It bums me out when someone says "Oh dude, that movie is worse than THE ROOM!" It's a smug comparison that straightjackets and cheapens offbeat slices of cinema. What about the works of The Kuchar Brothers? The passionate visions of Ed Wood? Can't we all think...
In 80's action films, it's morally repugnant that we're asked to cheer on Chuck Norris mowing down racially defined terrorists, Rambo blowing away a thousand Vietnamese soldiers, and Charles Bronson murdering a bunch of poor inner-city youths. Yet, I love them so....
We discuss the iconic work of Chinese actress Ruan Lingyu and her work in THE GODDESS (1934), along with the adaptation of her life in Stanley Kwan's bio pic CENTER STAGE (1991). If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line...
The Soldier is a John le Carré style cold-war spy story shot as a mood thick procedural punctuated by moments of hyper-violence (Featuring James Bond). It's as if Soderbergh made an action film in the early eighties and Sam Peckinpah shot the second unit. For a long...
A few months ago, I was surprised to read there was a 1974 documentary called Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939. "Wow," I thought to myself "There was enough Canadian Cinema during that time to warrant a whole documentary?" No, not really. Canada...
“I always fast forward this part” - The Director of The Soultangler watching his own film. When I was a burgeoning cinephile, I wanted everything to be an extension of THE EVIL DEAD, DAWN OF THE DEAD or DEAD ALIVE. The movies didn’t have to look expensive, but they...
“Picture by Lillian Ross is a brilliant and sagacious bit of reporting rendered in a most disarming style; simple on the surface, yet profound in its choice of incidents, which serves to delineate some of the finest bits of characterization written in our time.” -...
We discuss Hollywood's favorite wildman auteur and his films Turks Fruit, Starship Troopers, Spetters, Showgirls and Basic Instinct. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at [email protected] On this week's Patreon...
****SPOILERS AHEAD, BUT COME ON, THERE ARE NO SURPRISES IN THIS FILM**** This movie was made for me. It has a scene where a Gundam fights Mecha Godzilla with the Iron Giant! I LOVE ALL THOSE THINGS How can I hate it? Well... Ready Player One has three great...
Total Running Time Of Bonus Features: 80 minutes In the exploitation classic Class of 1984, the teachers have to deal with crazy punk kids who want them dead. In the video era gem, Class of 1999, the punk kids are the ones have to deal with the crazy teachers, who...
