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Cry Macho Review (Spoiler-free)

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Oct 12, 2021 | Cinema, Uncategorized

Yo Ho, WeRCatz here! Clint Eastwood is back with another movie titled Cry Macho. Based on the novel by N. Richard Nash, Cry Macho tells the tale about an ex-rodeo star (Eastwood) who travels to Mexico so that he can bring back a young man (Eduardo Minett) to his...

Shaft Turns 50

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Sep 28, 2021 | Cinema, Uncategorized

Ahoy Captain Cats here and today we are going to look at one of the most important films in the history of the Blaxploitation genre and that film is Shaft () and it turns 50 this year. The film was based on a book of the same name by Ernest Tidyman, who also wrote the...

Bruce Lee and The Big Boss: 50 years

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Sep 14, 2021 | Cinema, Uncategorized

Yo Ho, WeRCatz here! This coming October 23 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1971 kung fu smash hit The Big Boss starring Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Tony Liu, and Nora Miao. At a budget of $100,000 The Big Boss broke many records and gained a gigantic $50...

The Raid Turns 10

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Aug 31, 2021 | Cinema, Uncategorized

Ahoy Captain Cats here and today we are going to take a look at one of the best action movies that came out in 2011 and still to this day is one of the best and that film is The Raid. The film was written and directed by Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans and the film is...

Beckett Review: SPOILER FREE

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Aug 24, 2021 | Cinema, Uncategorized

Yo Ho, WeRCatz here! Beckett (2021), not to be confused with Becket (1964), was released on Netflix on August 13. It stars John David Washington, Boyd Holbrook, Vicky Krieps, and Alicia Vikander. This film centers on an American tourist named Beckett (Washington) who...

Sonny Chiba Died At 82

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Aug 24, 2021 | Cinema, Food and Life, TV, Uncategorized

Sad news to report everyone, legendary Japanese actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba passed away at the age of 82 this past week. Born as Sadaho Maeda on January 22, 1939, in Fukuoka, Japan, Chiba would spend most of his youth doing sports and at one point was a...