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October 11, 2019

Lowering the Bard and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Episode 655: Shakespeare Adaptations Mister America: Great Job, by David Bax Gemini Man: Second Chance, by Scott Nye I Do Movies Badly: Introduction to Bong Joon-ho...

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

October 11, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, by David Bax

Most of Yasujirô Ozu’s output is a blind spot for me but, from what I have seen, I understand that quiet familial and marital discord is pretty common in his work. And yet it’s a testament to his power as...

bp movie journal / david bax / movies / podcast / tyler smith

October 11, 2019

BP Movie Journal 10/10/19

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies they’ve been watching, including: JE T’AIME MOI NON PLUSDOWNTON ABBEYBETWEEN TWO FERNS: THE MOVIEMISTER AMERICAL’ARGENTJOKERTHE CLOUD-CAPPED STARTHE CAVELATE NIGHTTHE AERONAUTSTHE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICEIDIOCRACY

movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

October 10, 2019

Parasite: Leveling Up, by Scott Nye

Earlier today – at least, the “today” on which I’m writing this – an acquaintance on Twitter jokingly asked if it even counts as a review of Parasite if your headline doesn’t immediately call it out as a masterpiece, as...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

October 10, 2019

Criterion Prediction #210: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, by Alexander Miller

Title: Invasion of the Body Snatchers Year: 1956 Director: Don Siegel Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones, King Donovan Synopsis: A mysterious phenomenon strikes and Doctor Miles Bennell realizes that everyone around him turns out to be duplicate alien...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 10, 2019

Je t’aime moi non plus: Who Is In, Who Is Out, by David Bax

Serge Gainsbourg is known the world over as a great, influential musician and songwriter (as well as a controversial provocateur). But, in addition to quite a bit of acting work, he also slipped into the director’s chair more than a...

featured / i do movies badly / jim rohner / movies / podcast

October 9, 2019

I Do Movies Badly: Introduction to Bong Joon-ho (featuring Jim Mickle)

Writer/director Jim Mickle (Stake Land, We Are What We Are, In the Shadow of the Moon) graces I Do Movies Badly with his presence to talk about his journey to filmmaking, his penchant for genre, and–of course–Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho! The Jims...

Craig Schroeder / home video hovel / movies / reviews

October 9, 2019

Home Video Hovel: Scars of Dracula, by Craig Schroeder

Count Dracula’s status as horror’s most sinister sex symbol is a mythology built over the last 100 years. From the pages of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel to Bela Lugosi’s iconic performance, the Count’s grotesque appeal is both hypnotic and repulsive....

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

October 9, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Cloud-Capped Star, by David Bax

Like so many tragedies, Ritwik Ghatak’s The Cloud-Capped Star starts off feeling like a comedy. Every character and scenario is so flush with emotion–most of it happiness–that it feels as if they may burst into song. One of them, on...

featured / movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

October 8, 2019

Gemini Man: Second Chance, by Scott Nye

Ang Lee’s Gemini Man begins in familiarly thrilling territory – a man is perched on a hillside, preparing his sniper rifle to kill a stranger on a passing train. He makes his shot, of course, because he is The Best....

Category: movies

Lowering the Bard and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Home Video Hovel: The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, by David Bax

BP Movie Journal 10/10/19

Parasite: Leveling Up, by Scott Nye

Criterion Prediction #210: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, by Alexander Miller

Je t’aime moi non plus: Who Is In, Who Is Out, by David Bax

I Do Movies Badly: Introduction to Bong Joon-ho (featuring Jim Mickle)

Home Video Hovel: Scars of Dracula, by Craig Schroeder

Home Video Hovel: The Cloud-Capped Star, by David Bax

Gemini Man: Second Chance, by Scott Nye

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