SCUM CINEMA PRESENTS: 5 Element Ninjas VENUE: The Arts House Screening Room DATE & TIME: 28 August 2015, 8:00pm RATING: NC-16 COST: Free admission When a quintet of nasty ninjas, hell-bent on world domination, nearly massacres an entire clan, its [...]
Original doesn’t always mean better. Many of them ain’t exactly original in the first place. Sometimes rip offs are just as good. (eg Dredd vs The Raid). But more often, they are lamer. (eg. Cecil B Demented vs. Why Don’t [...]
SCUM CINEMA PRESENTS: Riki Oh VENUE: The Arts House Screening Room DATE & TIME: 29 August 2014, 8:30pm RATING: R21 (Violence & Gore) COST: Free admission Welcome to another SCUM screening! In August, we will be showcasing one of the [...]
These days, we are bombarded with so many reel gems sitting around in YouTube that we decided to start a new feature (where we spend hours) sifting out the best in class, so you dont have to. Whenever possible, we [...]
November 8, 2013
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Review by: Mountain Monkey SCUM Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Since Donnie Yen kicked the living daylights out of the Japanese in Ip Man (2008), we’ve seen a flurry of Ip Man-inspired movies, some good and some not so [...]
Review by: Monkey Fist SCUM Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Given that Aces Go Places Part 1 was a huge success, it was inevitable that this sequel came along! Aces Go Places 2 finds King Kong (Sam Hui) and [...]
Review by Monkey Fist SCUM Rating : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The film is an adaption of the original Japanese manga and it’s a close second to Peter Jackson’s “Braindead” as the goriest film ever made! Rivers of blood [...]
Review by Monkey Fist SCUM Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Hong Kong has a slew of horror-comedy films back in the ‘80s but Mr Vampire remains the most memorable. The late Lam Ching-Ying stars as Kou, a ghostbusting Taoist [...]
Review by Topo Sanchez SCUM Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ I gotta admit, I was intrigued by the cover (hey, its a Shaw Brothers KISS, who wouldn’t??) The story is about a diabolical baddie nicknamed the Bat Without Wings, [...]
Review by Monkey Fist SCUM Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Back in ’89 when Donnie Wahlberg was busting the US “Pop” Charts, Donnie Yen was busting arses in Hong Kong cinema!! For all you martial arts fans out there, [...]