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Romancing Immigration The poetic, romantic dialog spoken by star Charles Boyer is often grating and obvious in Hold Back the Dawn. But, that’s also on purpose – Boyer is …

Finsky Under the cover of the ‘80s, Weird Science gets away with two 14-ish year old boys showering with a 30-year old woman. It’s the boy’s fantasy after all. …

To Love, Peace, and Happiness The ’80s rebelled against Christmas. Gremlins took fire to consumerism on the studio side, and the low budget, VHS crud started dropping the Silent …

Error 601 There’s a moment late in Andromeda Strain when scientists realize the extent of a deadly virus they spent the movie researching. It’s a Manhattan Project allegory. The …

Man Against Time When author Kenneth Fearing wrote The Big Clock’s source novel, he worked at Time magazine, under publisher Henry Luce. Big Clock’s story concerns a barbarous publisher, …

Drug-induced Showdown After a post-WWII industrial boom, Japan’s economy through the ’70s started flattening. Illicit drugs became the norm, with rising addiction rates. The solution, at least according to …

Morals in Question Moving fast enough to at times appear like an 80-minute fight montage, Sister Street Fighter’s first sequel use as much delirium as its predecessor. Diamond thieves …

Hell Punch The culmination of two previous Sister Street Fighter grindhouse kung-fu epics liberally borrows from its predecessors. Return of the Sister Street Fighter digs into all aspects of …

Fifth Level Pass It’s not until a minute past the hour mark that Sister Street Fighter star Etsuko Shiomi throws her first kick. Fifth Level Fist is not the …

A Man’s Job Wet and hazy city streets remain silent as Ella Raines follows a mysteriously nervous bartender. Her heels make the only sound, the clacks bouncing off the …

An Anti-Romance So Dark the Night takes its time. The first act churns a love triangle, bright, cheery, and oddly happy about the messy circumstances. It’s a windswept romance, …

Sci-Fi Romance Thriller Express Tracing the history of Horror Express, it’s clear why this jumble of genres ended up as it did. Horror Express was filmed in Spain by …