Samurai Cop (1991)

 Action/crime movie concerns a cop (Robert Z'Dar), who is also a Samurai, loaned out by the LAPD to the San Diego PD for a case that also involves a Samurai. Cult film is notable for how everything in it just feels off, the acting, the story, the sets, the action sequences, the dialouge, the effects, EVERYTHING in this movie is not quite right, producing an uncanny oddness that gets you through the film. Still not sure what to make of it. *1/2

Shadow in the Cloud (2020)

 It's August, 1943, and Chloë Grace Moretz shows up in her WAC uniform at a New Zealand airstrip, with a closely held carrying case and orders to accompany a bomber crew on a supply mission to Samoa. The crews reaction to haveing a female aboard with them is at first mixed, but Chloe will prove her worth, as the  plane finds itself attacked by the Japanese on the outside, and actual bat-like Gremlins within; which is to say nothing about the complications that arise when the contents of her case are made known. There is alot about this film that is ridiculous, but the movie is so action packed, tense and harried,  that I found it an absolute joy to watch. I can't think of another feature film that has Gremlin show up in the World War II setting from which they gained their fame. Film leaves room for a sequel, which I'd love to see, but doubt ever gets made. ***

7 Days (2021)

 It's March of 2020 and Karan Soni and Geraldine Viswanathan, are Indian-American young people set up by their mothers on a bind date via an online matchmaking service. The date is middling, and is interrupted by text messages advising them that a lock down has started. Karan lives some distance away and can't get a hotel room, or a rental car and Geraldine dosen't have a car, so they have little choice but to quarantine together.

 They are very different people, Karan is an engineering researcher, a mommas boy and very traditional, while Geraldine is very westernized, she dosen't want to get married, but goes on dates as a condition of her mother paying the rent. At first the two clash, then Geraldine gets Covid as the result of leaving the house for a few hours to get away from Karan, who must then try to nurse her back to health. Close quarters bring understanding and perhaps these two young people are more compatible then they first thought. A warm and endering little film. ***

Crawlspace (1986)

Klaus Kinski is a doctor, and the son of a Nazi doctor. He keeps up his father's work, experimenting with the attractive female tenants of the apartment building he owns. He uses the venting system as a "crawlspace" for access. This move ain't good, but the behind the scenes stories, some of them are pretty wild. *