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Ruby Rose double feature: The Doorman / Vanquish

Today I have a double feature of Ruby Rose action vehicle reviews for all you Rose Bros: Ryûhei Kitamura's THE DOORMAN (2020) and George Gallo's VANQUISH (2021). One of them is a fun time and one of them is a serious challenge to get through.

Watching Ryuhei Kitamura’s latest THE PRICE WE PAY this week reminded me to finally catch up with his previous one, THE DOORMAN (2020). I re

#ruby rose

On disc this week: THE PRICE WE PAY, a new criminals-stumble-into-a-horror-movie romp from director Ryûhei Kitamura (VERSUS, AZUMI, BRADLEY COOPER'S THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN).

Ryuhei Kitamura is an interesting director. He started in Japan with the attention-grabbing yakuzas vs. zombies movie VERSUS (2000). That on

Olga Kurylenko is... SENTINELLE, a solid if unoriginal 2021 action/revenge movie from director Julien Leclercq.

SENTINELLE is a pretty good 2021 French revenge movie that’s mostly made out of cliches, but benefits from a dedicated performance by its st

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS is another fun romp in the rich-people's-vacations-going-poorly genre. (And with this I have reviewed all the 2023 best picture nominees.)

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS was the last 2023 best picture nominee I hadn’t seen, but I’d been planning to watch it anyway. It’s the latest from Swe

Iron Monkey

You may be surprised to hear that I had never seen IRON MONKEY (1993) until now. I rented it many years ago but it turned out to be some Mir

#Donnie Yen #Yuen Woo-ping

THE FINAL COMEDOWN (1972) is a furious issue drama from director Oscar Williams that happens to star Billy Dee Williams right before he blew up in LADY SINGS THE BLUES.

“My dad died fighting Nazis in Germany, but he died fightin the wrong ones, huh?”

I'm glad ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT was nominated for best picture because I wouldn't have watched it otherwise. I didn't expect it to find such fresh and powerful ways to illustrate the brutality and pointlessness of war.

See, this is why I continue being a best picture completist - it gets me to watch some good movies I was planning to skip. This year when th

El Diablo/The Resurrection of Broncho Billy

Today I have a double feature of John-Carpenter-once-removed reviews: EL DIABLO, a 1990 HBO western based on a script Carpenter wrote in the '70s, and THE RESURRECTION OF BRONCHO BILLY, an Oscar-winning short he edited, scored and co-wrote.

EL DIABLO is a mediocre 1990 made-for-cable western that I watched because it’s based on an old John Carpenter script. As a Carpenter-once-r

#john carpenter #western

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

I decided to revisit the 2005 remake of ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, from the director of PLANE.

Recently, events converged to remind me there was a (sort of) remake of John Carpenter’s ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 back in 2005. Well, really w

IRON MONKEY director Yuen Woo-ping and writer/producer Tsui Hark reteamed in 2017 for the haphazard but entertaining wuxia FX extravaganza THE THOUSAND FACES OF DUNJIA.

THE THOUSAND FACES OF DUNJIA is a 2017 FX-laden wuxia movie from the super team of director Yuen Woo-ping (TAI CHI MASTER, WING CHUN) and wr

The Banshees of Inisherin

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN is the beautifully sad and funny story of a friendship ended poorly in a small village across the water from a civil war. It has so many odd little touches I was convinced it must be based on some weird folk tale. It's great.

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN is last year’s best picture nominated movie from writer/director Martin McDonagh, and I think my favorite from him

Infinity Pool

Come on in, the water's fine. Brandon Cronenberg's INFINITY POOL is a new classic and Mia Goth should play Castor Troy.

When I first encountered the trailer for INFINITY POOL I spotted Mia Goth, who gave one of my favorite performances last year in PEARL, so I

#movies #mia goth

Women Talking

WOMEN TALKING is great.

WOMEN TALKING is the new best picture nominated film from writer/director Sarah Polley, who is minor-key beloved as an actress for people ar

Gerard Butler is... GEOSTORM

After seeing Gerard Butler is... PLANE I caught up with 2017's Gerard Butler is... GEOSTORM.

I guess time flies, because I’ve kind of wanted to see GEOSTORM since it came out, and I didn’t realize that was more than five years ago. I

#gerard butler #geostorm #movies

Babylon

I realize it's not for everybody, but I got a kick out of Damien Chazelle's messy maximalist Hollywood big band dance party broad comedy/tragedy BABYLON. Maybe now that it's mostly out of the awards conversation we can discuss it.

There’s a surprising amount of shitting, pissing, and puking in BABYLON, the bawdy fictionalized-early-Hollywood period comedy-drama from wr

#movies #margo robbie #damien chazelle #brad pitt

Emily the Criminal

EMILY THE CRIMINAL is a great new entry in the genre of low level crime movies. Aubrey Plaza is outstanding as a tough girl from Jersey who gets involved in a credit card scam (while still working a catering job!) to pay off her student loan debt. Highly recommended.

Aubrey Plaza is funny. I first saw her in FUNNY PEOPLE, and then I knew her for years as April on Parks & Recreation. She seems hip for a si

#aubrey plaza #movies #crime movies

Step Up: Year of the Dance

The China/US co-production STEP UP: YEAR OF THE DANCE, a.k.a. STEP UP CHINA, is the officially sanctioned STEP UP part 6. Though not directly connected, it successfully transfers the joyful, corny spirit of the series to a different cultural context. And it's directed by Ron Yuan (BLADE OF THE 47 RONIN) so it has kung fu in it.

STEP UP: YEAR OF THE DANCE (a.k.a. STEP UP CHINA) is a Chinese production developed by Lionsgate as an official entry in the STEP UP franchi

#step up #dance movies

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