Film Review: Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
byWritten by Nick Alexander Originally published 3 July 2014 Review by Nick Alexander, Joanna Di Mattia and Scott Halligan Sword of Vengeance is the…
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Film Review: Lady Snowblood (1973)
byWritten by Nick Alexander Originally published 1 July 2014 A conversation between Nick Alexander, Joanna Di Mattia and Scott Halligan Synopsis: Yuki’s (Meiko Kaji) family…
Film Review: Rock The Casbah (2012)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 1 July 2014 Released here mere months following Hany Abu-Assad’s masterpiece Omar – which focused on the Israeli-Palestianin…
Film Review: Rashomon (1950)
byWritten by Joanna Di Mattia Originally published 30 June 2014 A conversation between Nick Alexander, Joanna Di Mattia and Scott Halligan Synopsis: Three men –…
Film Review: Goyokin (1969)
byWritten by Nick Alexander Originally published 25 June 2014 Goyokin is a samurai film about honour. Opening voice-over narration explains that the title refers…
Film Review: The Twilight Samurai (2002)
byWritten by Nick Alexander Originally published 17 June 2014 A conversation by Nick Alexander, Scott Halligan & Joanna Di Mattia (27/5/14) Synopsis: Seibei Iguchi…
Film Review: Yojimbo (1961)
byWritten by Nick Alexander Originally published 17 June 2014 Yojimbo (1961) is probably legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s most accessible film for modern audiences….
Film Review: Omar (2013)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 9 June 2014 “You can’t become a freedom fighter by just watching”. Taking at its heart the Israeli/Palestine…
Film Review: Ida (2013)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 20 May 2014 Set in early 1960’s Poland, Ida tells the story of an orphaned young novitiate nun,…
Film Review: The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 14 May 2014 Following the lives of a free-spirited couple in Belgium is The Broken Circle Breakdown, written and…