Reviews of films
The found footage genre hasn’t been exclusively a horror genre almost from its inception from lesser known pictures like 84C MoPic up through more modern projects such as Chronicle, Project X, End of Watch, Europa Report, and Into the Storm. It certainly lends itself far … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Searching (2018)
Ever thought about putting your house up for and AirBnB? If so, did you ever give a thought to the judgment potential renters might give you from your DVD collection? You don’t know how it got there. Maybe it was … Continue reading BnB Shame #6: Dragonball: Evolution
Hey, College-aged Anukkai. Yeah? You wanna see a movie? Uh…what movie? Something Tiger. It’s a kung fu movie or something. …sure… Available on Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Starz, Vudu, and Youtube. Approximately 120 minutes. It is the late 18th century. Master Wudan fighter Li … Continue reading WTF ASIA 20: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
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 Awash In The Stream: Extinction (Netflix, 2018)
It’s the first week of September and that means that October is less than a month away. With October comes horror season and while I prepare for and dread all those write ups, it’s time to get a head start … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Boarding School (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. WALL-E
33-year-old Armenian director Sark Andreasyan has a charmed career. He founded Enjoy Movies, and according to FilmPro, it’s the most successful Russian production company in 2012. That year, Enjoy released 5 feature films — three directed by Andreasyan. This represented … Continue reading Made Overseas: Guardians (2017)
This Yukuza film from Takashi Miike somehow mostly refrains from completely devolving into violent depravity. Uh…is that a spoiler? Available…somewhere online. Approximately 118 minutes. Wada is a salaryman, around thirty-years-old, living in the hustle and bustle of the big … Continue reading WTF ASIA 19: The Bird People in China (1998)
It can be tough to make your indie movie stand out from the pack, but a simple way is to land on a nice and simple hook based on a niche that you never knew existed. It goes doubly true … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Puzzle (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. Ratatouille
Ever thought about putting your house up for and AirBnB? If so, did you ever give a thought to the judgment potential renters might give you from your DVD collection? You don’t know how it got there. Maybe it was … Continue reading BnB Shame #5: 2012
In Part 2 of the completely unintentional Bird Trilogy, humanity is for the birds. Free on Netflix. Approximately 116 minutes. Maya is a teenager who lives with her father, grandmother, and dog in a remote house by the forest. Her … Continue reading WTF ASIA 18: Birdshot (2016)
Meet the Robinsons Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Meet the Robinsons 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 … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Meet the Robinsons
“I’ve never met a man who experienced a change from homosexual to heterosexual.” ~ John Smid, former Executive Director of Love in Action. In 1973 the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from their list of mental disorders. In response anti-gay … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Conversion Camps
Back in the Long Long Ago Times, I reviewed Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid. It was, at the time, was the highest grossing Chinese movie ever. Considering the director, this was no surprise. Why you could make a movie about cooking … Continue reading Made Overseas: Devil and Angel (2015)
This age of increased representation has been an unequivocal great thing for film and while there is certainly an argument to be made that there has been little progress in most fields, there’s one area that often gets overlooked more … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
One type of Chinese film that I feel gets overlooked in the West is the small village dark comedy. They are like a Coen Brothers dark comedy, but with less of that pesky extra-textual stuff. They feature sniveling cowards and … Continue reading WTF ASIA 17: Cock & Bull (2016)
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. Cars.
I want to start by saying I’m not really a ‘movie’ kind of cat. I don’t have a streaming service, I don’t see a lot of movies in the theater. But those movies that I do see, I tend to … Continue reading Movie Reviews: BlacKkKlansman
There may not be quite as many action stars any more, but it’s clear that they haven’t gone away completely. The big three of current action stars have all put out their recent titles with Dwayne Johnson offering up the … Continue reading Movie Reviews: The Meg (2018)
Ever thought about putting your house up for and AirBnB? If so, did you ever give a thought to the judgment potential renters might give you from your DVD collection? You don’t know how it got there. Maybe it was … Continue reading BnB Shame #4: Robin Hood: Men In Tights
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