: 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
Webtoon Review: Castlevania Season Four
Webtoon Review: Castlevania Season Four Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for the first three seasons of Castlevania. You may want to check out my earlier review first if you haven’t seen the show. On an alternate Earth where vampires are very real, Trevor Belmont is the last known living member of the monster-hunting Belmont family.… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Castlevania Season Four
Movie Review: Evil Dead 2
Movie Review: Evil Dead 2 (1987) directed by Sam Raimi Ashley “Ash” J. Williams (Bruce Campbell) has located an isolated cabin for he and his girlfriend Linda (Denise Bixler) to spend some quality time together. He’s pretty sure the owners aren’t present. And indeed, when the young couple arrives, they find the place empty, though it… Continue reading Movie Review: Evil Dead 2
Webtoon Review: Invincible
Webtoon Review: Invincible Markus “Mark” Grayson is, on the surface, a fairly typical teenager in his final year of high school. He studies, is interested in a girl, has a terrible part time job, and worries about living up to his father’s expectations. What makes this a bit more unusual is that Mark’s father Nolan… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Invincible
Manga Review: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (Stardust Crusaders) Vol. 15
Manga Review: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (Stardust Crusaders) Vol. 15 by Hirohiko Araki Note: The following review contains SPOILERS for previous volumes in the Stardust Crusaders manga. At last, the Joestars and their allies have managed to beat all of DIO’s important lackies, at great cost, meaning that it’s time to take the battle to DIO… Continue reading Manga Review: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (Stardust Crusaders) Vol. 15
Movie Review: The Breed (2001)
The Breed (2001) dir. Michael Oblowitz It is the “near future” and the United States of America has become an openly authoritarian state with a vaguely East European vibe. Despite this, there are still more or less regular cops. When a young woman is kidnapped, police detective Steven Grant (Bokeem Woodbine) and his partner track down… Continue reading Movie Review: The Breed (2001)
Movie Review: Beast of the Yellow Night
Movie Review: Beast of the Yellow Night (1971) directed by Eddie Romero The year is 1946, somewhere in Southeast Asia (most likely the Philippines as that’s where the movie was shot.) Army deserter, traitor, rapist and murderer Robert Langdon (John Ashley) is at last trapped on a mountain with no food. Near death from starvation and… Continue reading Movie Review: Beast of the Yellow Night
Movie Review: Conquest (1983)
Movie Review: Conquest (1983) directed by Lucio Fulci Ilias (Andrea Occhipinti) has come of a man’s age, so it is time for him to leave his peaceful homeland on his walkabout. To aid him on his quest, Ilias is given the bow of his ancestor Kronos, which can shoot arrows of light once the bearer reaches… Continue reading Movie Review: Conquest (1983)
Manga Review: Devilman G Vol. 1
Manga Review: Devilman G Vol. 1 story by Go Nagai, art by Rui Takato Dateline: Tokyo, in the present day. Or rather, the present night. Three strangers who met on the internet get together for a night of drinking. Susumu, Sacchan and Deathmask. Deathmask heads out alone, and Susumu manages to convince the heavily drunk… Continue reading Manga Review: Devilman G Vol. 1