Monthly Archives: July 2019

In Memoriam Rutger Hauer: FLESH AND BLOOD (Paul Verhoeven, 1985)

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Budd Wilkins

Flesh and Blood is styled on screen as Flesh + Blood, as though writer-director Paul Verhoeven were consciously working out an algorithm to account for his filmmaking sensibilities. By all accounts, this should have been the filmmaker’s Vera Cruz: a down-and-dirty medieval romp … Continue reading →

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Godzilla (Ishirō Honda, 1954)

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Budd Wilkins

“History shows again and again,” writes that unsung modern philosopher Buck Dharma, “how nature points up the folly of men.” Meaning, for those unfamiliar with Blue Öyster Cult’s 1979 monster hit, one Godzilla, 20-story-tall king of the monsters, and the … Continue reading →

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