Tag: 1960s
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It’s a cause for celebration when a B movie delivers as spectacularly as Wahan Ke Log does, especially given that its genre elements also have to make room for the… more ›
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Examples of Egyptian filmmaking date back to the beginning of the 20th century, with Cairo becoming a hub of commercial filmmaking in the Arab world with the introduction of sound. more ›
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Interpol 009 has everything you’d want in a 1960s spy movie, except for a memorable villain, a spectacular crime, and audacious action set pieces. more ›
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Jane Bond films, such as Dark Heroine Muk Lan-Fa, blended martial arts action and James Bond-inspired espionage thrills, became a staple of Cantonese cinema and created a thoroughly entertaining body… more ›
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The Black Rose takes the female-centric swashbuckling of wuxia cinema and the heroics of Chinese folklore and places them in a contemporary setting. It also pays service to the James… more ›
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The Shaw Brothers put a James sexy, psychedelic Bond-inspired spin on the French supervillain Fantomas in this anything-goes caper. more ›
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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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Lurid is an important word to have on hand. It may comprise a mission statement on the part of the filmmakers. At least in terms of what they promise, which… more ›
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Eurospy films are often regarded as cheap knock-offs of James Bond. But there is cheap, and then there is cheap. And then there is Operation White Shark. more ›
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The imagination apparent in every aspect of The Silent Star’s design is a joy, with a story that is solid and economical enough in its construction to survive instances of… more ›
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