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• The Sixth Gun Review: Villains, Tonight We Ride

  By Franklin Raines on November 10, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Comics have had a long history with the Weird Western genre. Jonah Hex aside, titles like Garth Ennis’ Preacher, Hyung Min-woo’s Priest, and Todd Livingston’s and Robert Tinnell’s The Wicked West, encapsulate the blending of  Western with other fictional realms like… Read More ›

• The Abominable Dr. Phibes Review: The Terror of Dr. Phibes

  By Franklin Raines on November 1, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Vincent Price was considered one of horror’s greatest actors. With a career lasting almost sixty years (1935-1993), Vincent Price became an American icon. In the seventies, long after success in the fifties (House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler, and House… Read More ›

• Shoulder A Coffin Kuro Review: Every Journey Starts With The First Step

  By Franklin Raines on October 22, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  As a fan of hand drawn mediums, I grew to distinguish things based on the style influence of the original creators. As anyone who might have read my other articles, I have a tendency to lean on a works character design…. Read More ›

• Area 88 Review: Before There Was Sky Crawlers

  By Franklin Raines on October 12, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  In 2008, famed anime director Mamoru Oshii premiered his film, The Sky Crawlers, to the world. One of the main draws of The Sky Crawlers was its focus around characters whose job was to fly planes and engage in dogfights… Read More ›

• Transmetropolitan Review: Fond Memories Of Yelling At Society

  By Franklin Raines on October 5, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  In lieu of my usual tactic of reviewing things out of the mainstream, I am reviewing one special comic. I know what you are all thinking, “Is he going to be writing about The Sandman, The Crow, or The League… Read More ›

• Psycho Gothic Lolita Review: Showcasing Film’s Greatest Umbrella

  By Franklin Raines on September 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  What makes us as film consumers care about a work? Does it have to do with the various buzz-words marketers employ? Does the title in question have a favored director or main lead in it to draw the consumers’ eye?… Read More ›

• Lullabies from Hell Review: Hino Knows Horror

  By Franklin Raines on September 14, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  When I was younger, a friend of mine taught me about something that spoke to the way I look at a creative medium. He said (and I paraphrase) “If you really want to understand a creators’ mind, see who influenced… Read More ›

• Super Pro K.O. Review: Welcome To The Squared Circle, And The Club Of Ultimate Clubs

  By Franklin Raines on September 3, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  “Wrestling wants to pander to the ladies through pretty boys and pointless plots.” (Jeremy Scott) I felt like starting this review with that quote you see above you. See, Jeremy speaks from being a wrestling fan in the past. This… Read More ›

• Shigurui Death Frenzy Review: Samurai Are All That We Require

  By Franklin Raines on August 20, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Class take your seats, I am about to start. You all know the old saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover?”  Well, let me just this once dismiss that saying and start judging the DVD case for tonight’s review… Read More ›

• Chronicles of Wormwood Review: Defiantly Giving Good and Evil the Finger

  By Franklin Raines on August 15, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  We here at Children of The Blazing Fist are big fans of stories about characters that live in a world of pure good and pure evil but decided to choose neither out of pure spite (that needs to be a… Read More ›

• Cyber City Oedo 808 Review: Dog The Bounty Hunter, Eat Your Heart Out

  By Franklin Raines on August 7, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

     Who here has watched The Animatrix? Ok, looks like a lot of you are nodding yes. In The Animatrix, there was a segment called Program that was written and directed by a man named Yoshiaki Kawajiri (he also wrote my favorite segment “World Record”)…. Read More ›

• Streets of Fire Review: A Rock & Roll Fable

  By Franklin Raines on July 23, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

    Back in 1982, Walter Hill, writer and director of The Warriors, had just finished 48 HRS. (starting Eddy Murphy’s mainstream success). He stated in his production notes that he wanted to do a rock and roll movie. After getting together… Read More ›

• Kagemono: Flowers and Skulls Review: Tales of Terror From Down Under

  By Franklin Raines on July 16, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Horror as a genre has long since permeated the mainstream audience. From H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulian imagery, to the flood of late 70’s/ early 80’s slashers, and to the Saw torture porn of today (I guess that is an example of… Read More ›