J.B. Spins

By now, we know any post-apocalyptic shelter named “Eden” will be anything but. The Biblical references will not stop there. It is 2067 a...

There are a fair number of pianists to be found in classic giallos. Most likely, it is because of the genre’s obsession with hands—often ...

In 1982, the Shaw Brothers released two films based on the classic Chinese novel, The Seven Heroes and the Five Gallants . Cat vs. Rat s...

They are considered the only truly scaly mammal, but if you are not already familiar with the pangolin, you may not have much time to ge...

How would you like to be rescued by a toad or a lizard (possibly a gecko, depending on the translation of the subtitles)? Fortunately, th...

Nothing drives corruption like government land use policy. Of course, if you throw in some illicit sex and jealousy, things can really g...

Most tourists believe they should spend a lot of time on Bourbon Street, because it is famous. Leave it to them. When you are in New Orl...

History and religion have not been kind to Kyrgyzstan. They are still stuck with the trappings and infrastructure of the mid-1980s Commun...

Scandinavians have a calm, quiet image, but Finnish history in the early 20 th Century was anything but. The Whites fought the Soviet ba...

It takes a brave man to star in an arm-wrestling movie after the face-plant that was Over the Top . Ladies and gentlemen, that man is Do...

The world’s superpowers have finally come together in space, but not in a Star Trek kind of way. They have joined forces to rendition th...

If for no other reason, HBO’s remake of Fahrenheit 451 stakes a claim on history, because it gives Keir Dullea bragging rights as perhaps...

James More is a lot like James Bond, but he can also devise a sustainable village water supply system. He has to know the engineering, be...

If you live on a Maine island, follow the Mormons’ advice and always have at least six months of food on-hand. As everyone should know b...

During WWII, the residents of Malta were collectively awarded the George Cross for their brave defiance of the Axis onslaught. Sadly, th...

For some reason, the real life Polish police detective named Jacek Wrobelowski, or “Jack Sparrow” as his colleagues waggishly point out,...

How do you make found footage even more annoying? Adding 3D ought to do the trick (and vice versa). Granted, it would be hard to explain...