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Captain America 1990

    13 February A frozen super soldier wakes up in 1990 to face the Red Skull once again. About the Film Captain America is a 1990 American superhero film directed by Albert Pyun and based on the Marvel Comics character created by Joe Simon… 

Review Female Fight Squad 2017

    29 August A retired fighter returns to an underground women’s ring to save her sister from debt. About the Film Female Fight Squad, which was also known as Female Fight Club, is an American action film directed and co-written by Miguel A. Ferrer.… 

Review Chinatown Connection 1988

    15 July A tainted cocaine case pairs two mismatched cops in this low budget martial arts film. A Quick Overview Chinatown Connection is a low budget martial arts and crime film directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette. Although it is often listed under the year… 

Review An Orphan’s Tragedy 1955

    9 November Bruce Lee appears as a boy in this 1955 Hong Kong drama inspired by Dickens. About the Film An Orphan’s Tragedy, known in Chinese as Gu Xing Xue Lei (孤星血淚), is a Cantonese-language Hong Kong drama released on 11 February 1955.… 

The Stepfather 1987

      17 Aug The Stepfather (1987) A quiet, friendly father figure hides a murderous secret in one of the most chilling thrillers of the 1980s. Not every great horror movie needs a mask or a monster. In The Stepfather, the danger is a… 

Review The Toxic Avenger Part II 1989

      13 Sep The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) Troma’s mutant hero heads to Japan in a louder, sillier and even more outrageous sequel. When The Toxic Avenger arrived in 1984, it became the calling card of Troma Entertainment, a studio devoted to… 

1984 Finland Russia 2023

      15 Nov 1984 (Finland/Russia, 2023) Diana Ringo adapts George Orwell’s classic warning about surveillance and control as a science-fiction black comedy. Few novels have shaped the way we talk about power as strongly as George Orwell’s 1984. Phrases such as Big Brother,… 

Friend of the World USA 2021

      6 Oct Friend of the World (USA, 2021) A black-and-white bunker nightmare pairs a filmmaker with an unhinged general in one of the strangest horror-comedies in recent indie cinema. Some films are easy to describe. Friend of the World is not one…