Andrew Pragasam
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I am a struggling indie filmmaker, actor and novelist with three short films to my credit and a feature film in development (hopefully!). You can read more of my reviews at Film Exposed.com and Cinedelica.com, where I’m a regular contributor.
I consider myself very lucky to have grown up travelling the globe, which meant childhood viewings of Hollywood greats (Ford, Hitchcock, Hawks), Arthouse auteurs (Truffaut, Yimou, Bresson), mainstream fare (Spielberg, Disney, Star Wars), and cult treasures from around the world. Kung fu, Euro horror, Japanese monster movies, Russian fairytales, French cop movies, Turkish swashbucklers, Italian superheroes, spy flicks and sex comedies – you name it, I saw it! Later on, books like Mondo Macabro and Immoral Tales by Pete Tombs, and Helen McCarthy’s books on anime were a big influence during my film school years.
My heart is big enough to embrace rom-coms, sleaze fests, musicals and arty nonsense in equal measure, although I’m especially fond of Japanese animation and Chinese fantasy. Cinema needs to escape the tired epithets of contemporary film criticism (i.e. downbeat equals high art; the only good movies are from the Seventies; gangster flicks are great but fantasy is rubbish), and websites like this are one answer. Hopefully, I’ll be able to steer you towards some neglected gems, and stir up some debate along the way.
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2601 Reviews Listed
Eternal Combat - To take you to his mansion in the sky
Eternal Evil of Asia - Sexorcism!
Eureka Seven: The Movie - Good night, sleep tight, young lovers
Everywhen - Time-twisting teen gun-play in Norway
Evictors, The - This property is condemned
Evil Cat - Meow, Meow, you're dead
Evil Hits Evil - Grudge match beyond the grave
Evil of Frankenstein, The - Cushing creates monster mayhem
Evil That Men Do, The - the world's most brutal dictator must answer to Bronson
Excalibur - Arthurian antics
Executioner, The - Chuckle with Chiba
Exit Speed - Get off the bus
Exposed - It Girl
Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, The - Come to my arms!
Eye in the Labyrinth - Maze of the mind
Eyes Behind the Stars - Keep on probing
Eyes of Crystal - There's always room for giallo
Fairy Tale: A True Story - Do you believe in fairies?
Falcon and the Snowman, The - Spies Like Us
Famille Bélier, La - Hear my song
Family for Rent - Home on Loan
Family Friend, The - Neither a borrower nor a lender be
Family Jewels, The - A Six-pack of Jerry
Family Light Affair - Lost in Hong Kong
Fancy Pants - No popcorn during Bob's performance, peasants!
Fangs of the Cobra - Make Friends with a Snake
Fantaghiro: Cave of the Golden Rose - Fairytales get a feisty feminist makeover
Fantastic Adventures of Unico - spread a little happiness as you go by
Fantastic Four - 4 for Disaster
Fantastic Magic Baby, The - Havoc in Heaven
Fantomas - The original Phantom Menace
Fantomas Strikes Back - Fiend with a thousand faces
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard - Green goon's highland fling
Farewell, My Lovely - Mitchum's Marlowe
Fascination - Bloodsuckers by any other name
Fashionista - Dressed to impress
Fast-Hand Is Still My Name - A Fistful of Pain
Fatal Contact - Broken Bones and Shattered Dreams
Fatal Vacation - Tourist Trap
Fault in Our Stars, The - Happily Never After
Fear City - Stripped to Kill
Fear No Evil - Don't look in the mirror!
Fearless Fuzz - Merli makes 'em laugh
Fearless: Director's Cut - Life of a Hero
Fellini Roma - Arrivederci la dolce vita
Female Convict Scorpion # 701: Beast Stable - Sasori returns, on the run and out for blood
Female Convict Scorpion # 701: Grudge Song - Meiko Kaji's last sting
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 - Soulful Sasori packs a sting in her tail
Femme est une Femme, Une - Maybe Baby
Femme Infidèle, La - How Murder Saved a Loveless Marriage
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