SouthLAnd Recap 4.10 – Thursday

SouthLAnd Recap 4.10 – Thursday

Nothing like seeing a little baby girl wrapped in gauze from head to toe from being burnt… the scene absolutely chilled me to the bone. This was what Detective Lydia Adams (Regina King) sees to finally break her out of super-cop mode and finally into mommy mode like she should have been a long time ago. The episode starts with her revealing as much to her...

Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins Looks Awesome

Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins Looks Awesome

The trailer starts out with some shots of what seems to be a cruel master that is abusing his power through needless slaughter. At least that is what I gather from what I saw. 13 assassins are then hired to remove this man from power through any means necessary. Knowing the way of the samurai these men are probably going to have to be Ronin, outcasts, and...

The Warrior’s Way

The Warrior’s Way

“I’ll see you in hell little girl! Make sure you wear something dirty!” A beautiful combination of cinematography and color choices makes The Warrior’s Way seem like a graphic novel that has shifted its way onto the movie screen. Where most scenes make you feel as if you are trapped within a red box of solitude, the sheer beauty of it all...

Chinese Super Ninja (1982)

Chinese Super Ninja (1982)

“Loss of a fight means death to a Samurai” In concept Chinese Super Ninja is a martial arts enthusiast’s dream come true. Here you have Kung Fu, the mother of all fighting forms going up against Ninjitsu, the most exotic of the fighting forms. Well concept is great but the execution… not so much. Ninjas representing the five elements...

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Everybody loves Samurai, we associate them with anime action heroes, Tom Cruise and cool swords. Due to this, we have Western, chubby, couch potatoes referring to themselves as modern day samurai as they admire the aluminum katana replica hanging on their walls. If push came to shove the blade would be out, they would take a stance and cut through their enemy...