What sets it apart from other films in the genre, is that it relishes in its 80s cheesy goodness. It came out in 1984 and it shows. Some of the outfits are straight out of a Richard Simmons work out video, and can someone please tell me where gym class involves girls dressing up  like [...]

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What would happen if you were pushed to the point of snapping, and you couldn’t tell anyone? What would you do? Who would you hurt? How far would you go to make everything all right? Abel Ferrara’s Ms. 45 poses these questions, and more, as it follows the plight of a mute seamstress, Thana (played [...]

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According to Kill Bill, revenge is a dish best served cold. According to The Machine Girl, revenge is a dish best served with a prosthetic arm that’s a machine gun. Directed by soon-to-be cult hero Noboru Iguchi, The Machine Girl is a riotous, ridiculously entertaining homage to Grindhouse cinema that is sure to make [...]

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Being an anime fan, I’ve always wondered why the rest of the world rarely takes animation films seriously. Seeing the praise for films like Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue (or any of his films, for that matter) and Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies, I find that odd. They show mature, serious subject matter can [...]

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