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A screenshot from the trailer for Red Sonja with the title of the movie in bold red serif letters with a depth perspective effect

You Must Learn to Like Men: Why Red Sonja (1985) Is the Way It Is

By Orrin Grey • March 30th, 2026

Some things work, though.

A screenshot from the trailer for Excalibur where Arthur in full armor is grasping the legendary sword from the hands of the Lady in the Lake

The Stuff of Future Memory: Speedrunning Arthurian Myth with Excalibur (1981)

By Orrin Grey • March 20th, 2026

Vividly weird to look at.

A screenshot from the trailer for Westworld where a terrifying Yul Brenner in a black cowboy hat is obscured by a nearly single line version of the film's title

Boy, Have We Got a Vacation for You: Watching Westworld (1973) After All This Time

By Orrin Grey • March 6th, 2026

It takes roughly 10,000 years for the robots to finally go berserk.

A screencap of the trailer title screen for American Yakuza featuring the title in black on a red field with Japanese characters to the left and an underscore of blood spatter on the bottom

Sentiment Has No Value: American Yakuza (1993) on Arrow Video Blu

By Orrin Grey • February 20th, 2026

For those who don’t remember, the early 90s were relatively obsessed with yakuza vs. mafia stories.

A screenshot from The Invisible Swordsman where a bunch of ruffians in historical japan are raising their swords against a wooden shoe that appears to be flying through the air with Japanese characters on screen

Looking Good: The Invisible Swordsman (1970) on Arrow Video Blu-ray

By Orrin Grey • June 9th, 2025

A comedy of bumbling slapstick, relying on the ineptitude of both its heroes and its villains.

A screenshot from the trailer for Red Rooms featuring an all white courtroom with multiple screens showing the faces of three female victims, as well as a judge, lawyers, and a jury

I Want to Ask Your Forgiveness for What I Will Inflict on You: Red Rooms (2023) and the Abjection of Obsession

By Orrin Grey • November 26th, 2024

How much difference is there, after all, between watching a murder take place, and reconstructing that same murder through your favorite true crime series, book, or podcast?

A screenshot from the trailer for Maxxxine with the title of the movie front and center in a commanding sans-serif typeface

Maybe They Should Save Themselves: Maxxxine (2024) as Middle Finger

By Orrin Grey • November 6th, 2024

I think that Maxxxine really believes that it has something to say in all those theme-heavy monologues

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