Reviews of films
In Hong Kong, a well-known South Korean actress (Choi Eun-hee) mysteriously disappears. Suspicion immediately falls on her director ex-husband (Shin Sang-Ok). He travels down to Hong Kong to try to clear his name, where he himself is kidnapped. He … Continue reading Made Overseas: Pulgasari (1985)
While the times have been changing and the quality film window has been growing, the first couple months of the years are still a dumping ground for shitty horror movies. Sure, we get the occasional Get Out, but for the most … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Still/Born (2017)
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. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
One of the big problems of bringing superheroes to the screen has always been, “How do you keep the audience from just laughing at the inherent absurdity material?” Last time, we talked about how the 1966 Batman TV show and … Continue reading Before Capes Were Cool #10: Flash Gordon (1980)
I finally caught up with some of the more challenging and lengthy films of world cinema that had been high on my to do list the past year: the full 12h 40m cut of Jacques Rivette’s Out 1 (1971) -it … Continue reading Double Features: The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) and The Duellists (1977)
NOTE: it really should be a given that this review of a sequel is going to contain spoilers for the previous movie. But, if you haven’t watched the first Baahubali, maybe you should watch Dhoom instead. So what was the … Continue reading Made Overseas: Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)
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. Oliver & Company
Well, how’s that for a surprise? Okay, dropping the third movie in the Cloverfield series shouldn’t be anything special, but for a series that has long prided itself on secrecy, this is a natural extension of all that. The first Cloverfield film … Continue reading Movie Reviews: The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
Rolling Thunder (1977) is a great revenge drama co-written by Paul Schrader and Heywood Gould from an original story by Schrader, and directed by John Flynn. Flynn had a pretty solid career, working his way up to director under Robert … Continue reading Double Features: Rolling Thunder (1977) and Blue Collar (1978)
A down-and-dirty look at DC’s first try at building a cinematic universe, and Ryan Reynolds’ THIRD try at being a superhero. Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: GREEN LANTERN (2011)
‘Tis the season for bummer movies about nuclear war. A normal reaction to modern politics—including tensions heating up between the United States, Russia, North Korea and the Middle East; wars raging with no end in sight—is usually to watch something … Continue reading Testament (1983)
If you’ve ever had to walk across a rushing stream, the opening sequences of Baahubali: The Beginning will give you anxiety. When see a man named Shiva, played by gloriously mustachio’ed Indian film star Prahbas, climb a waterfall that must be a … Continue reading Made Overseas: Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)
I had a very rare treat. Where I live, on the east coast of Canada, we have no repertory cinema. There is no art house movie place, no AFI, no BFI, no FI of any kind that showcases classic and … Continue reading A Matter of Life and Death
Westerns have been quite the resilient genre. Despite being period pieces at heart and for a period that can likely count the people still alive during that era on one hand, they reliably keep coming out. They’ve been declared dead … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Hostiles (2017)
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. The Great Mouse Detective
Razorback doesn’t fuck around. It begins straight away. There’s no nonsense to it. It establishes the mood of the film with some dutch-angled shots of a dirty, dusty Australian outback. A grandfather, Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr), puts his grandson to … Continue reading TCM Underground: Razorback (1984) and Tentacles (1977)
Fred Zinnemann’s films received 66 Oscar nominations and were awarded 26 statues, he personally won best director twice for A Man For All Seasons (1967) and From Here To Eternity (1954), won another two for short subject films he directed, … Continue reading Double Features: The Day Of The Jackal (1973) and Julia (1977)
Do you dare to dig deeper into Ben Affleck’s first foray in the superhero genre? Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: DAREDEVIL (2003)
If there was ever a movie that was made for the internet, it was Enthiran (which was released as Robot in English). The internet had built it’s bones on curating (and snarking on) international curiosities such as Turkish Star Wars … Continue reading Made Overseas: Robot (2010)
This year, Miracle Mile, the most romantic apocalyptic film ever made, turns 30 years old. A phone rings. A phone rings and you answer it, expecting a call. A wrong number. The person on the other line, you think, is pulling … Continue reading Miracle Mile: Review and Interview with Director Steve De Jarnatt.
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. The Black Cauldron
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