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Welcome to the film-related musings, complaints, and comments of Zack Clopton, an amateur film-critic, scholar, and screenwriter. Featured here are Director's Report Cards, essays, and other reviews. Enjoy!

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Saturday, April 25, 2026

CHUCK'S ROUNDHOUSE: Logan's War: Bound by Honor (1998)

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By 1998, “Walker, Texas Range” had been running for seven seasons. This was clearly a deal that had worked out for Mr. Norris and his bosses...

Monday, April 20, 2026

CHUCK'S ROUNDHOUSE: The Hitman (1991)

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Watching your way through a movie star's entire career allows you to see how their style and screen persona evolved. There's always ...

Thursday, April 9, 2026

CHUCK'S ROUNDHOUSE: Forced Vengeance (1982)

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As I mentioned in yesterday's review, the threshold of entry into the action genre is relatively low. Or at least it was in the sevent...

Friday, February 6, 2026

OSCARS 2026: Sinners (2025)

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(In an unlikely turn of events, the bloody vampire movie I reviewed last September has become the most nominated movie in Academy Award hi...

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Halloween 2025: September 4th

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Sinners (2025) Perhaps I was the last movie nerd in the world to underestimate Ryan Coogler. Establishing himself in 2013 with ripped-fro...

Friday, March 28, 2025

Director Report Card: James Wan (2007) - Part Two

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3. Death Sentence In 1972, prolific author of crime thrillers and westerns Brian Garfield would publish a novel entitled “ Death Wish .” Th...

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