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When Ridley Scott’s Black Rain came out in the Fall of 1989, American audiences had no idea that the Yakuza member Michael Douglas was hauling back to Japan was a cinematic badass. How could we know since the movies of Yūsaku Matsuda hadn’t been released in US theaters? It was

Considering that I was out of town for all of last weekend, I’m impressed that I’ve only got about ten issues from the week before last to read before I get into last week’s books. With the holiday coming, I hope I can get caught up soon, and then will

Before Fritz Lang made Metropolis and M, scared audiences around Europe with Dr. Mabuse. The super intelligent criminal and master of disguise, Dr. Mabuse was the center of two of Lang’s films. Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels met with Lang to explain why The Testament of Dr. Mabuse was being banned,

When a comedy troupe arrives on TV with a sketch show, they want to hit with material that will make people immediately think: How did they get that on TV? The Whitest Kids U’Know appeared to be a normal spoof show when they opened with “real” couple waiting for their

The late ’80s and ’90s were an interesting time for children’s animation. For some reason, studio executives decided that characters from R-Rated films could become the stars of Saturday morning. There were cartoons based on Rambo, Robocop and Police Academy. Even Chuck Norris was animated. They toned down the violence