REVIEW DOUBLE BILL: Atomic Blonde & Shin Godzilla

Atomic Blonde

James Blonde. Joan Wick. Taken with a pinch of Salt.

It may sound derivative, but it’s a formula that can reap bountiful rewards. You take a frosty cool female lead, drop them into a previously male-dominated genre, and unleash their ass-kicking potential.…

Love & Peace is a charmingly inconsistent monstrosity

 

You never know quite what you’re going to get with Sion Sono.

The cult Japanese director’s most recent film, Shinjuku Swan, was a live-action adaptation of a manga about a young talent scout’s forays into the red light district; the one before, Tokyo Tribe, a futuristic gang warfare film featuring almost literal “rap battles”.…