Movie Review: The Living Daylights (1987) directed by John Glen As part of a training exercise, several 00-class agents of British intelligence agency MI6 are assigned to infiltrate the military installation on the Rock of Gibraltar. The defenders are armed with paint-guns, but there’s a ringer, a Soviet agent who is taking the opportunity to kill… Continue reading Movie Review: The Living Daylights
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Manga Review: Attack on Titan Vols. 1 & 2
Manga Review: Attack on Titan Vols. 1 & 2 by Hajime Isayama One hundred years ago, humanity lost its war with the Titans. The gigantic humanoid anthropophages were just too powerful and numerous. What remained of the human race withdrew into a city-state guarded by three circles of fifty-meter tall walls. The Titans found these… Continue reading Manga Review: Attack on Titan Vols. 1 & 2
Manga Retrospective: Undead Unluck
Manga Retrospective: Undead Unluck by Yoshifumi Tozuka Fuuko Izumo has had a miserable life due to her curse of Unluck. Anyone Fuuko touches suffers a statistically improbable misfortune, often to lethal effect, with the first victims being her own parents. At age 18, the only thing that has kept her alive has been wanting to… Continue reading Manga Retrospective: Undead Unluck
Book Review: Union Bust
Book Review: Union Bust by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy Quick recap: Remo Williams used to be a cop before he was framed for murder and “died” in the electric chair, only to find out he’d been recruited by the secret U.S. government agency CURE. He was trained in the deadly martial art/lifestyle Sinanju by… Continue reading Book Review: Union Bust
Movie Review: Coogan’s Bluff
Movie Review: Coogan’s Bluff (1968) directed by Don Siegel Deputy Sheriff Coogan (Clint Eastwood) is sent from his native Arizona to New York City to extradite escaped felon James Ringerman (Don Stroud). He expects it to be a quick process, but Ringerman had a bad trip on LSD and is currently under observation at Bellevue. NYPD… Continue reading Movie Review: Coogan’s Bluff
Book Review: Cryogenic Nightmare
Book Review: Cryogenic Nightmare by Lionel Derrick “Preacher” Mann got that nickname when he converted to vegetarianism and became one of those obnoxious people who insist on telling you about it and their newfound superiority for not eating meat. But because he’s a murderous crimelord who controls West Palm Beach, very few people are willing… Continue reading Book Review: Cryogenic Nightmare
Movie Review: Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Movie Review: Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) directed by Tensai Okamura Yukie Fujikaze is a popular young actress most famous for starring in the title role of the “Princess Gale” movie series, as a ninja princess with “rainbow chakra.” Sadly, while she is indeed a skilled actress in addition to… Continue reading Movie Review: Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Anime Review: Kengan Ashura
Anime Review: Kengan Ashura Kazuo Yamashita is 56 years old, and it’s been a pretty miserable life. He works as a salaryman in the sales department at Nogi Publications with a manager who’s constantly bullying and belittling him. Kazuo’s wife left him years ago, and he’s estranged from his sons, shut-in Kenzo and delinquent Yasuo.… Continue reading Anime Review: Kengan Ashura
Movie Review: Hellbinders
Movie Review: Hellbinders (2009) directed by Mitch Gould It is the 14th Century, a wasteland in the general vicinity of Jerusalem. Two men are fighting, Cain the last of the Templar Knights, and a demonically-possessed person known as Legion. Legion gloats that even if their vessel is destroyed, it can simply possess another, but Cain points… Continue reading Movie Review: Hellbinders
Movie Review: For Your Eyes Only
Movie Review: For Your Eyes Only (1981) directed by John Glen James Bond (Roger Moore) is visiting his wife Tracy’s grave when he’s informed that a helicopter has come to take him to “the office.” This turns out to be a trap, as the pilot is murdered by his own headphones so that a man who… Continue reading Movie Review: For Your Eyes Only