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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2737 Reviews Listed
Streets of Laredo - Cowboy's Lament
Strike Commando - If you can't get Rambo, Ransom will do
Strip Nude For Your Killer - Sleazy does it
Striptease - Keep 'em on!
Stud and the Nympho, The - The Dating Scene is a Nightmare
Student and Mister Henri, The - Life lessons from an old grump
Successful Man, A - lonely at the top
Sucker Punch - Sweet dreams are made of these
Sudden Impact - Make my day
Sugar Daddies, The - Sex Sells
Sukeban Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack - Girls just wanna have fun
Sukeban: Crazy Ball Game - Sayonara Savage Schoolgirls
Sukeban: Escape from Reform School - Jail Bait Jail Break
Sukeban: Girl Boss Guerilla - Biker Babes Go Crazy in Kyoto
Sullivan's Travels - Let's hear it for the mirth-makers
Summer Days With Coo - Catch that Kappa
Summer Wars - We Are Family
Summer's Tale, A - Just pick one you idiot!
Summertime Killer - Ladies love a bad boy
Summons To Death - Treasure Hunt
Sunburn - Farrah Fatigue
Sunday Horse, A - A miracle on four legs
Sunflower - Casualties of War
Super 8 - E.T. Go Home
Super Infra-Man - All hail Princess Dragon-Mom!
Super Riders Against the Devil - Motorcycle madness
Super Robot Mach Baron - Raging Robot Rumble
Super Xuxa vs. the Down Mood - Believe in the power of sunshine and sexy samba moves
Superdimensional Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? - Sing, Minmay, Sing!
Superman Unbound - Suck it, Brainiac
Superman vs. the Elite - Yer a wanker, Superman
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse - Concerning Kara
Superman: The Movie - You'll believe a man can fly
Supermen Against the Orient - Smash 'em, punch 'em, bash 'em, grind 'em under
Supreme Swordsman, The - Another one bites the dust
Susannah of the Mounties - Shirley shares the peace-pipe
Swallows and Amazons - Summer Magic
Swallows and Amazons - Kids of Summer
Swan Lake - True love conquers all
Swan Princess, The - True beauty lies under a lot of feathers
Sweet Body of Deborah, The - Riddle, riddle, Debbie in the middle
Sweet Home - Mother knows best
Sweet is Revenge - Justice wears a mask
Sweet Karma - Raunchy Rampage of Revenge
Sweet Sixteen - A girl to die for
Sweet Sugar - Poison Candy
Swing Vote - Washington comes to Mr. Smith
Sword Art Online - Game On
Sword of Alexander, The - Wondrously Strange
Sword of Many Loves - Third time out for the Flying Fox
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