Showing posts with label superlative skills (u). Show all posts
Showing posts with label superlative skills (u). Show all posts
Friday, July 10, 2026

ONE ARMED SWORDSWOMAN (1972)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* A lot of chopsockies emulated...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

THE MYSTERIOUS MAGICIAN (1964)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* Opinions seem divided as to where ...
Friday, January 23, 2026

AGAINST THE DRUNKEN CAT PAWS (1979)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* As distinctive as the title is...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

THE LEGEND OF FRENCHIE KING (1971)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological* After the passing ...
Sunday, September 28, 2025

DEMON SLAYER SWORD (1995)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological*  This misleadingly titled off...
Friday, May 30, 2025

THE MAN FROM UNCLE (2015)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological*  When I saw MAN FROM UNCLE in ...
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Monday, May 26, 2025

DRAGON PRINCESS (1976)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological*  There's no good reason t...
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

CHIN SHA YEN (1977)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological*  "Bring me the head of C...
Monday, March 24, 2025

HERCULES (2014)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair*  FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological*                              ...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS (1985)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*,  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological*               ...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

LION MAN (1975)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological*                                ...
Friday, January 17, 2025

LUPIN III: PURSUIT OF HARIMAO'S TREASURE (1995)

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  P HENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological*                               ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

GOLIATH AT THE CONQUEST OF DAMASCUS (1965)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* One or two online reviews tagged ...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

SNAKE IN THE CRANE'S SHADOW (1978)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* This title is horribly generic,...
Thursday, October 17, 2024

HERCULES REBORN (2014)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* I haven't seen most of th...
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

LUPIN III: SECRET OF THE TWILIGHT GEMINI (1996)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* Just to get a detail about th...
Sunday, September 1, 2024

LUPIN III: GOEMON'S BLOOD SPRAY (2019)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, sociological* Animation directo...