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The only reason any of us are even here is REVENGE…
17 Sep 2023

The only reason any of us are even here is REVENGE…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

The Moment Forty years ago… a time when a pay-cable service like HBO would have half-hour monthly trailer shows previewing the new batch of arriving movies. I’m a highly impressionable 14-year old watching a guy catch arrows in his teeth … Continued

Cannon Films, REVENGE OF THE NINJA, Sam Firstenberg, Sho Kosugi, Steve Lambert
REVIEW: The Cannon Film Guide
10 Aug 2020

REVIEW: The Cannon Film Guide

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 2 - Books and Manga | 0

If there’s one speck of light in the dark months of the pandemic shutdown, it’s been some great quarantine reading for fans of Cannon Films, and that continues with Austin Trunick‘s The Cannon Film Guide Volume 1: 1980—1984. After an … Continued

Cannon Films, Sam Firstenberg, Sho Kosugi
Life stories of the Cannon-eers
17 Apr 2020

Life stories of the Cannon-eers

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 2 - Books and Manga | 0

As we enter a second month of shutdowns and quarantines (if we live in one of the smart spots of the world, that is) one’s ‘to-be-read’ book stack is probably dwindling. So it’s a great time to check out the … Continued

Cannon Films, REVENGE OF THE NINJA, Sam Firstenberg, Steve Lambert
Wait… WHO rented Cannon their house?
31 Jan 2017

Wait… WHO rented Cannon their house?

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 5 - Art and Advertising | 0

If you weren’t able to make the Revenge of the Ninja CD signing event in Januar,y the score and exclusive event print are now available via mail order, all signed by ROTN director Sam Firstenberg, stunt coordinator and silver-masked ninja … Continued

REVENGE OF THE NINJA, Sam Firstenberg, Sho Kosugi, Steve Lambert
Hear the sounds of REVENGE, meet the crew!
15 Jan 2017

Hear the sounds of REVENGE, meet the crew!

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 4 - Collectibles, 8 - News & Notes | 0

FINALLY – the inexplicably uncommunicative entity known as Varèse Sarabande has gone live with a web page and release date for the Revenge CD! WE HEAR YOU SERIES – Revenge Of The Ninja: Enhanced Edition goes on sale January 20th, but the … Continued

REVENGE OF THE NINJA, Robert J. Walsh, Sam Firstenberg, Steve Lambert
22 Jun 2013

Revenge of THE DOMINATION

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

Last week a horror movie label called Scream Factory released Ninja III: The Domination on Bluray and DVD. Just going to let that statement slow burn for a second… Not a label with a large martial arts back catalog, not … Continued

Canon Fillms, Ninja III: The Domination, Sam Firstenberg, Sho Kosugi, Steve Lambert
29 Aug 2010

AMERICAN NINJA: Selective memory helps

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 1

25 years ago this weekend, Tim March, my brother Seth and I were dropped off at a theater in Worcester, Massachusetts for an afternoon matinee of American Ninja. The ‘craze’ was actually in the process of ‘jumping the shark,’ Tim … Continued

AMERICAN NINJA, Michael Dudikoff, Sam Firstenberg, Tadashi Yamashita

Welcome to VINTAGE NINJA — dedicated to old ninja media from Japan’s 60s boom to the 80s American exploitation craze, and beyond — with a ton of ninja movies, vintage toys, comics, and sharp pointy stuff thrown in for good measure.

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