The Warrior’s Way
Stylized, but entertaining movie about the greatest swordsman in the world who comes to the American wild west. Quirky, plenty of CGI violence, and fun. Found myself enjoying it against my better judgment. Good cast well used. **

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Documentary about the influential writer. Good first-hand accounts of his life and influence. Very influential in a variety of genres. Even after seeing it, maybe even more so after seeing it, Burroughs remains a writer that doesn’t interest me. **

Dinosaur Wars
Documentary about the professional battles between the two founders of American Paleontology in the second half of the 19^th Century. Very informative historically and scientifically. Enjoyed it. **

Sacrifice
Chinese epic about a doctor who protects a child from the slaughter of his entire clan so he can grow up to revenge them. Not really an action movie, but a good story well developed and acted. Enjoyable. **

Wind Blast
Action-packed Chinese movie about assassins and police chasing a hit man and his pregnant girlfriend across the Gobi desert. Plenty of violence and stunts. Very modern Chinese ending. Well done and fun. **

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Stylish and entertaining Chinese movie about a detective brought out of prison to solve a mystery of murders occurring around the inauguration of the first female empress. Pretty entertaining and a good resolution. **

Valley of the Sun
Movie about a burned out male porn star who goes to stay with his parents in their gated retirement community in Arizona. Dopey, but OK. Surprisingly good cast who actually try. Not too bad. **

Sex Sells: The Making of Touché
Mockumentary about the making of a porn movie on no budget. Silly relationships develop. Not quite as bad as it sounds, but not good. *

Female Convict Scorpion
Stylized and dopey Japanese movie about a mild-mannered woman who is forced to kill someone. She goes to prison and becomes a kick-ass fighter to save her life. See what I mean. Not that good. *

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Re-watched this third element of Park Chan-wook’s revenge trilogy. Very well done in every way. Forgot that it has some extremely hard-to-watch scenes. Luckily, this time, I could fast forward through them. Still, very good. ***

The Boys are Back
Affecting and accomplished film about a sportswriter’s struggle to deal with his wife’s death and take care of his two sons. Based on a true story. Very well acted. Perfect Clive Owen vehicle. Enjoyed it. **

Textures of Skin
Interesting Korean film about a photographer who is having an affair with an old girlfriend who is now married. But he is also having visions of a woman who lived in his apartment before he did. Odd, incomprehensible ending to the version I watched on Netflix. **

Rammboch
Wonderful German zombie movie that focuses on the people trying to survive more than the violence and gore of the attacks. Intelligent and well acted. Great ending, even kind of touching. Really liked it. ***

Drug War
Excellent Chinese film about drug officers who try to use a captured kingpin to roll up a large drug network. Very violent, nearly everyone gets killed in the end. A little creepy the way the government comes in at the end. Really well directed. Very enjoyable. **