Scaramouche is a gasp from a dying genre. The simplistic moral structure that was so uplifting in the films of the 30s and 40s was beginning to look silly in the post war world. Add in that most everything that could be done with the genre in that form had been done, and itâs not
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Distraught physician Peter Tompson (Brook Williams) writes his mentor, Sir James Forbes (AndrĂ© Morell) a rambling letter about deaths with no natural explanation in a rural village. Forbesâs daughter (Diane Clare), interested in seeing her friend Alice (Jacqueline Pearce) who happens to be Tompsonâs wife, convinces her father to take train and coach to visit
Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008)
As world leaders meet to discussâand fail to do anything aboutâenvironmental destruction, a spaceship crashes, releasing the giant Guilala on the people of Japan. Realizing this will be great PR, the leaders stick around and come up with one ridiculous (and culturally revealing) scheme after another to defeat the monster. Meanwhile, a cute tabloid reporter
Morgan (2016)
Thereâs been an âaccidentâ at a secret, isolated lab. Theyâve been developing a new form of artificial human, one with emotions. Its name is Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy), and this five-year-old that looks eighteen just stabbed one of its keepers (Jennifer Jason Leigh) in the eye. The corporate office has sent Lee (Kate Mara), a risk
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Eight yearâs after Batman took the blame for Harvey Dentâs crimes, Gotham City appears better on the surface, but, if anything, is worse for the 99%. In it, idealistic police officer John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) tries to make a difference while jewel thief Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) just tries to get by in a world
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) [MCU Ranking]
Captain America teams up with Black Widow to uncover a conspiracy at the highest levels of government while also meeting an old friend who’s become a killing machine. Where Captain America: The First Avenger felt like a 1950s war movie, The Winter Solder feels like a 1970s spy thriller, just with a lot more exploding
Three Chinese Tomb Raiding Adventure Films
An old sub-genre is getting a kick in China nowâtomb raiding adventures stories. The newest incarnations are not examples of China just now discovering Indiana Jones, as some have suggested, but are part of a movement set off by an ebook: Ghost Blows Out the Light (2006). The series set records in China and physical
The Aztec Mummy (1957)
Dr. Eduardo Almada (RamĂłn Gay) did not take the criticism of his theory of past life regression well. So with the help of his mentor (Jorge MondragĂłn) and his cowardly comic relief (Crox Alvarado), he hypnotizes his fiancĂ©eâwho also happens to be his mentorâs daughterâFlor (Rosita Arenas). Luck would have it she used to be
The Giant Behemoth (1959)
A Cornish fisherman turns up dead with radiation burns, and overly enthusiastic scientist Steve Karnes (Gene Evans) is sure that a giant sea monster is responsible. With the aid of various government officials and scientists, he seeks to solve the mystery until the beast turns up and solves it for him. It is a radiation
Daredevil: Season 2 (Netflix-2016)
Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), The Punisher, is a new vigilante in town, who has no problem killing. Daredevil decides he must take him down while Karen feels there is more to his story that needs to be revealed. Simultaneously, Matt Murdockâs old love, Elektra Notchios (Elodie Yung) has returned to town, her appearance corresponding to
Kuroneko (1968)
During a period of unrest in Japan, a mother and her daughter-in-law (Nobuko Otowa & Kiwako Taichi) are raped and murdered by a band of disheveled samurai. They return as ghosts, seducing and then killing samurai. The local samurai lord Raiko (Kei Sato) tasks newly minted samurai Gintoki (Kichiemon Nakamura) with finding who or what
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Edward Parker (Richard Arlen) is tossed overboard by a surly and drunken sea captain at the first port-of-call, the Island of Dr. Moreau. The mysterious doctor (Charles Laughton) isnât happy with his uninvited guest, but soon changes his mind. The island is inhabited by beast-men created by Moreau and his assistant Montgomery (Arthur Hohl) via