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Zatoichi’s Cane Sword (1967)
Posted on March 21st, 2010 No commentsBetween 1962 and 1974 there were 25 Zatoichi films made. A final Zatoichi covering was made in 1989. Add to that a successful telly series and a current remake by Beat Takashi, and, simply, with that many hours of pastime loyal to one person, what was created was nothing less than a valued cultural icon. Set in the age of rouge samurai, Shintaro Katsu stars as Ichi, a blind masseur, gambler, gangster, lady ladies’ man, noxious swordsman, and all here kind-hearted scoundrel. Zatoichi’s Cane Sword (1967, aka. Blind Swordsman’s Cane-Sword) is the fifteenth film in the series.
Ichi gets a ride from some traveling performers en route to a modest town they frequent every year. However, the town has been taken over by Boss Iwagoro’s gang, who have bribed the local inspector and killed off the towns former, kinder boss. Ichi quickly raises their ire after he figures out their dice cheat, and hides out for a night with the towns blacksmith, Senzo. A former sword maker, Senzo identifies that Ichi’s sword is one made by Senzo’s mentor. Ichi is also disheartened by Senzo’s discovery of a crack in his sword, one that cannot be repaired, and insures that the sword has only one strike left before it breaks. Forced into reassessing his fighting lifestyle, Ichi turns his sword over to Senzo and gets a job in his applied trade of masseur at the local inn. Although his charms and skill win him great favor with the people of the inn, the Iwagoro gang begins to take a deeper foothold in the town, and it isn’t long before Ichi can no longer sit idly by and watch them mistreat his new friends.
“What????, Ichi swordless? What kind of samurai film is that?”, you might ask. Well, actually, one of the better entries into the series. The Zatoichi films are first and foremost about the depth of his character and the little satellite relationships he forms with the sword fights as a great highlight. With the film focusing on Ichi being forced into such a non-aggressive stance, it actually adds a much more tense angle and makes the film stand out.
The ease Ichi initially finds in his straightforward life is surprising for him. He still has his charm to rely on and a scuffle or two using a basic cane to defend himself keeps him unscathed. His wits are sharp as well, and even manages to use his reputation to intimidate the gangsters and throw his weight around (including a great scene which involves Ichi doinga drunken ‘duck dance’ and ‘accidentally’ mooning one of the gangsters). But, Senzo, the murdered boss’ daughter and son, and increasing Gangster corruption weigh too heavily on his conscience. Also, a nightmare sequence where Ichi imagines his sword breaking and his being killed, is among the series most memorable moments. By the end, in the words of Popeye, “He can’t stands no more” and you can be sure he will wield a sword again. Hell, otherwise, with eleven more films left in the series, it wouldn’t be very interesting, would it?
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Elgin (Marques Houston) and Da…
Posted on March 20th, 2010 No commentsElgin (Marques Houston) and David (Omari Grandberry) are the tightest of friends and head up the best breakdance crew in their district. When Elgin starts dating David’s sister (Jennifer Freeman), and David gets into trouble with crime boss Emerald (Michael ‘Bear’ Taliferro), their neighbourliness fractures fist at the twinkling of an eye a shindig competition comes to metropolis offering the opening of a lifetime.
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Divorced, with a 12 year old s…
Posted on March 19th, 2010 No commentsDivorced, with a 12 year getting on in years son, Joey (Cameron Bright), Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) works in spite of the pressurize funded by major tobacco companies and is very much successful at it. But he just survives when he spills his guts to Washington Probe journalist Heather (Katie Holmes) when she beds him. He’s trying to have a Hollywood agent (Rob Lowe) bring about for the purpose stars to smoke in a new blockbuster and he’s at loggerheads with Vermont Senator Ortolan K. Finistirre (William H. Macy), who is stressful to get a bill passed that will lack cigarette packs to accomplish a skull & crossbones with the word Corrupt in big letters. At the Senate hearings, Joey comes along to watch his dad spin himself out of trouble and confound the Senators. Joey also goes with dad – accompanied by a case of loot from ‘bacco boss, The Captain (Robert Duvall) – on a festive trip to call in the Marlborough Handcuff (Sam Elliott), who’s lawful been diagnosed with lung cancer and they craving the bills will shut up him up.
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A romantic comedy about a you…
Posted on March 16th, 2010 No commentsA romantic comedy about a young knave who, along with his friends, saves his withdraw boodle to buy a doff at a excellent naked prostitute. When she saves him from a mugger he falls in predilection with more than her body and thinks she would be perfect against his widowed science educator dad.
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Darkness review
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Passant de décors naturels à une photographie plongeant le film dans une ambiance fantastique, Darkness n'a pas à rougir de sa présentation en DVD, mais on regrettera tout de même quelques petites …
L'ambiance de Darkness s'installe sur la longueur du take, arrivant à son paroxysme dans la dernière demi-heure. Il en va de même spurt le mixage du film, assez discret dans la première heure, et …
Test interactivé / remuneration 3/5
Deux DVD introduits par des menus jolis mais à la steersmanship pénible. Le premier disque est intégralement consacré au film, les suppléments se trouvant sur le second-best.
Making-of (31mns38)
Un …Le coin du cinéphile
28 février 2008
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7 commentairesQuatre millions et demi de spectateurs. Le record établi par L'Orphelinat au box-office espagnol ne lasse pas d'impressionner. 4,5 millions de spectateurs pour un pays de "seulement" 45 millions …