Category: Ric Review

Blazing Saddles Sometimes, in order to break new ground and expand people’s minds to new ideas, one should be required to use the gift of laughter and comedy in order to do so, as Mel Brooks did here in 1974 with his Grand Masterpiece, one of the funniest and greatest works in the history of […]

Blind Side Sandra Bullock has always been a beautiful, angelic presence in American cinema (even if many of her films stink), and it was only a matter of time before she was given a role that matched her persona, fitting her so much like a glove that she would land her first Oscar win as […]

Blood Diamond While not exactly a shining postcard designed to promote tourism to the continent of Africa, the most notable aspect of Edward Zwick’s film is the stunning maturation of Leonardo DeCaprio as an actor.  As Danny Archer, diamond smuggler and mercenary, DiCaprio proves that he’s miles ahead of his bland pretty boy from Titanic.  […]

Blood Feast After being immortalized and re-introduced to younger audiences through his referencing in the recent movie Juno, Herschell Gordon Lewis has now taken his rightful place as the Godfather Of Gore, the first true filmmaker to showcase graphic violence in cinema and use it as the main selling point of the films in question, […]

Blood Sisters One thing that becomes certain as this movie begins is that director Roberta Findlay ain’t exactly one of the Great Masters. The visuals are way too tight, and parts look like it was shot thru a fishbowl. The “action” begins when a hideously obese prostitute and her john are shotgunned to death in […]

Bloodsport In the wake of Bruce Lee’s sudden death in 1973, along with the now aborted influx of top Asian film stars following him right into Hollywood, the truth of Lee’s actual legacy was finally coming to light, that of which is the now common practice of non-Asian Westerners to take up and practice the […]

Blow There can be no doubt that one of, if not the most pervasively evil influence on our overall culture in recent history is that of the white powder called cocaine.  Seen widely at one time as a benchmark for being rich and famous, the fact remains that coke is quite nearly the equivalent for […]

Blow Out The European “arthouse” cinema circuit has always been known as being exclusive to its continent of origin.  Vague, colorful “artsy” films on whom their plots were little more than shoestrings from which to display their unique style up to and including the showcasing of sexual acts and outright sexual perversions, and also having […]

Blue Hawaii You know, in today’s day and age where many men are slugs and treat their girlfriends like shit, ya gotta admire the way The King himself, Elvis Presley, conducted himself around women in the golden era of his films.  Never losing his temper or getting carried away with anger, Presley was always seen […]

Blue Lagoon Very few child performers of the 20th century were as vigorously and disgustedly exploited as was Brooke Shields, someone who started off as a child model before moving into acting in motion pictures at the tender age of 12, but instead of appearing in family friendly fare (as Jodie Foster notably did before […]