Author: Keith

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  Scorpions & Miniskirts

  It tries to walk the line between espionage action and comedy and never quite manages to be very good at either. more ›

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  The Kindred

  This is one of those fragmented movie memories where the only thing I could remember was ‘Amanda Pays turns into a fish’ — and even that I convinced myself happened… more ›

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  Showdown in Little Tokyo

  Sgt. Chris Kenner is a cop on the edge who plays by his own rules. He’s also a Japanophile, which is communicated by having him wear a leather jacket with… more ›

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  W is War

  This movie features an army of well-armed, leather clad women with shaved heads. That alone qualifies this as one of the greatest movies of this or any generation. more ›

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  Lifeforce

  Lifeforce mixes everything into a completely loopy sci-fi horror tale featuring a perpetually nude lead and an exploding Patrick Stewart. more ›

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  The Taking of Beverly Hills

  A lot of windows get broken, a lot of stuff blows up, there will be more tortured football analogies than you could possibly imagine, and at one point, Ken Wahl… more ›

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  The Stranger

  The Stranger paints a skintight black leather outfit onto martial artist Kathy Long and drops her in a modern day High Plains Drifter. more ›

• Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamun

  Deodato’s short-comings as a director are made more obvious when you have to watch one of his films that doesn’t benefit from several minutes of controversial cannibal torture footage more ›

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  Angelfist

  The action may be bad, but there’s a lot of it. Like stars Melissa Moore and Cat Sassoon, all this movie wants to do is entertain you. And like its… more ›

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  Commando

  Bollywood does American Ninja and then is like, “Let’s do Where Eagles Dare, too! Commando tells the story of young Chandu, though I’m simply calling him Commando, in honor of… more ›

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  Aalavandhan

  A lunatic action films bursting with special effects, animated sequences, two Kamal Hassans, and more insanity than is crammed in even the most insane of insane Indian films. more ›

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  Fire and Ice

  Fire and Ice appeals to a very select population of people. It was a failure upon initial release, though like most Bakshi films it built up a cult following after… more ›