Colin Edwards‘Bravissimo’ or — A Live Action Chuck Jones Cartoon?Ubaldo Impallato (Alberto Sordi) is a substitute teacher unable to secure a permanent position at the local school so, instead, makes a…3 min read·6 days ago----
Colin Edwards‘Days of Thunder’ or — An Exercise in Self-Annihilation?“Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!” I laughed to myself last night. “My friend told me to watch ‘Days of Thunder’ (1990) because it was shit and I’d…4 min read·Apr 9, 2024----
Colin EdwardsSuccessive Slidings of Pleasure’ or — Erotic Viscosity Slipping About all Over the Place?The plot to Alain Robbe-Grillet’s ‘Successive Slidings of Pleasure’ (1974) is so simple it’s almost as shocking at the film’s copious…3 min read·Apr 8, 2024----
Colin EdwardsGodzilla vs. Hedorah’ or — Kaiju Pop Art?‘Godzilla vs. Hedorah’ (1971) is one of the more distinct entries in the big lizard’s franchise but the aspects that make it unique are…3 min read·Apr 5, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘Terror of Mechagodzilla’ or — Contains the Greatest Line of Dialogue Ever Written?The last of the Showa era Godzilla movies ‘Terror of Mechagodzilla’ (1975) sees this period of the giant lizard’s escapades go out in…3 min read·Apr 4, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘King Kong vs. Godzilla’ or — ‘King Kong vs. Godzilla’ vs. ‘King Kong vs. Godzilla’?Like many big kids I love the 1963 ‘King Kong vs. Godzilla’ and like many big kids living outside of Japan I had never seen the original…3 min read·Apr 2, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ or — Tickled Pink by Chromatic Bliss?Adam Wingard’s ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ (2021) was a film short on brains but big on action and if you accepted that trade-off and took the…3 min read·Mar 30, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘Burial Ground’ or — An Insane Masterpiece of a Berserk Magnitude?“Well, this looks total shit,” I found myself muttering as the opening credits rolled to Andrea Bianchi’s ‘Burial Ground’ (1981) as it was…3 min read·Mar 29, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘Tony Arzenta’ or — A 70’s, Italian John Wick?I was a tad trepidatious settling down to watch ‘Tony Arzenta’ (1973) last night because any film where Alain Delon plays a lone wolf…3 min read·Mar 28, 2024----
Colin Edwards‘The Art of Getting Along’ or — A Hilarious Exercise in Outrageous Expediency?Luigi Zampa’s ‘The Art of Getting Along’ (1954) opens with middle-aged business man Rosario “Sasà” Scimoni (Alberto Sordi) arrested for…4 min read·Mar 25, 2024----