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Genesis: Alpha One

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Genesis Alpha One is a revolutionary mix of roguelike shooter, base building and survival that puts...

Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)

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As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art...

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The Ancient Greek World - People and Places: How the Ancient Greeks Lived - An Authoritative and Highly Accessible Exploration of Society, Art and Architecture, Theatre, Sport and the Games

Nigel Rodgers

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Split into two parts, the book first traces the origin of the artistic achievements of Greece,...

Awix (3310 KP) rated Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) in Movies

Mar 31, 2019 (Updated Mar 31, 2019)

Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)

1982 | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

6.2

(14 Ratings)

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Hugely likeable, tongue-in-cheek mash-up of monster movie and crime drama. An ancient Aztec dragon-bird-god begins terrorising window-cleaners, construction workers and other people on top of high buildings in New York. Small-time crook (Moriarty) comes across the lair but will only tell heroic detective (Carradine) if the price is right.

The stuff with the monster is grisly good fun, while the more down to earth scenes are lifted hugely by the terrific performance of Moriarty, who seems to think he's appearing in a John Cassavetes film. The special effects are heroically over-ambitious and a subplot about an Aztec cult committing human sacrifices feels like an awkward afterthought, but that just adds to the entertainment value of an unashamed exploitation movie, and a mighty fine one too.

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Andy K (10821 KP) Mar 31, 2019

This looks amazing!

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Awix (3310 KP) Mar 31, 2019

It's a lot of fun.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Prehistoric Women (1967) in Movies

Feb 12, 2018

The Land That The Budget Forgot

Pretty much a one-man show for Hammer supremo Michael Carreras, who writes, directs, and produces, and in the process demonstrates why he should really have stuck to producing. Then again, the whole movie was intended as a cash-saving measure so there's a limit to how much you can complain about the slapdash plotting, absurdly cheap 'monster', or painful non-acting from most of the cast.

Martine Beswick does her best to rise above it all, but this is even less entertaining than it probably sounds; it's not even that interesting as an exploitation movie. Noted actor, director and playwright Steven Berkoff can be spotted hanging around in the background hoping not to be seen and planning on calling his agent.