Bullet Points

Bullet Points: Monkey Man

We are wrapping up Going Bananas Week in a big way with Dev Patel’s directorial debut, 2024’s Monkey Man… Monkey Man is a rich tapestry of brutal in your face action, Indian culture and down and...

Bullet Points: Lady Iron Monkey

Monkey kung fu has been a popular choice in kung fu cinema, but I don’t think it has ever been taken so literally as in 1979’s Lady Iron Monkey. A young woman raised by monkeys has...

Bullet Points: Every Which Way But Loose

1978’s Every Which Way But Loose has a little bit of everything. There’s action. There’s comedy. There’s some romance and the drama that usually comes with it. Most importanly there’s Clyde the Orangutan, making Every Which...

Bullet Points: Born To Fly (2024)

If I’m going to watch a military film I just assume I’m going to be pounded with propaganda. It just so happens that most of the military movies I watch are American and I’m used to...

Bullet Points: Game of Survival

In this edition of Bullet Points, I will take a look back at an obscure film released back in 1989, the Armand Gazarian directed, Game of Survival… Game of Survival had a quality concept, but not...

Bullet Points: Road House (2024)

Nothing causes a collective groan on social media quite like the news that a movie is being remade or rebooted. While a remake/reboot does not instantly equal that a movie will be bad, remake/reboot’s don’t have...

Bullet Points: Silk 2

There were two things that were conspicuous by their absence in 1989’s Silk 2. 1. Cec Verrell, the star of 1986’s Silk, did not return to reprise the role of Jenny “Silk” Sleighton. 2. The awesome...

Bullet Points: The Order (2001)

I have become something of a regular over at my local Goodwill store these past few months and more specifically their physical media section. More often that not my trips to Goodwill have been fruitful, adding...