Andrew Pragasam
|
Status:
|
Reviewer |
|
Profile:
|
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.
|
|
Homepage:
|
|
2737 Reviews Listed
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha - Same lyrics, different tune
Magical Girls Club Foursome: Alien X from Space A - Girl Power
Magical Idol Pastel Yumi - Flower Power
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Multiverse Madness
Magical World of Pinocchio, The - Made from a tree but he's like you and me!
Magnificent 7 Kung Fu Kids - Crime-busting Brat Squad
Magnificent Scoundrels, The - You can't con a conman
Magnificent Warriors - Indiana Yeoh
Magnifique, Le - Never fear, Bob St. Clare is here!
Magnum Force - A man oughta know his limitations
Mai Mai Miracle - I know what you did last summer
Maigret Sets a Trap - He's no Clouseau
Make It Happen - Seriously slinky
Maladolescenza - Growing Pains
Maleficent - Not so wicked after all
Malibu Express - Babes, bullets & bombs
Mama's Dirty Girls - Die, Daddy, Die
Mammuth - Born to be mild
Man Called Hero, A - When a hero comes along
Man Called Tiger, A - Jimmy Riddle
Man Could Get Killed, A - Sinatra bagged a hit, everyone else got this lousy movie
Man from Hong Kong, The - You've Blown It All Sky High
Man From Nowhere, The - The right guy in the wrong place
Man in the Attic - Jack knows Jack about Jack
Man of Steel - Wham! Bam! Thank you, Superman!
Man on a Ledge - Hang in there
Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, The - Damnedest woman he ever knew
Man with the Glass Eye, The - Something sinister afoot in Swinging London
Manhandlers, The - My god, breasts!
Manhattan Baby - Little girl lost in a Fulci fright-fest
Manhunt - Get that pimp!
ManHunt - Let the doves fly
Manhunt in the City - Every crime has a Silva lining
Mannaja - A Man Called Blade - Mud, mud, glorious mud
Man-Thing - Whatever knows fear, burns at its touch
March or Die - Sons of the desert
Marco - 3,000 Leagues in Search of Mother
Marco Polo - In Xanadu did Kublai Khan unleash a whole lot of kung fu
Mardock Scramble - I Saw a Mouse
Margie - Times May Change but Young Hearts Stay the Same
Marginal, Le - He's a loose cannon, but he gets results
Marine Express - where lies the secret of the sea?
Mark il Poliziotto - Rhymes with Narc
Mark of the Vampire - Bela Lugosi's dead - oh wait, no he isn't
Marked for Death - That voodoo he do so well
Marriage, Italian Style - Mamma Mia!
Martian, The - He scienced the shit out of it
Marvelous Melmo - Fun with biology
Mary and the Witch's Flower - Ghibli is dead, Long Live Ghibli!
Mask of Murder - Hide in plain sight
|
