Tag: PCM

Not My Samurai My Samurai uses a running gag in which Deborah (Lynne Hart) disparages Taekwondo. “It’s too violent,” she says to instructor Young Park (Julian Lee). To defend …

Of Science and Ghouls A professor and his four graduate students encounter a bewildering array of paranormal activity at a haunted mansion in Bruce Cook’s forgotten gem from the …

Finger on Fast-Forward The best part of The Prey involves the discussion of a cucumber sandwich and subsequent eating of said sandwich. That’s by default. The Prey doesn’t hold …

Devilish Shortcut Shortcut to Happiness’ inoffensive, simple morals don’t need explicitly revealed. Adam Baldwin stars as a struggling writer seeking success and fame, gets both after selling his soul …

Running From Honesty The Running Man performs a dance to the tune of morality’s ever changing center. As it begins, there’s a smug insurance agent who denies a claim …

Quite Cold You can date The Chill Factor to the early ‘90s a few ways. First, the influx of neon making its presence in the dress code. Second, the …

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 …

Asian Found Footage Borefest Asian horror has produced many underground gems over the past two decades. Sadly, director Koji Shiraishi’s A Record of Sweet Murder isn’t one of them. …

More Like Depression Staying The New York of 2005 is a perfect setting for this dry indie from the new millennium. New York looks mournful and tired. So do …

About 60% Erik Kernan (Josh Hartnett) works in an active Denver newsroom. He’s a sportswriter, dressed casually, if white collar. Then there’s Champ (Samuel L Jackson), homeless, covered only …

The Other Prestige The title Illusionist gives away the eventual twist. How and why hold until various plot developments need them. Illusionist toys with its audience, with Edward Norton …

Save the Prayers Maybe Astronaut Moon Zombies in the Bermuda Triangle didn’t have the same kick as Dark Side of the Moon. That, or Dark Side of the Moon …