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Nobody: Bob Odenkirk makes a surprising action hero in a trope-filled tale of a milquetoast who fights back

Nobody: Bob Odenkirk makes a surprising action hero in a trope-filled tale of a milquetoast who fights back

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 25, 2021Vigilante violence, Bob Odenkirk, Nobody, High Noon, Falling Down, Death Wish, Ilya Naishuller, Michael Ironside, Characters rediscovering their masculinity, Aleksey Serebryakov, Christopher Lloyd, A History of Violence, Home invasionsComment

Revenge: A feminist French grindhouse movie, fuelled by peyote

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekMay 9, 2018Midnight movies, Rape, Revenge, Vigilante violence, French films, feminism

Death Wish: A man's (still) gotta kill who a man's gotta kill

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 1, 2018Vigilante violence, Bruce Willis, Death Wish, Eli Roth, Annapurna Productions, Elisabeth Shue, Movie remakes