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Unfrosted: Jerry Seinfeld Shines in Another Absurd Surrealist Comedy

©Photo by John P. Johnson / Netflix – © 2024 Netflix, Inc. Jerry Seinfeld has repeatedly proved to be one thing over the course of his decades-long career in Hollywood: a comedic innovator who pays manic tribute to his generation’s pop culture. Starting with his hit eponymous, semi-autobiographical 1990s sitcom, the Emmy-winning actor has soared in…

Daniel Yoon’s Ultra-Independent East Bay

©Photo by Daniel Yoon, Level 33 Entertainment  A mid-life crisis is hard enough without losing your sanity. Jack Lee worries about his state of mind, but from time to time he also suspects the ringing in his head might signify something beyond the boundaries of our assumed world. Regardless, his depressing life is an absolute…

‘Let It Be,’ The Beatles Film Is Restored But Unengaging

If you recall Peter Jackson’s multiple Emmy Award-winning docuseries, The Beatles: Get Back, be prepared for what inspired it! Michael Lindsay-Hogg, over fifty years ago, made the original 1970 film about The Beatles, called Let It Be, which is now available on Disney+ in its restored version. The film opens with a conversation between Jackson…

The Idea of You : A Couple’s Night of “Stream and Chill”

Photo by Courtesy of Prime Video – © Prime Video Solene Marchand is an early Millennial, so she can maybe partially relate to Gen X. Hayes Campbell is Gen Z, but he is relatively early Gen Z, for what that is worth. There is only sixteen years difference between them, in contrast to the full two…

The Fall Guy Video Review / Above the Line vs Below the Line Episodes 40

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Film Critic : Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Works as film critic and journalist who covers stories about culture and sustainability. With a degree in Political Sciences, a Master’s in Screenwriting & Film Production, and studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Chiara has…

Wildcat : Ethan Hawke Delivers a Stunning Biopic of Flannery O’Connor

©Courtesy of Oscilloscope The best compliment I can give to the heartbreaking biopic directed by Ethan Hawke is that five seconds after the ending titles started I was already researching the short stories and novels published by Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964). From the Queens Public Library, I borrowed her first book Wise Blood by the way. …

The Roundup: Punishment: Don Lee’s Beast Cop is Back

©Courtesy of Capelight Pictures International Det. Ma Seuk-do makes Jack Reacher and the Rock look puny and weak. South Korea’s criminal underworld refers to him as the “Beast Cop,” but he is an old softie at heart. When the mother of a murdered programmer commits suicide out of grief, he takes it hard, so he…

‘The Contestant,’ A Look Into the Origins Of Japanese Reality TV

©Courtesy of Hulu Sensationalism is the bread and butter of today’s media and entertainment industry. The competition for higher sales in the field of communications can be traced back to the circulation war between Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal during the mid-1890s. This gave wave to what was…

Challengers Review: Zendaya Scores in Romantic Sports Drama

Photo by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures – © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. The complex, underlying emotions that drive interpersonal relationships are often brilliantly translated onto screen through visual means. That’s certainly the case for Academy Award-nominated Italian director Luca Guadagnino‘s latest movie, Challengers. The filmmaker has long made a name for himself in…

‘Slow’ by Marija Kavtaradzė Explores the Choreography of Desire

©Courtesy of Kimstim Films Slow is certainly an apt title for this charming little romcom about a dance instructor and a sign-language interpreter she employs while teaching a class of hearing-impaired teenagers. There is nothing forced or hurried about their relationship, which blossoms naturally as the two explore the limits and horizons of their own…

City Hunter / Review : It’s All Very Slick, But Still Faithful to the Fans

Ryohei Suzuki, Fumino Kimura, ©Courtesy of Netflix  Like all long-running manga-anime series, the “City Hunter” franchise has a complicated history of adaptations. Technically, this is the first live-action Japanese film based on Tsukasa Hojo’s Shonen series, but previous non-animated film adaptions were produced in Hong Kong (starring Jackie Chan and Gary Daniels) and France (as…