Colin Edwards‘Totò Le Mokò’ or — Funnier Than ‘The Godfather Part III’?Notorious mob boss Pépé le Moko rules the Casbah through his terrifying air of mystique, yet when he is brutally gunned down his gang, now…3 min read·8 hours ago----
Colin Edwards‘China O’Brien’ 1 & 2 or — Bloody God-Awful yet Awfully Good?Despite being a big Cynthia Rothrock fan I’ve only been familiar with her incredible Hong Kong output meaning I’d never seen the two films…4 min read·1 day ago----
Colin Edwards‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ or — A Triumph of Neo-Neorealism?Rome, 1946. Delia, a mother and housewife, stoically looks after her three children, nurses her bed-ridden father-in-law and suffers the…3 min read·2 days ago----
Colin Edwards‘Diamonds are Forever’ or — Rats, Robots, Roses and Rectums?Of all the complaints levelled at ‘Diamonds are Forever’ (1971), and there are so many complaints you could level at this stupid movie…4 min read·5 days ago----
Colin Edwards‘Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis’ or — More Exciting than ‘Ben-Hur’?Before the Poliziotteschi, before the Giallo, before the Spaghetti Western was the Peplum, the wildly popular and financially successful…3 min read·Apr 19, 2024----
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·Apr 12, 2024----
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----