©Courtesy of Warner Brothers From a cinematic perspective DC films have been far more interesting than Marvel movies, because they have been willing to go dark, in stylistically interesting ways. Truly, no comic book movies were darker than Todd Phillips’ Joker or Matt Reeves’ The Batman. In contrast, James Gunn’s rebooted Superman was widely considered…
ⒸCourtesy of Lionsgate Action movie heroes hate human traffickers—and rightly so. They are the scum of the earth, whom nobody would defend. Notable examples include, Liam Neeson in Taken, Veronica Ngo in Furie, Jim Caviezel in Sound of Freedom, and Dolph Lundgren in Skin Trade, and in real-life as an advocate for victims. Now, Joe…
©Courtesy of Film Movement Kids always pick up on more than their parents realize. That is especially true of eleven-year-old Fuki Okita. She fully understands that her father Keiji is dying from cancer and that her mother Utako is dealing with it badly. In fact, she often rather awkwardly acknowledges these facts to her increasingly…
Just imagine how today’s media and politicians would have reacted to the Allied Normandy landing. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, American forces suffered 6,000 casualties, out which 2,500 were confirmed fatalities. That was simply to land on and hold the beaches of Normandy. Almost an entire year a fighting still lay ahead, including the…
©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Millions of truckers and cabbies can’t be wrong. They believe St. Christopher medals provide some protection for travelers. They probably have in mind more conventional dangers, like bad weather and reckless drivers. However, a young couple adopting the nomad lifestyle need its defense against an ancient supernatural evil that preys on…
©Courtesy of Vertical In retrospect, recruiting a not-so former KGB agent to run your country yields predictably disastrous consequences. Yet, the Russia’s oligarchs heedlessly did exactly that when they bankrolled Vladimir Putin’s presidential campaign. For some, like Boris Berezovsky, it wasn’t just the biggest mistake of their lives. It was the beginning of the end….
©Courtesy of 1-2 Special Dr. Tony Wong is a rare beast. He is an elite researcher, who also delivers entertaining lectures. Even in English, rather than his native Cantonese, his classroom presentations could pass for a top 10 TED talk. Unfortunately, the mandatory Covid closure sends all the visiting professor’s students home, leaving him stranded…
©Courtesy of Crunchyroll Newcomers might be surprised by the nature and powers exhibited by so-called monsters in the world of Fuse’s manga and light novels. A slime like Rimuru Tempest (the reincarnated salaryman Satoru Mikami) possesses great power and prestige. In fact, Rimuru even attained the rank of “Demon Lord,” which, in this context, is…
©Courtesy of Crunchyroll Rimuru is sort of like the Blob, except this sentient slime fights for a safer, more just society. Once a quietly desperate salaryman, Satoru Mikami was indeed resurrected into a fantasy world as goey goop. Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. Able to absorb the power and essence of other beings,…
©Courtesy of Warner Brothers There will be no treasure hunting or tomb raiding in this Egyptological horror film. The Cannon family never tempted fate or defied any ancient inscriptions warning them to turn back, lest they be cursed. Instead, evil goes out of its way to find them in director-screenwriter Lee Cronin’s possessively-titled Blumhouse-produced Lee…
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