Though the titular Labors are central to the franchise, you’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise after sitting down for the sequel to Mamoru Oshii’s feature film debut. Made to at… Continue reading "Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)."
Locke and Key is the new, high-concept, spooky fantasy show from Netflix and is based on the comic book series written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez. The… Continue reading "Locke and Key (2020)."
Somehow Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote exists. Almost twenty years after the director’s catastrophic first attempt to make the film, which was brought down by an unwell… Continue reading "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)."
It is with much sadness that we bring news of the passing of a true Hollywood legend, actor and producer Kirk Douglas, who has passed away at the age of… Continue reading "In Memoriam – Kirk Douglas, December 9th 1916 – February 5th 2020."
Mamoru Oshii has produced genre work that continues to be analysed and discussed to this day, with a level of nuance and ambiguity that’s less narrative and more intellectual. His… Continue reading "Patlabor: The Movie (1989)."
In Episode 43 of The Film ’89 Podcast, Skye is joined by returning co-hosts, Bill Scurry and John Arminio as they go all nostalgic for arguably their most beloved childhood… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 43 – “More Than Meets The Eye”, The Toys, The Show & Transformers: The Movie (1986)."
At almost ninety years of age, most of us would probably be happy just to be alive and in possession of our faculties, but amazingly Clint Eastwood is still out… Continue reading "Richard Jewell (2019)."
Two men start to go mad when a storm maroons them at the lighthouse they’ve been manning for the past month. Whether it’s the mythic, allegoric depiction of the two… Continue reading "The Lighthouse (2019)."
To paraphrase Toni Morrison, All good art is political. The Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist was, as she put it, not interested in art that is “not in the world.”… Continue reading "“From a Certain Point of View”, Examining The Politics of The Star Wars Saga."
Bill Murray has confirmed that will reprise his beloved role of scientist, Doctor Peter Venkman in the upcoming sequel, Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Though Murray did make a cameo as a different… Continue reading "Bill Murray confirms he will return as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters: Afterlife."
