With streaming platforms seemingly botching the release of movies shot darkly and exhibition on the decline, are movies too dark looking? Earlier this week, we posted a rather disturbing story about how the Neon-produced horror flick Immaculate apparently looks awful on streaming. Many viewers have complained about the movie looking almost comically dark, posting screen … Read more
Viewers of United Gangs of America Season 1 are wondering how many episodes are in the series and when each new episode comes out. The Vice TV documentary series reveals the innermost workings of some of the most dangerous gangs across the US, as told by current and former gang members. It offers a raw … Read more
Bruceploitation actor Bruce Le remembers it being far harder to imitate the real Bruce Lee than it might have seemed. The idea of cashing in on a recently deceased celebrity is a shameful one, but when Bruce Lee died in 1973 at the age of just 32, Asian markets — predominately Hong Kong — cornered … Read more
Last month, I was a juror in the Narrative Feature category at the Florida Film Festival; one of the films, “Hellbent on Boogie,” directed by Vito Trupiano, was about an autistic teenager (Alyx Ruibal) being homeschooled by her mother and kept in isolation from her peers. The portrayal of neurodivergence has an authenticity one doesn’t … Read more
In the early 2000s, action comedies were like chunky sneakers: big, bold, and undeniably fun. Enter National Security (2003), a film that throws together mismatched security guards Earl and Hank (Steve Zahn) on a mission that’s more mall cop than Men in Black. Here’s how you can watch and stream National Security (2003) via streaming … Read more
Robert Rodriguez’s classic El Mariachi triogy will be coming out in a new set from Arrow Video (with one small catch). Like many of you reading this, I have a soft spot for Robert Rodriguez’s Mexico trilogy. The three films centred around a guitar-playing mariachi (first played by Carlos Gallardo, then by Antonio Banderas) who … Read more
As I said, none of it is scary; because we see Johnny at all times, we’re hardly ever kept out of the loop about where he is, how close he is to his victims, when he might strike. If anything, Nash uses this knowledge for some pitch-black humor, as we see the typical poolside flirtations and … Read more
Popular K-drama The Midnight Romance in Hagwon aired episode 7 on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at 9:20 p.m. KST on tvN, which can also be streamed on Viki. The episode saw instructor Seo Hye-Jin boldly decide to stay with her current academy, Daechi Chase, and reject the job offer from a rival academy, Choiseon Korean. … Read more
Netflix has unveiled a trailer and release date for the upcoming Tom Raider animated series starring Hayley Atwell. Hayley Atwell, who has played Agent Carter herself Peggy Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was recently seen in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, provides the voice of video game icon Lara Croft in … Read more
There are two central characters in “Robot Dreams,” but the backdrop of 1984 New York is practically a third. Berger and his team have devised a version of the Big Apple that feels like a love letter to a city that’s always humming and moving. It’s not just the regular shots of things like the … Read more