“Ip Man 3 (2016)” movie review.
Posted by MartialHorror
September 10, 2016
"Ip Man 3" is good, but not as good as "Ip Man" or "Ip Man 2".
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“The Forest (2016)” movie review.
Posted by MartialHorror September 5, 2016I'm not sure when this project stumbled, but "The Forest" fell hard on its face from five stories high, making its squandered potential that much more tragic. -
“The Man with the Iron Fists 2 (2015)” movie review.
Posted by MartialHorror August 31, 2016"The Man with the Iron Fists 2" is surprisingly ambitious for such a small project, earning my respect...if not necessarily my love. -
“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)” movie review.
Posted by MartialHorror August 14, 2016Yet despite "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" embodying everything I love about surreal filmmaking, it...sucks...It really, really sucks...embodying everything I also hate about surreal filmmaking. -
“Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)” movie review.
Posted by MartialHorror August 8, 2016"Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid" is too cheap to take seriously, yet not cheap enough to become a farce. It's shockingly...dull... -
“The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)” movie review.
Posted by MartialHorror August 3, 2016"The Tale of Zatoichi" is probably the best amongst the long-running Zatoichi franchise, even though it's not necessarily my favorite. -
“Lights Out (2016)” movie review.
Posted by MartialHorror July 28, 2016If there was ever a horror movie that could be called the cinematic equivalent of fast food, "Lights Out" would be a fat, juicy cheeseburger. You savor every delicious morsel as you consume it, but afterwards you're self conscious about what you just allowed into your body. -
“The Shallows (2016)” movie review.
Posted by MartialHorror July 2, 2016"The Shallows" seems to be an attempt to forge a marriage between critic friendly drama ("Open Water"?) and plebeian friendly entertainment ("Shark Night"?), although the relationship ends up being somewhat turbulent, if passionate. -
“Lady Snowblood (1973)” movie review.
Posted by MartialHorror June 26, 2016I had liked "Lady Snowblood" during my initial viewing, but I think I only enjoyed it on a superficial level, believing it to be exploitation packaged as art. I was paying so much attention to the violence, sex and style that I overlooked the depth to be found within the story, characters and visuals. -
“The Conjuring 2 (2016)” review.
Posted by MartialHorror June 14, 2016Why is "The Conjuring 2" good, despite it arguably suffering from the same flaws which ruined "Annabelle"?