Image Courtesy of Wikipedia Summary Hyun-soo was alone. The death of his family in an car accident had left him distraught and without the will to live. He decided to move into an old apartment and shut himself in. Everybody else also kept to themselves in this apartment complex. One day, Hyun-soo was waiting for […]
Netflix Series: Sweet Home
Martin Scorsese drops a new doc, Nicolas Cage drops the f-bomb, and plenty more Netflix originals drop for your enjoyment this January.
7 New Netflix Shows in January 2021, and the Best Reasons to Watch
They called them “B-Movies:” genre films (westerns, noir, horror, sci-fi, etc.) made on shoestring budgets with leads played by actors, not stars; directors who were journeymen, not auteurs. The 1950s were their heyday, and they played great on a rainy Saturday afternoon. They looked disposable then but watching them now is like discovering a cultural […]
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
Thanks to my parents I watched my fair share of epic films growing up. The big three that we would watch at least once a year were Ben-Hur (1959), The Ten Commandments (1956) and Spartacus (1960). The latter is set out as a (very loose) retelling of the story of Spartacus (a real person by […]
My Thoughts on: Spartacus (1960)
Hong Sang-soo’nun 2020 yılı yapımı son uzun metraj filmi The Woman Who Ran (Kaçan Kadın) geçtiğimiz şubat ayının sonunda gerçekleşen Berlin Film Festivali’nde “En İyi Yönetmen” (Gümüş Ayı) ödülünü de beraberinde getirmişti. Türkiye’de gösterimi ise pandemi nedeniyle 39. İstanbul Film Festivali galalarıyla birleşen Filmekimi’nde yapıldı. Cahiers du Cinéma dergisinin listesi de dahil olmak üzere birçok…
The Woman Who Ran (2020): Başkalarının Hayatlarına Bakmak
Just in case you are one of the lovely people who visits my blogs to get their fill of trailers only, I wish you all a happy new year! (I don’t think I actually said that in any of my posts these past days yet … I was too busy talking about 2020. Only TWO […]
Trailers You Might Have Missed … (Dec 28-Jan 3)
We all have our guilty movie pleasures, and cheesy, ridiculous thrillers certainly check that box for many people. But while “Fatale,” a new thriller from director Deon Taylor and writer David Loughery (the pair who also helmed 2019’s “The Intruder”), does the bare minimum to hold the audience’s attention, it doesn’t commit to the genre […]
Review: “Fatale”
It seemed like it should have been the perfect vacation. Savannah (Claire van der Boom), her husband Brad (Todd Lasance), and their daughter Aria (Molly Wright) travel to an island resort off the coast of Australia. It’s the resort that Savannah used to vacation at when she was a child and this is a chance […]
Lifetime Film Review: Kidnapped in Paradise (dir by Vic Sarin)
It’s hard to keep track of all the TV shows available to us, but 2020 did treat us to some gems. This post won’t necessarily be highlighting shows released solely in 2020 but shows that caught my attention throughout the year. Here are the best TV shows I watched in 2020. The Boys (Season 2): […]
TV Talk: Best of 2020
Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista) (1955) Death of a Cyclist is a Spanish-language film that was the winner of the FIPRESCI Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Juan Antonio Bardem (Main Street (1956)), this social realist film tells of a couple of secret, privileged lovers residing in Madrid who are involved […]
“Death of a Cyclist” Review
