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The Legend of Drunken Master

September 22, 2009, 10:36 pm

The Legend of Drunken Master is a jaw-dropping martial arts film from 1994 – released in America in 2000 – …

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi

September 22, 2009, 10:30 pm

America is known around the world for having tough action movies. The lead character normally survives an innumerable amount of …

Quentin Tarantino: Cinematic Kleptomaniac

June 15, 2009, 8:33 pm

The cinematic world was thrown off its axis in 1992 when a breath-taking new film about six criminals attempting to …

Reservoir Dogs

June 11, 2009, 10:12 am

Regarded as one of the greatest heist films since Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing, Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 debut Reservoir Dogs was …

Kill Bill Vol. 2

June 9, 2009, 8:01 am

Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. 2 is less action packed than its counter part, but is significantly more intense. It …

Kill Bill Vol. 1

June 6, 2009, 12:01 pm

Though America obviously dominates the current cinematic landscape, it’s the continent of Asia we’re much indebted to for some of …

Pulp Fiction

May 28, 2009, 11:07 pm

Throughout film history, there have been directors that have become staples in time, holding up a standard of filmmaking for …

Slumdog Millionaire

March 26, 2009, 9:43 am

Slumdog Millionaire breaks a familiar mold with raging passion, taking the tired, cliché underdog formula and adding a lively love …

Funny Face (Centennial Edition)

January 16, 2009, 11:16 am

What do you get when you put Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, and director Stanley Donen together? You get …

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

January 10, 2009, 4:35 pm

In 1961, before realistic acting was the Hollywood norm and nearing the end of a notion that spontaneous musical numbers …