Serial killers seem to be a popular topic in the media, whether it is in the form of Hollywood’s slasher films or prime time news specials. Audiences always seem to be fascinated by these figures to some degree, regardless of… Read More ›
Film
Random Film that sit in either the realms of: foreign film, cult classics, or just diamonds in the rough.
Heartless Review: One Heart, Two Heart, Red Heart, Demon Heart
Ah, Valentine’s Day. A time for warm embraces and couples sharing their love. I hope all of our readers here at Children of the Blazing Fist are having as much of a great day as any of us will ever… Read More ›
Gunhed Review: MMMMMMHH…Delicious Texmexium
One day Franklin Raines and I were discussing what would be the next reviews for the site. He tosses me a DVD case. What I saw was a giant robot and pretty bad ass looking people with guns adorning the cover, so… Read More ›
The Thin Man Review: I Am Sorry, But Your Fast Yet Adorable Talking Seems To Have Lost Me
If I ever made a list of film genres that I have very little personal experience with, at the top would sit exclusively Romance. By this I mean a film that is meant to be taken first and foremost as… Read More ›
Miami Connection Special: A Film Of Escalation In A Miami Without Irony
One day taking place sometime ago; fellow esteemed CotBF writer Alex emailed me a trailer for a midnight released film that he wanted us desperately to attend. After considering the trailer to be fantastic (I usually avoid watching trailers because of the… Read More ›
All Quiet On The Western Front Special: Yes, Another Class Asked For One
The 1930’s film All Quite on the Western Front is directed by Lewis Millstone (known for both the Of Mice and Men film adaption from 1940 and the original Ocean’s 11 from 1960) from an adaptation of German writer Erich… Read More ›
Attack the Gas Station: Because Why the Hell Not
Juvenile delinquency, in all of its forms, usually doesn’t spell good news for anyone, anywhere, any time. Putting the obvious issues aside, delinquents in different countries act differently from each other, influenced by their cultures expectations and their specific reasons… Read More ›
October Horror Special: Tokyo Zombie
2005’s Tokyo Zombie is directed and written by Sakichi Satô. In lieu of referencing other things that I can bet my bottom dollar will never be released in the States, how about I reference some of his non-directorial credits for… Read More ›
October Horror Special: Art of The Devil 2
Well if this did not interest me greatly; the 2005’s Art of the Devil 2 being directed by seven different people would. I will list them accordingly as members of the self-entitled “Ronin Team”: Pasith Buranajan, Kongkiat Khomsiri, Isara Nadee,… Read More ›
October Horror Special: Eternal Evil of Asia
1995’s Eternal Evil of Asia is directed by Man Kei Chin. Considering practically everything he has directed that has never been released over here (Eternal Evil’s practically unknown presence only helps this notion), I can say with conviction that my… Read More ›
October Horror Special: A Tale of Two Sisters
2003’s A Tale of Two Sisters, is directed by Kim Ji-woon, who with fellow director Park Chan-wook, encapsulate most of the South Korean film and brings it to American attention. Starting with the big boom of Two Sisters, moderate attention… Read More ›
Franklin Raines’ Month Long Tour of East Asian Horror: Because I Felt Like It
Seeing that it is October and all, I believe that you good girls and boys out there in Internet Land deserve a little extra from me this month. I will be posting more Horror reviews (do I really need an… Read More ›
The Five Deadly Venoms Review: You Want Me To Pick My Favorite Venom…Impossible
One of the reasons that I personally have not covered many Martial Arts (especially the Kung Fu subset) films on this site stems from the exact same reason that I tend to not cover a lot of (Spaghetti) Western films…. Read More ›