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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996): Kiss Me Charly One More Time

Merry Christmas, kids! Your mom is a trained assassin and can snap a guy’s neck with one hand while baking a pie with the other. Continue reading

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Ebony, Ivory, & Jade (1976): ’70s Action-sploitation, Now with Less Exploitation!

Machete Maidens Unleashed!, a truly awesome documentary on the wild exploitation films made in the Philippines, highlighted the film Ebony, Ivory, & Jade. So, of course I had to watch it.

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The One (2001): Jet Li in the Multiverse of Mediocrity

Way before everyone and their gramma and their alt-universe gramma were doing multiverse movies, Jet Li co-starred alongside himself in The One. As it turns out, the only person who could really challenge Jet Li… is Jet Li.

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Blade: Trinity (2004): Blade and His Amazing Friends

THE HUMAN RACE HAS BEEN SAVED! You can breathe a little easier, and go back to your normal routines without having to worry about vampires sneaking around trying to drink your blood. Continue reading

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The Woman King (2022): Heavy Is the Head (Til It’s Decapitated)

Being a soldier in any army no doubt requires some serious bravery. Surviving to become a middle aged/older soldier means that someone’s not only brave, but skilled and more than a little lucky. In The Woman King, Nanisca (Viola Davis) … Continue reading

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Cyborg (1989): Lots of Questions, Not Much Cyborg

One of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s earliest films, Cyborg features splits, kicks, and staring contests. A little known skill of Van Damme’s, he sometimes challenges the enemy to a staring contest, and sometimes he stares off into the void as if … Continue reading

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Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday (2022): Is This Vacation Worth Taking?

Accident Man originated as a series of comic strips published in 1990. In an interview with Viking Samurai, Scott Adkins talks about reading it when he was about 14 years old, loving it, and dreaming that someday it would be … Continue reading

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Becky (2020): Grits, Anyone?

Oh my God, Becky, look at this movie. It is so mediocre. It looks like one of those good movies, but, you know, it’s not. Becky (2020) tells the story of the titular hero, Becky (Lulu Wilson), a thirteen year … Continue reading

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