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“Is This Thing On?” Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

©Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Check out more of our YouTube Channel  Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early…

‘Marty Supreme’ Review” a Cinematic Rollercoaster Mastered by Timothée Chalamet

@Courtesy of A24 For the whole 150 minutes of the movie, you would gladly punch Marty Mauser in the nose. He is a true antihero, especially because he is so annoying, snobbish and self-centered that it becomes incredibly difficult to feel any empathy for him. And nonetheless you can’t help to see his drive and…

‘Goodbye June’ Stars Helen Mirren in a New Christmas Classic

©Courtesy of Netflix  Directed by Kate Winslet and starring Helen Mirren in the title role, Goodbye June began streaming on Netflix on Christmas Eve, twelve days after its theatrical release at select cinemas in the United States and the United States. It is a remarkable film that is surely destined to become a classic of…

“Anaconda”(The Sort of Reboot): The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Snake

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures  It wasn’t just the Bossa Nova that came from Brazil. Horror fans know Coffin Joe terrorized the streets of Sao Paulo, while the Creature from the Black Lagoon and the massive snake from the original 1997 Anaconda hailed from deep within the Brazilian Amazon. Film geeks like Doug McCallister and his…

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants Dives Deep Into Courage and Heart

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures The benefits of embarking on a daring adventure that will prove their bravery also proves how courageous they already were. That’s certainly true for the titular character in the new animated action-adventure movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. SpongeBob wants his peers to view him as a big guy. So…

kill Bill : The Whole Bloody Affair Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

©Courtesy of Lionsgate Check out more of more of our YouTube Channel  Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an…

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Review: Behind the Wonder, the Soul of a B-Movie

@Courtesy of 20th Century Studios After Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) became two of the biggest boxoffice successes in history of movies, James Cameron didn’t have to prove absolutely anything with this third chapter. And he knew it perfectly. This is the reason he decided to slightly go back to the…

“10 Dance” : It Celebrates on the Elegance of Ballroom and Passion of Competing Dancers

©Courtesy of Netflix  These two Shinyas are like the Oscar Madison and Felix Unger of Japanese ballroom dancing. Shinya Suzuki is a messy, hard-partying ladies’ man, who has won a string of Latin dancing championships. Shinya Sugiki is a fastidious, uptight specialist in traditional ballroom dances, who always seems to come in second at international…

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Review

©Courtesy of Netflix Plotting a sly takedown of a leader whose power comes from preaching anger and fear often proves to be a challenge, both on screen and in real life. The new thriller, Wake Up Dead Man, is proving just that, as its central character, Benoit Blanc, admits that its his most layered and…

“Lone Samurai” Review : The Kamakura Castaway

©Courtesy of Well go USA Entertainment  Thanks to their success repelling the Mongol invasions of 1274 and 1281, China’s Ming Dynasty decided against any further military aggression directed towards Japan throughout its reign. Samurai like Riku were one of the major factors contributing to Japan’s victories. Frankly, Riku assumes his fighting days have finished when…

DOC NYC : Steal This Story, Please! Review

©Courtesy of DOC NYC Making sense of the world by finding emotion and meaning in unexpected places is a vital trait of two of the leading, powerful pillars of truth-seekers – documentary filmmakers and journalists. Reporter Amy Goodman shares her fearless reporting on global injustices, media consolidation and the fight for independent journalism in the…