For more than two decades, adapting manga or anime into live-action cinema has been a particularly winding road for American studios to follow. “Dragonball Evolution,” “Speed Racer,” “Ghost in the Shell” and “Death Note” to name a few. All of these tanked at the box office and were slammed by critics. Even though some of…
Not allowing misfortune to shrink their feelings of self-worth, especially after garnering long-lasting success as a larger-than-life public personality, isn’t an easy feat for many Hollywood stars. But Michael J. Fox has long used humor to contend with the Parkinson’s diagnosis he received during the height of his career in the 1980’s and ’90s, which…
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Life and art have a vigorous osmosis. Filmmaker Bill Holderman exemplified this with his directorial debut: the 2018 romantic comedy Book Club. The entertaining flick showed how the readings of four friends, during their monthly book club, would affect their personal lives. The success of this cinematic guilty pleasure has lead to a sequel, Book…
When a loved one passes away, friends and relatives offer condolences and comfort with their tears, hugs, and the sharing of memories. But once the funeral is over — and the friends and relatives have left — the grieved person is left to enter a deep, dark and strange world where the loss of an…
It’s still Spring but Focus Features comes out with full punches with this Summer like Action Flick “Polite Society.” Mind you, there is nothing polite about this film. It’s full of curse words, raw catfights with full on punches and rudeness that would make your Mother cringe, But mind you this film is FIRE !…
Check out more of our video reviews and interviews on our YouTube channel. Video Review Above the Line vs Below the Line Episode 30 Film Critic : Abe Friedtanzer Abe Friedtanzer is a film and TV enthusiast who spent most of the past fifteen years in New York City. He has been the editor of…
Director and co-writer David Lowery delivers a live-action reimagining of the J.M. Barrie novel and the 1953 animated classic, that is available on Disney+. Peter Pan & Wendy introduces Wendy Moira Angela Darling (Ever Gabo Anderson), a young girl who does not want to renounce to the playful fun of childhood, whereas her family encourages…
Japan Society’s Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai celebrates the Japanese filmmaker’s evocation of adolescence by including in its line-up the 1990 feature Tokyo Heaven. Yuu Kamiya (Riho Makise) is sixteen years old, when she leaves school to embark upon a career in entertainment. It takes no time for her to realise how…
The Asian Wave (my excitement of how Movies are finally featuring a lot of Asian Performers onscreen) is on and the Wave bring us to Vietnam, in this eye catching sumptuous l Netflix movie called “ A Tourist Guide To Love.” Mind you it’s not a travelogue but an off the beaten path of a…
Nanni Moretti’s new film Il Sol Dell’Avvenire, in competition at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, is a compelling journey through the director’s themes such as cinema, communism, therapy, romantic problematics, family issues, and observations on society. His habitual and irresistible sardonic style — that was temporarily dispersed in his previous film Three Floors (Tre Piani)…
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