Tagged: action

alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

August 9, 2023

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #43: Toyoo Ashida’s Vampire Hunter D (1985)

Going down the nostalgia road with Vampire Hunter D, concentrating on the “movies that made me” kinda thing I guess, there’s more on the way, enjoy! The Trailer Project is devoted to the moving image, the trailers that promote the...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

May 17, 2023

Movie Meltdown: Rocket’s Journey

Movie Meltdown – Rocket’s Journey The Super Series returns with our discussion of James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3… along with many other tangents. And while we realize, we ourselves are crackling with cosmic energy, we also cover… Mrs....

movies / reviews / Theatrical Review / tyler smith

April 27, 2023

Peter Pan & Wendy: Never Lands, by Tyler Smith

To watch David Lowery’s Peter Pan & Wendy, is to engage in a frustrating – but fascinating – conflict. Produced by Disnay, the film attempts to capture the whimsical spirit of the 1953 animated feature, while trying to inject modern...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

April 26, 2023

Movie Meltdown: What the Hell was Going On in the Bronx?!

Movie Meltdown – What the Hell was Going On in the Bronx?! Join us as we venture into the grindhouse world of 1990: The Bronx Warriors directed by Enzo G. Castellari. And while we mistakenly get off at the wrong stop on...

david bax / movies / natalie schaffer / patreon / podcast

December 30, 2022

Patreon: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Mac ‘n’ Cheese Taste Test

This week on the Patreon, David and Natalie conduct a Black Panther: Wakanda Forever mac ‘n’ cheese taste test. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! Does the...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 15, 2022

Avatar: The Way of Water: Elemental, by David Bax

Before writing reviews, before podcasting, before film school… There was a time in my life, a time called childhood, when I lacked the vocabulary and the sophistication to really elucidate what I loved about any given movie. I could muster...

2022 / david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review / tiff / tiff 2022

September 21, 2022

TIFF 2022: Sisu, by David Bax

Jalmari Helander’s Sisu is the kind of movie you might catch the characters in a Quentin Tarantino movie watching. That is by no means intended to be a slight. On the contrary, with retro graphic title cards announcing each new...

david bax / monday movie / movies

September 19, 2022

Monday Movie: All Through the Night, by David Bax

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of All Through the Night originally ran as part of our TCM Classic Film Festival 2019 coverage. If Vincent Sherman’s All Through the Night (1942) isn’t as well remembered...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

August 11, 2022

Emergency Declaration: Never Let Go, by David Bax

Han Jae-rim’s Emergency Declaration is an action movie (among other things) but not in the scrappy and/or slick way that implies a lot of choreographed hand to hand combat or bouts of gunplay. No, it’s more of a throwback to...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

August 4, 2022

Bullet Train: Two Smoking Brain Cells, by David Bax

Somehow, the standard for comedy in major studio pictures has sunk so low that a jaded “Really?” can completely take the place of an actual joke or retort and audiences don’t riot. It’s easy to blame the early-MCU Favreau/Whedon movies...

Tagged: action

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #43: Toyoo Ashida’s Vampire Hunter D (1985)

Movie Meltdown: Rocket’s Journey

Peter Pan & Wendy: Never Lands, by Tyler Smith

Movie Meltdown: What the Hell was Going On in the Bronx?!

Patreon: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Mac ‘n’ Cheese Taste Test

Avatar: The Way of Water: Elemental, by David Bax

TIFF 2022: Sisu, by David Bax

Monday Movie: All Through the Night, by David Bax

Emergency Declaration: Never Let Go, by David Bax

Bullet Train: Two Smoking Brain Cells, by David Bax

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