Nobody slugs anyone with a roll of quarters anymore. And that’s a damn shame — an art lost for the ages. For the victims of vigilante Charles Bronson in Death Wish, that’d be a preferable punishment for their transgressions (and one of ’em does get a sock wallop of coins). This is the grandpappy ofContinue reading “Death Wish”
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Martin
There have been movies about the Antichrist, but Martin is basically the anti-Dracula. Gone is the sophistication, the suave, debonair worldliness, the verbosity, the overarching confidence, the charm with the ladies. In its stead: a socially awkward, slight, poorly-dressed, laconic, kvetching, virgin. Leave it to the late (and undeniably great) George Romero, to grace usContinue reading “Martin”
