Blinded By the Light (2019).
It was almost inevitable that I would become a Bruce Springsteen fan. My father’s family is Italian, from a town in New Jersey less than 50 miles from the Stone… Continue reading "Blinded By the Light (2019)."
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019).
Way back in 1989 there was a film called Tango & Cash. It starred two action heroes of the era and was great fun, if admittedly very silly. The plot… Continue reading "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)."
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Midsommar (2019).
Dani Ardor emotes physically, viscerally, and she loses control when circumstances overwhelm her. Upon learning of a terrible tragedy, she weeps loudly, uncontrollably, in the lap of her boyfriend –… Continue reading "Midsommar (2019)."
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The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 32 – “Forget it Jake, it’s…” Chinatown (1974) – Celebrating 45 years of Roman Polanski’s Classic Film-Noir.
Episode 32 of The Film ’89 Podcast is a loving celebration of 45 years of one of the defining modern examples of the film-noir, Roman Polanski’s 1974 crime thriller mystery,… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 32 – “Forget it Jake, it’s…” Chinatown (1974) – Celebrating 45 years of Roman Polanski’s Classic Film-Noir."
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Taika Waititi’s delayed Akira remake could lead to him writing and directing Thor 4.
Taika Waititi’s live action adaptation of Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s classic 1988 Japanese animated film, Akira has reportedly fallen foul of production issues over the script and casting, meaning that it’s been… Continue reading "Taika Waititi’s delayed Akira remake could lead to him writing and directing Thor 4."
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Batman (1989).
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Tim Burton’s groundbreaking superhero spectacle, we look back at its lasting influence on the industry and how well the film holds up in an… Continue reading "Batman (1989)."
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The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 31 – Toy Story 4 / Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).
In this bumper sized double issue (episode) of The Film ‘89 Podcast, Richie, Neil and Skye are joined by the winner of last year’s Film ’89 contest, Chris Beynon, who… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 31 – Toy Story 4 / Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)."
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Booksmart (2019).
The high school experience is one of life’s not so uncommon phenomena, a thing so unique to each individual and yet simultaneously so predictably ubiquitous. For Amy and Molly (Kaitlyn… Continue reading "Booksmart (2019)."
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Stranger Things 3 (2019).
In 2016 Netflix released an Amblin-esque TV series about a group of ‘80s kids stumbling into and trying to solve the mystery of a missing boy that had supernatural elements,… Continue reading "Stranger Things 3 (2019)."
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Ninja Scroll (1993).
With his blood-soaked 1993 animated epic, Ninja Scroll, director Yoshiaki Kawajiri was disinterested in telling an historically accurate tale despite its setting in Feudal Japan, and cites inspiration from western… Continue reading "Ninja Scroll (1993)."