Pearce’s Film Reviews

242 Films have been rated or reviewed by Pearce.

Superfly (1972): The only reason this movie has a rep is because of Curtis Mayfield's music. Watch Shaft or Cleopatra Jones instead.
Hills Have Eyes 2, The (1985): I added one star because it's probably the only horror movie with a flashback by a dog, but this sequel suuuuucks.
Spider Baby (1964): This is like the adventures of the Addams Family's disreputable perverted cousins.
Saragossa Manuscript, The (1965): I thought this would be a po–faced arthouse weirdy, but it's actually quite hilarious in the manner of a Bunuel movie.
Batman (1989): If the script was up to the aesthetics and the acting, this would be a stone cold classic. I'll deduct a star for the story and another for the awful Prince soundtrack (I love Prince but he's a terrible fit here).
Fat City (1971): Susan Tyrrell was a force of nature. This whole movie is compelling, but her scenes are electric.
Dear Zachary (A Letter to a Son about his Father) (2008): Devastating documentary that punches you in the face over and over again. The filmmaking is amateurish but the personal nature of it more than makes up for this.
Battletruck (Warlords of the 21st Century) (1982): Worth a look to see Bruno and actors from Gliding On in a post–apocalypse setting. The truck is fun, too.
Friday Foster (1975): Minor and tame compared to Coffy and Foxy Brown, but you can't get those in NZ so this will do for now. Grier spends too much time getting saved, not enough time kicking arse.
Castle of Fu Manchu, The (1969): One of the two or three worst movies I've ever seen, and I LIKE Jess Franco. Resorts to using footage from a previous entry and tinting b&w stock footage blue and pretending that it's colour. Atrocious.

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