Thursday , October 15 2026

Gordon S. Miller

Gordon S. Miller is the artist formerly known as El Bicho, the nom de plume he used when he first began reviewing movies online for The Masked Movie Snobs in 2003. Before the year was out, he became that site's publisher. Over the years, he has also contributed to a number of other sites as a writer and editor, such as FilmRadar, Film School Rejects, High Def Digest, and Blogcritics. He is the Founder and Publisher of Cinema Sentries. Some of his random thoughts can be found at twitter.com/GordonMiller_CS

Movie Review: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Guest reviewer: Caballero Oscura Korean director Chan-Wook Park gained some acclaim in the US earlier this year with the theatrical release of his revenge masterpiece, Oldboy, which represented the middle act of his revenge trilogy. Now US audiences are finally being treated to the opening act of the trilogy, Sympathy …

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Movie Review: Coast Guard (2002)

Guest reviewer: Caballero Oscura Prolific Korean writer/director Kim Ki-Duk has been on a roll lately with having his movies released in the US, such as 3-Iron, Samaritan Girl, and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…And Spring. Now Tartan Video has dug into his back catalog and unearthed this gem from a few …

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Review: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1 – Legion of Mary

Guest Reviewer Fumo Verde Legion of Mary played together at over 60 shows from December 1974 through July 1975. All the selections from this live set have been collected from seven different shows and have been previously unissued. With Garcia’s name at the front, you’re thinking Dead-offshoot, or maybe he’s …

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Review: Various Artists: Jazz After Dark II

This second volume in the series continues the tradition by offering a two-disc set of jazz ballads performed by an all-star collection of artists that spans almost 50 years from 1953 to 2001. The discs are divided up into an instrumental disc and a singers disc. Disc 1 gets your …

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