Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Season 1 Review

Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Season 1 Review

Bloody, sexy and insanely adult, Spartacus: Blood and Sand was an insane journey into a drama based on an historic event. It was a glorious ménage trois of 300, Caligula and Gladiator mixed together to produce 13 episodes of outstanding writing and character development. The characters, every single one were not only interesting but well acted, I found myself...

Shaolin Temple Strikes Back (1972)

Shaolin Temple Strikes Back (1972)

If there’s any movie to exemplify the honor and selflessness of the Shaolin monks it would be Shaolin Temple Strikes Back. In this epic, monk Ce Ling starts off as a humble warrior whose job it is to protect an 11 yr old princess from the Manchu horde. When the Manchus kill her father and slaughter his kingdom, they attempt to kidnap her in order to ...

Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass

Two things you should do about Kick-Ass – First of all, go out and see Kick-Ass, second of all keep your young impressionable kids (especially the girls) as far away from this one as if it was a pedophile with candy in tow ducking from Chris Hansen. Kick-Ass to me was what you would get, if The Sopranos, Lazytown, Spiderman, and Revenge of The Nerds were...

Casino Royale (2006)

Casino Royale (2006)

This new jumpstart to the James Bond series was a shocking surprise to many a cynic (myself included) who complained that Daniel Craig was an odd choice to play James Bond. We were used to Bond being tall, dark and handsome, not blonde, rough and rugged but boy were we in for a surprise when Casino Royale hit the big screen. Suddenly Craig’s name was being...

Red Cliff (2008)

Red Cliff (2008)

Director John Woo’s Red Cliff is a dramatically poetic movie based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms a historical novel written by Luo Guonzhang. If you aren’t familiar with the Three Kingdoms story – it chronicles the ambitions of three men, love and the wonderful Generals that followed their lead. The three men are Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Cao Cao....

From Russia With Love (1963)

From Russia With Love (1963)

Tatiana: “Oh James will you make love to me all the time in England?” James Bond: “Day and Night”. I absolutely love James Bond in this mission, not only is he having a good time but we see him in a different light than the one-dimensional spy version that follows this movie. We see James as a man of honor to his dear friend Ali Kerim Berey (Pedro...