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Re: Play Dirty

christianne — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:59:04 -0000

Point Blank, not Point Break. And both Point Blank and Payback are based on The Hunter, not The Outfit. The Outfit was made into a pretty good film of the same name by John Flynn with Robert Duvall as Parker. I get the feeling that Westlake, were he still alive, would have denied this project the name "Parker" as he did to all of the films based on the books during his lifetime. His estate is doing the character no favors.

Man, I hated this film. There are 23 Parker novels (27 if you count the Grofield novels) and ALL of them are better than this garbage. Why pay for the property if you're not going to use it. Fanfiction, indeed.

Re: Joan the Maid Movie Review & Film Summary (1994) | Roger Ebert

christianne — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 10:35:08 -0000

Hey, Glenn: Dreyer's film was The Passion of Joan of Arc. The Trial of Joan of Arc is by Robert Bresson.

Re: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

christianne — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:15:08 -0000

While I love The 36th Chamber a LOT--I first saw it years ago under the title of Master Killer--it's down the list a bit of my favorite Shaw films. If I was to pick a favorite, it would probably be Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (which sounds like a porn film, but isn't one) or maybe Eight Diagram Pole Fighter depending on what day of the week it is. Liu Chia-Liang had a flair for comedy, which is on full display in Drunken Master II and My Young Auntie and Dirty Ho ( another film that sounds like a porn title, but isn't). You should also see Tiger on the Beat (which has a kung fu fight with chainsaws) and Mad Monkey Kung-Fu. I love this stuff.

Re: Before the First Avenger: "The Rocketeer" 25 Years Later | Balder and Dash | Roger Ebert

christianne — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 06:36:44 -0000

No, no, no! The big thug in The Rocketeer isn't a nod to Karloff! He's Rondo Hatton as the Creeper!

But, yeah. The Rocketeer is a swell movie. Who looks back on Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as fondly? Not me.

Re: Jessica Chastain Shares Her Fave Action Movies With Female Leads

christianne — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:21:54 -0000

Some classic Hong Kong films:

The Bride With White Hair (Brigitte Lin)
The Heroic Trio (Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung) and it's sequel
Police Story 3 (aka Supercop, which is technically a Jackie Chan film, but is completely stolen by Michelle Yeoh, who jumps a motorcycle onto a moving train near the end)
Green Snake (Maggie Cheung and Joey Wong)
Peking Opera Blues (Brigitte Lin, Cherrie Chung, Sally Yeh)
Come Drink With Me (Cheng Pei Pei)
Wing Chung (Michelle Yeoh)
Swordsman II and III (aka The East is Red, in which Brigitte Lin stakes a claim as the queen of transgender kung fu, with some fun gender shenanigans from Joey Wong, too).

Also, movies starring Meiko Kaji. The one that really fulfills the guidelines here is Lady Snowblood, though I like the Female Convict Scorpion films better. The Stray Cat Rock girl gang films are fun, too. There's a reason a character in Bitch Planet is named after her.

Re: 6 Modern Horror Films with Compelling Female Protagonists

christianne — Thu, 07 May 2015 23:15:29 -0000

It Follows hasn't been mentioned yet? That film was awesome.

Re: The Harvest Movie Review & Film Summary (2015) | Roger Ebert

christianne — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:25:54 -0000

While the review piques my interest, I do want to mention that the still you've run with this review is from Take Shelter, not from The Harvest. You might want to fix this.

Re: Approaching the Elephant Movie Review (2014) | Roger Ebert

christianne — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 06:40:34 -0000

When I saw this film last year, it reminded me of The Lord of the Flies for some reason. No pig's head on a stick, mind you, but I'm sure you know what I mean...

Re: Power Loaders! Punching! A Montage of Some of Action Movies’ Biggest Female Badasses

christianne — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:32:49 -0000

No Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood, Female Prisoner Scorpion, Kill Bill wouldn't exist without her example)? No Brigitte Lin (The Bride With White Hair, Peking Opera Blues, lacerating stare, all around badass)? No Pam Grier? Seriously, no Pam Grier?

Re: Milla Jovovich may star in George R.R. Martin’s In The Lost Lands

christianne — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:55:52 -0000

Uh...no. It's NOT the first time Martin has been adapted for the big screen. There was a film version of Nightflyers back in 1987 starring Catherine Mary Stewart. It's not good, but it's also not nothing.

Re: LGBTQ Webcomics

christianne — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 13:18:24 -0000

The summary: "Stories short and long. Usually trans-themed, but sometimes not. Sometimes safe for work, but often not. Melodrama, comedy, swashbuckling, erotica, you name it."

Thank you so much!

Re: LGBTQ Webcomics

christianne — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 00:15:53 -0000

Probably various given that I mix it up with things like the last days of Bela Lugosi and the dating habits of Doctor Doom. The queer content is almost all trans, though.

Re: LGBTQ Webcomics

christianne — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:34:15 -0000

I was wondering if you could list my webcomics. They're imaginatively titled "Christiannes Comics" and they're collected at christiannescomics.tumblr.com. Mostly trans themed, but there's a variety of other stuff, too. Also: not generally safe for work.

Re: Gangs of Wasseypur Movie Review (2015) | Roger Ebert

christianne — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:42:00 -0000

I saw this last year. My local art house scheduled it on consecutive weeks. I loved the first half. I was less enthralled with the second, mostly because it turns into a John Woo film at the end (not that there's anything wrong with John Woo). But, yeah. Ambitious, impeccably filmed, and epic in scope. Legitimately great.

Re: 10 Rules For Making A Modern Transgender Superhero

christianne — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:43:21 -0000

NB: Camelot 3000 was written by Mike W. Barr, not Alan Moore. Otherwise, yeah. Tristan was an important character for me, but not one without problems.

Re: DC Reportedly Wants A Female Director For Wonder Woman, Here Are Our Picks

christianne — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:51:29 -0000

I'm in the bag for Lexi Alexander, if only for the interviews. Seriously, her pieces about the lot of women in moviemaking over at Indiewire are must-read. That said, I love, love, love the idea of Lana Wachowski directing this (and I think The Matrix is only the second best of her films behind Bound (lesbians!)). Hoping for Kathryn Bigelow is like hoping for the moon. Not gonna happen unless they pull a truck full of money up to her door. Ditto Andrea Arnold. Some other ideas, though: Marjane Satrapi if she'd be interested (experience with comics, Chicken With Plums was criminally under-seen and I'd love to see it boosted by proximity), Mimi Leder who has big budget experience (though she would be less than ideal), Kasi Lemmons, and Lucretia Martel (who has mentioned a desire to make a tentpole movie, though the one she wants to make is an Alien movie).

Re: DC Women Kicking Ass - Has Been it Really Been Six Months? Three Chicks...

christianne — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:18:02 -0000

Kate Beckinsale would make a terrific Velvet, I think. She turned 40 last year, too.

Re: Freema Agyeman, Naveen Andrews, Daryl Hannah, And More Join the Cast of the Wachowskis’ New Netflix Show

christianne — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 01:26:20 -0000

I'm a huge fan of Doo-na Bae (not "Donna"). I'm glad to see her in this. It guarantees I'll watch it. I also like Jamie Clayton lots. I'm delighted by this news.

Re: Review: Run, Don’t Walk, to See Snowpiercer, The Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade So Far

christianne — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:32:42 -0000

Harvey Weinstein's long and ignominious desire to cut foreign movies is well-known. He wanted to cut down Princess Mononoke, for crying out loud, and when Miyazaki wouldn't let him, he did the same thing he's doing with Snowpiercer: burying it. Princess Mononoke made $150 million before it ever opened in the US, and he buried it. Harvey's vindictiveness sometimes overrides his business sense.

Re: DC Women Kicking Ass - Help Bring Back the 3 Chicks Podcast!

christianne — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 01:18:44 -0000

Have you guys considered setting up a Patreon campaign for the podcast?

Re: Girls With Slingshots - GWS #1811

christianne — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:12:22 -0000

Oh, god. Monday's strip is going to cut to another storyline. NOOOOOOOO!

Re: Why Her suggests it’s time for a Steel Beach movie (or three)

christianne — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 02:46:08 -0000

I'm glad I'm not the only person who flashed on Varley at the end of Her (specifically, I thought of the end of "The Persistence of Vision"). It's been a while since I read Steel Beach, but this idea jibes with my memory of it. I think you could make a franchise out of "The Barbie Murders," too, particularly since that story's protagonist shows up in a couple of other short stories (particularly the wonderfully looney "Bagatelle."). If some enterprising filmmaker wouldn't mind doing a one-off, I'd love to see a film version of "The Phantom of Kansas," too.

Re: DC Women Kicking Ass - You're ten favorite female villains from Marvel? I can't stress how badly Marvel needs more a-list female villains.

christianne — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:44:55 -0000

My faves are Umar the Unspeakable, The Enchantress, and Viper. Viper in particular is that rare villain unredeemed by any noble qualities at all. I like that.

Re: DC Women Kicking Ass - Comics to Read Today, October 9

christianne — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:43:05 -0000

Rocket Girl, Fearless Defenders (really good issue, actually), and Afterlife With Archie for me. The Archie is drawn by Francesco Frankavilla and he's doing his own thing rather than aping the Archie house style. It's gore-geous.

Re: You’re Next / The Dissolve

christianne — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:05:01 -0000

You go to pains to point out that both Ti West and Joe Swanberg are directors ("real life directors," even). Why not extend the courtesy to Amy Seimetz? She directed the well-received Sun Don't Shine last year.