★★★ “The Beast is yet to come…” Debate raged over this one. Chris reckons lead actress Shimamura was, at some point, a man. I’m not quite so convinced, but the mere thought certainly gave the sex scenes here an added edge of creepiness. Given the lengthy such sequence which occurs… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★ “The spirit is willing…” This is another example of someone simply trying to do too much on their movie. For Linch not only starred in, produced and directed this, she also edited it, did the sound design and was the colourist. It’s not hard to predict her talents are… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
Literary rating: ★★★★ Kick-butt quotient: ☆☆ This is a fairly classic “rise from nowhere” story, yet is well-executed and done in a world which is interesting for its differences. The heroine is – surprise! – Marilia, whom we first meet on the battlefield, about to face an opponent of superior… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★ “Home on the (gun-)range” This one does take a while to reach the necessary threshold: probably only truly qualifies for the final twenty minutes or so, though it does talk a good game until that point. Also, it’s a decent enough combination of Western and home-invasion genres to that… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
