Strega (2019)
20XX: The leaders of Japan have regulated superheroes using a system called the Vector Card, giving a villain the chance to take over. But he didn’t count on working class hero Strega (also known as Gun Caliber) to figure out to hack the cards and save Japan. That said, the man who is under the mask, […]
Gun Caliber (2017)
20XX: Skulldier is taking over Japan but only one man stands in their way, the pachinko parlor employee by day, gun shooting vigilante by night known as Gun Caliber. And yet somehow, this Japanese tokusatsu action-comedy was really made by Filipino-Canadian director, writer and star Bueno. It’s got a funny concept — superheroes all sell […]
O Escorpian Escarlate (1990)
Rubens Francisco Lucchetti, who had once wrote for comics and pulp magazines, made this movie to honor Brazilian heroes like Morcego Nergo and O Sombra, with the name of the movie’s villain — The Scarlet Scorpion — taken from a radio series Lucchetti created that was based on Fu Manchu. There’s also Madame Ming, who is […]
Shadows (2022)
Ugh. Argh! I grow weary of critics who accept screeners from ultra-low-to-low-budget filmmakers, then, when that filmmaker name drops better-known directors and films, the review proceeds to judge that self-produced passion project against those Bayos n’ Bayhem’ed, A-List summer tent pole inspirations: it’s a losing proposition to a negative review. A critic simply can not […]
Star Jjangga II: Super Betaman, Majingga V (1990)
Super Batman & Mazinger V is a South Korean show seemingly daring the lawyers of major corporations in America and Japan to unleash their full retainers. Is the hero Batman? Is it Golden Bat? What does Castle Grayskull have to do with all of this? Why are some moments animated and others not? What did […]
The Bad Samaritan Must Die (2012)
A teenager known as The Orphan wants to meet the vigilante The Bad Samaritan, who in no way becomes the Batman to her Robin. It also turns out that he’s becoming something of a religious figure to the cops and people of the city, which is starting to go to his head. He also looks […]
Ten Tubi picks of the week (week 1)
I was discussing Tubi with Bradley Steele Harding this morning and we were just stunned by how many movies are available, all in one place, with just a few commercials to deal with to find some movies that had — until now — been somewhat difficult to find. The only problem? There’s just so much! […]
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