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A classic riff on The Dirty Dozen, the film follows a ragtag group of undocumented Chinese-Americans who are offered US citizenship in exchange for dropping into the jungle to destroy a cache of American weapons before the Viet Cong can find them.
Read MoreI Come in Peace feels like the culmination of 80s action schlock dialed to eleven and engineered to do nothing but simply entertain our lizard brains with mesmerizing action, cheesy comebacks, and gargantuan muscles.
Read MorePaul Michael Glaser’s The Running Man bottles up all the absurdity lovingly found in any great ‘80s action flick, but uncorking it almost 40 years later proves that some of the absurdity has matured into a shockingly accurate dystopian satire.
Read MoreIf this is your first Gamera, Super Monster is as satisfying as any other entry point you could choose.
Read MoreIn School of The Holy Beast, director Norifumi Suzuki and the Toei film studio bring a nunsploitation that challenges the audience through the shocking nature of its story juxtaposed with its beautiful imagery.
Read MoreNearly 45 years on, Altered States sparks synaptic connections rarely felt in big-budget movies with its operatic emotions and theatrical dialogue.
Read MoreWhat Dark Angel: The Ascent lacks in Ursula is made up for in spine removals as Angela Featherstone lets loose her sense of justice upon the world.
Read MoreFlesh for Frankenstein stars Udo Kier as the titular Dr. Frankenstein, on an obsessive quest to create two perfect specimens of humanity.
Read MoreCool monsters are expensive. Zeiram skimps on the story to feast on a live-action critter (or three).
Read MoreOf Unknown Origin (1983) is about a man trying to kill a rat. But this clever horror film is really about the lead character’s Ahabian obsession with both his rodent opponent and with his career success.
Read MoreTed Post's The Baby (1973) tells the story of a woman stricken with grief, looking to help an underdeveloped adult man trapped within the warped remains of a nuclear family.
Read MoreA definitive ranking of every outfit Honey Kitsuragi wears in Hideakki Anno’s 2004 Cutie Honey adaptation.
Read MoreVenus in Furs is jazz on film. It’s about the scenes you don’t show, baby.
Read MoreFilms about transness and particularly trans women have been around, oh, since the invention of film, but films with trans actors are rarer. Hard Women doesn’t provide a clear history of transness in Germany. It doesn’t give us easy answers, or “representation.” Instead, what Hard Women does is offer a layered reflection of transploitation and trans performance in 1970s Germany.
Read MoreA truly once in a lifetime opportunity to see a film straight from Quentin Tarantino’s personal archive. The only E.T. ripoff to spend more time building up to a BMX race than focus on the alien. A frankly painful amount of shots of children absolutely beefing it on their bikes. This is Magic BMX.
Read MoreNorman MacLeod’s Alice in Wonderland adaptation brings viewers into an exquisitely rendered world with uncanny visuals.
Read MoreJoe Dante’s homoerotic sci-fi comedy Innerspace, captured through its most crazy-ass brain-searing images.
Read MoreFlux Gourmet is a full-course meal, a cacophony of artistic triumph and disdain for the wealthy, all wrapped up in a bloody, sensual performance. You don’t have to enjoy the meal, but you can’t argue with the ambience.
Read MoreA film that dares to ask the question: Do you game to live or live to game?
Read MoreDo we play the game of our lives or does the game play us?
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