Y’know what’s awesome about publishing this site? Having readers that go by monikers like “The Silent Cutter.” Check out this video he sent of some mat cutting, but mostly be like me – JEALOUS AS FUCK – of the fantastic … Continued
Cannon’s 1981 press kit for Enter the Ninja featured newspaper-ready B&W ad mats and a 30-page document heralding, and I quote: …the first Western film to deal solely with the mysterious and elusive art of Ninjutsu. It will set the … Continued
(REVISED) There’s almost 30 years spanning the two home video releases of the movie you see above. THREE DECADES! Just as we’re facing the death of DVD and brick-and-mortar video retail in general, we finally have Enter the Ninja commercially … Continued
Slammed as I’ve been, I just now got around to watching the MGM DVD-On-Demand of Enter the Ninja. Full review and some other ETN bonuses going up later this week, but in the meantime let’s just take a moment to … Continued
Been thinking about this. Spaghetti Westerns – films made by Italian directors, shot in Spain, released by studios in Rome and imported into the US. In the 60s they turned the tried and true American Western on its ass. Gone were … Continued
After a well-received debut at this year’s Tribecca, Eddie Mort’s Dead Ringo will see the light of day for what is currently planned as 13 three-minute webisodes TV interstitials. Details on who, where and when to follow, but in the meantime … Continued
I’m going to lose my favored nation status over at Golden Ninja Warrior Chronicles by admitting this, but I have never seen the Hong Kong [see UPDATE below] ninja-sploitation flick the Yugoslavians called Ninja Ratnici. Mmm… more nasty quality press stills from … Continued
An oddity among the tokusatsu status quo is the 1973 12-episode series Majin Hunter Mitsurugi, mainly for its use of stop-motion animation instead of stuntmen in rubber suits. It has its other quirks too, though, such as the heroes: Sure, … Continued