Reviews of films
As steaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading The Night Comes For Us (Netflix, 2018)
It’s taken longer than expected, but we’ve finally ventured into the biopic portion of Oscar Season. Our first subject is as quite favored by Hollywood, a writer, since there’s nothing writers love more than writing about their profession. Marie Colvin … Continue reading Movie Reviews: A Private War (2018)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Frozen
Christmas at Graceland is the sixth film in Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas. While many of the films take place in “small towns,” many don’t really take place in the South which is kind of an odd oversight. So if you’re … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: Christmas at Graceland
“Friendships between gay and straight guys can be healing and uniquely satisfying for all involved.” ~ Michael C. LaSala Ph.D., LCSW. Psychology Today. Gay men have befriended women in media for decades. Today I’m looking at films focused on … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Gay / Straight Male Friendships
Watergate remains the defining political scandal in American history, endlessly milked for books, movies, cartoon caricatures and political analogies while Teapot Dome and Iran-Contra gather dust in the minds of history buffs. It’s easy to see why: the bizarre cast, … Continue reading Review: Watergate, Or How We Learned to Stop an Out of Control President (2018, Charles Ferguson)
Steve McQueen first broke out a decade ago with the great Irish-British prison film Hunger before following it up with the spectacularly misguided Shame. He rebounded however in making the well-made 12 Years a Slave which would go to win him … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Widows (2018)
(I should reiterate now that this review is going to be loaded with spoilers. If you wish to see the film unsullied, please leave this page.) A few weeks ago, I made a joke on here about how J.K. Rowling … Continue reading Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Review (Spoilers Galore)
Welcome once again to the latest recap/review of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas extravaganza. Today’s film: Christmas in Love. Ellie Hartman is an aspiring crafter working in her small town’s bakery making famous Christmas Kringles. When the new, big-city CEO Nick … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: Christmas in Love Recap/Review
Ah…kids…just want to look at everything, don’t they? Free on Netflix. Approximately 114 minutes. Ten-year-old Pari and eight-year old Chhotu live with their Aunt and Uncle in a small desert village in the state of Rajasthan. They have been living … Continue reading WTF ASIA 30: Dhanak (2015)
Growing up, it felt like every guy had their moment where they tried skateboarding at least once. Usually it was after playing some Tony Hawk Pro Skater game or maybe after watching the X-Games, but it was a phase seemingly … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Mid90s (2018)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Pixar Edition. Monsters University
The following article contains mild spoilers. Bohemian Rhapsody gives Freddie Mercury two boyfriends. One’s an evil manager, Allen Leech, with a decent amount of screen time. He and Freddie exchange one, non-consensual, kiss. The other, Jim Hutton, is a masc, … Continue reading LGBT Media: Boyfriends in Biopics
I forgot to mention this in a previous post, but according to some stats, Christmas at Pemberley Manor was “Marked Highest-Rated and Most-Watched Cable Program on Saturday.” People truly tune into this stuff. Also, Hallmark calls its viewers “Hallmarkies” on … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: It’s Christmas, Eve Recap/Review
As much as I have been looking forward to moving on from talking about horror (a luxury which Overlord didn’t provide), I can’t say that this is what I was eager to move on to. A two+ hour YA discussion … Continue reading Movie Reviews: The Hate U Give (2018)
It feels good to be done with reviewing so many horror movies and move into November ready to tackle… another horror movie. Produced by J.J. Abrams, Overlord was originally rumored to be the fourth Cloverfield film (despite the fact that we had just … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Overlord (2018)
Pek Yakinda (or Coming Soon) may be the only movie ever made where the McGuffin is a DVD copy of Avatar 2. Zafer (Cem Yilmaz, also the movie’s director) makes bootlegs of hot new Hollywood releases with a team of … Continue reading Made Overseas: Pek Yakinda (2014)
It’s film 3 of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas and I worry for myself. Today’s film is Road to Christmas. Here’s the crash course: Los Angeles television producer Maggie Baker unwittingly falls for Danny Wise, the son and former producer of … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: Road to Christmas Recap/Review
Do you like Back to the Future? How about The Notebook? Well, this is neither of those movies. It used to be legally available to stream, but now it is…uh…on the internet. Approximately 112 minutes. Na-Young has secured a free trip … Continue reading WTF ASIA 29: My Mother, the Mermaid (2004)
As steaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading The Other Side Of The Wind (Netflix, 2018)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Wreck-it-Ralph
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