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 Ringo Lam: The Unsung Hero of Hong Kong Cinema ArticleFebruary 8th 2010 Hey everybody, back with something a little special. Up until this point I’ve used my “articles” section for my Rogue Cinema writings. However, I’ve decided to only hold onto a few of those that actually fit the definition of an “article” and instead I’m going to focus on adding my own VC exclusive articles. I plan to make these as thorough and focused as possible. First up is this biography of Hong Kong filmmaker Ringo Lam, who I find terribly under appreciated with contemporary Asian cinema fans. The man has made a laundry list of brilliant features in his time and so few seem to know much about him or have any experience with his work. Hopefully this article can bring a few titles to your queue and maybe get you started on the way to becoming a Ringo Lam fanboy! Click the image to read more about this brilliant, if quirky, filmmaker!Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key ReviewFebruary 5th 2010Hey everybody, back with some more Giallo action just for you! This review marks a slight turning point in the review format here at Varied Celluloid. If you take a look you’ll see a new section of the review for trivia! Now this won’t be stuff I’ve ripped from the IMDB or anything of that sort, as that would be fairly cheap, so this will come from facts that I dig up myself or find out from another source. Anyway, I hope you guys dig it and look for more in the near future!  The Plot: Oliviero Rouvigny (Luigi Pistilli), is a failed writer and husband, who lives with his wife Irina (Anita Strindberg) in a sprawling mansion far from any prying eyes. Luigi has all but dedicated his life to torturing his wife, who he holds an incredible amount of antagonism for despite her being sweet and loving to him. He beats, humiliates and tortures her on a daily basis. He keeps a cat that she hates, which is aptly named “Satan”, and throws wild parties with the young hippies who live nearby. When his mistress is killed, it leaves Oliviero as the prime suspect for the local police who question him theroughly on the issue. Oliviero pleads his innocence but it falls on deaf ears. Especially with his wife, who knows that the night the young woman was murdered – Oliviero was actually late making it in. Things start to look worse whenever the colored maid who lives with this married couple turns up murdered in the hallway. Irina is at first going to report it, but Oliviero stops her due to the fact that no matter what is said Oliviero is going to once again fall under suspicion. Now Irina, who has never had it easy with this man, begins to fear for her life. With their niece, Floriana (Edwige Finech), coming in by train – will the killings stop? Is Oliviero actually innocent? And what kind of devious games will Floriana, who is a proven nymph, bring to the table?…CONTINUE READING THE REVIEW HERE… VCinema Podcast: Episode 2!February 2nd 2010 For our second episode, we (Josh and Coffin Jon) stamina up Japanese-style for a whopping two hours of madness and movie discussion. Takashi Miike’s semi-obscure Shinjuku Triad Society from 1995 gets the full-on featured review treatment this time around. We also discuss violence in Miike’s films, recommend some classics in our “Netflix Instant Watch” segment, decide with our Twitter community whether the yakuza or triads would win in an all out war, and explore the question “Why do we watch cult film?” in our new “Question of the Podcast” segment. We also debut “The Pretention Alert” which will surely be used in many episodes to come. Links: Shinjuku Triad Society (IMDb) Ikiru (IMDb) The Trial (IMDb) The “YMDb” Severed Cinema Jake Adelstein Stone Bridge Press Snowblood Apple Midnight Eye Dope Computer Music VCinema contact info and links: Contact: vcinema@variedcelluloid.net Voicemail: (206) 338-3864 Twitter: @vcinemashow (Coffin Jon) @variedcelluloid.net (Josh) Directly download episode 2 here 
Slaughter Hotel ReviewFebruary 2nd 2010Hey everybody! How about some Giallo fun? Sounds like a good time, am I right? Heck yeah! Oh wait… I’m reviewing Slaughter Hotel… oh well, at least you can read the review and see whether it’ll be as torteorous on your retinas as it was on mine. Hah! Well, I take that back, it’s not really THAT bad and it features some genre giants – so it’s probably worth checking out only for that reason, but don’t go in expecting a whole lot.  The Plot: In a sanitarium for wealthy women needing a break from their intense schedule (or just for those who have lost their sanity), we are introduced to Dr. Francis Clay (Klaus Kinski) who is the leading psychologist in charge of these women. However, there is something dark at work inside of this sanitarium, as we discover there is a killer haunting the hallways. Each of the women all have their own personal demons to deal with as well. With one woman being a serious nympho, another having had a nervous breakdown from looking over her own company and one woman suffering from amnesia. Not only will these women be pushed to the edges of their own limited sanity, but so will everyone else in this hospital as the killer starts stalking them one by one. Who could it be however and why would this person choose to pick on these helpless women?…CONTINUE READING THE REVIEW HERE… Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story ReviewJanuary 26th 2010Cannibal Holocaust 2! Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story! Pick your poison for a title, but they’re the same flick. A ‘cannibal‘ movie that continues more along the lines of Jungle Holocaust or The Man From Deep River, since there’s really not much actual cannibal action going on. However, that doesn’t mean its bad or all that tame! A fairly fun little cannibal flick that keeps all the gritty stuff you expect from the genre while also delivering a story! Can’t ask for much more than that!  The Plot: Catherine Miles is a young English girl (who speaks with an American accent) who now finds herself on trial for a double homicide in the amazon. She had come to the Amazon in order to vacation with her mother and father. They rent a large boat in order to make it to another part of the jungle where they will be staying, but they are cut off by a tribe of natives. These natives aren’t the friendly kind who want to share either, these are the kind who kill without thinking. They slaughter Catherine’s parents and poison her with a dart that makes her immobile. She is then carried back to their village and sold at an auction where she then becomes slave to the highest bidder. The young warrior who actually killed Catherine’s parents offers to trade all of his weapons as well as his own freedom in order to own Catherine, but he is denied and another owner is chosen. This other owner tries to force himself on Catherine, who resists but is then beaten into submission. When the young warrior sees this, he challenges her owner to a battle and the two fight to the death. This young warrior wins and finally owns Catherine, but she refuses to give herself to him because of what he did to her parents. What happened to put young Catherine Miles on trial and what will become of her?…CONTINUE READING THE REVIEW HERE…
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