http://www.lowdowncinema.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:16:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.lowdowncinema.com/2009/08/master-of-the-flying-guillotine-review/comment-page-1/#comment-85 The Flying Guillotine: Review | Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:44:54 +0000 http://www.lowdowncinema.com/?p=674#comment-85 [...] to be confused with the insane Jimmy Wang Yu production, this slick 1974 Shaw Brothers offering is much more grounded in reality; as grounded as anything [...] [...] to be confused with the insane Jimmy Wang Yu production, this slick 1974 Shaw Brothers offering is much more grounded in reality; as grounded as anything [...]

]]> http://www.lowdowncinema.com/2009/08/master-of-the-flying-guillotine-review/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:27:51 +0000 http://www.lowdowncinema.com/?p=674#comment-78 [...] that’s just for starters. Apparently Jimmy Wang Yu, the legend behind Master of the Flying Guillotine, was a racist prick who actually beat up the local Australian stuntmen during the filming of The [...] [...] that’s just for starters. Apparently Jimmy Wang Yu, the legend behind Master of the Flying Guillotine, was a racist prick who actually beat up the local Australian stuntmen during the filming of The [...]

]]> http://www.lowdowncinema.com/2009/07/once-in-a-lifetime-cosmos/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:26:37 +0000 http://www.lowdowncinema.com/?p=476#comment-77 [...] The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! is the breeziest, most fun documentary I’ve enjoyed since Once In a Lifetime. Small wonder, as this film revels in the glamor and grit of the height of the Western [...] [...] The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! is the breeziest, most fun documentary I’ve enjoyed since Once In a Lifetime. Small wonder, as this film revels in the glamor and grit of the height of the Western [...]

]]> http://www.lowdowncinema.com/2009/05/the-boondock-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Antichrist: Review | Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:54:01 +0000 http://www.lowdowncinema.com/?p=43#comment-66 [...] Nature itself is a palpable aggressor, preferring not to talk most of the time. Acorns fall on the tin roof of their forest shack, making it impossible to sleep. There are those damn talking foxes and miscarrying does wandering around the cabin. A dramatic climax occurs during a hail storm, creating a wall of atonal noise to create yet another schism between the warring sexes. Then there’s the nature of man as a sexual being, which ties into a layer of guilt that sends poor Charlotte over the brink, and puts Willem through more hell than when he played the “Real Christ” for Scorsese 20 years ago. The Herculean trials that await Mr. Dafoe make Monica Bellucci’s tunnel scene in Irreversible look like a lazy Sunday stroll. His fearless performance washes clean any trace of the septic reek of The Boondock Saints. [...] [...] Nature itself is a palpable aggressor, preferring not to talk most of the time. Acorns fall on the tin roof of their forest shack, making it impossible to sleep. There are those damn talking foxes and miscarrying does wandering around the cabin. A dramatic climax occurs during a hail storm, creating a wall of atonal noise to create yet another schism between the warring sexes. Then there’s the nature of man as a sexual being, which ties into a layer of guilt that sends poor Charlotte over the brink, and puts Willem through more hell than when he played the “Real Christ” for Scorsese 20 years ago. The Herculean trials that await Mr. Dafoe make Monica Bellucci’s tunnel scene in Irreversible look like a lazy Sunday stroll. His fearless performance washes clean any trace of the septic reek of The Boondock Saints. [...]

]]> http://www.lowdowncinema.com/2009/09/review-big-man-japan-dai-nipponjin/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Arvia Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:49:20 +0000 http://www.lowdowncinema.com/?p=1052#comment-65 you can watch this movie instantly on Netflix now. 'Twas a very strange film though. you can watch this movie instantly on Netflix now. ‘Twas a very strange film though.

]]> http://www.lowdowncinema.com/2009/08/inglorious-basterds-review/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Take a Hard Ride: Review | Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:20:23 +0000 http://www.lowdowncinema.com/?p=868#comment-64 [...] Sergio Sollima could handle moral ambiguity and jarring plot twists in even his laziest work; his nihilistic style would doubtless have improved this frivolous material. Margheriti/Manduke is too in love with deep focus and the natural splendor of the Canary Islands to worry about characterization or nuance. Despite his prolific output of exploitation fare, there is nothing truly exceptional in his body of work, though he did well enough to be casually name-dropped in Inglourious Basterds. [...] [...] Sergio Sollima could handle moral ambiguity and jarring plot twists in even his laziest work; his nihilistic style would doubtless have improved this frivolous material. Margheriti/Manduke is too in love with deep focus and the natural splendor of the Canary Islands to worry about characterization or nuance. Despite his prolific output of exploitation fare, there is nothing truly exceptional in his body of work, though he did well enough to be casually name-dropped in Inglourious Basterds. [...]

]]> http://www.lowdowncinema.com/2009/08/inglorious-bastards-review/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Inglorious Basterds: Review | Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:29:08 +0000 http://www.lowdowncinema.com/?p=599#comment-43 [...] note: Inglorious Basterds bears almost zero connection to its namesake, Inglorious Bastards, a far inferior 70s flick that I reviewed earlier). Bookmark and Share: sociallist_f86883d1_url [...] [...] note: Inglorious Basterds bears almost zero connection to its namesake, Inglorious Bastards, a far inferior 70s flick that I reviewed earlier). Bookmark and Share: sociallist_f86883d1_url [...]

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