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home video hovel / movies / reviews / rudie obias

December 25, 2024

Home Video Hovel: Eastern Condors, by Rudie Obias

Every now and then the Criterion Collection selects oddball and pulpy B-movies — like House, The Blob, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Blast of Silence, and Carnival of Souls— that seemingly don’t fit their mission statement of “publishing important classic and...

movies / tyler smith

May 29, 2024

Endangered Species: Reassessing Congo, by Tyler Smith

One of the most rewarding endeavors in the world of film criticism and academia is that of reassessment. That is, to look deeper into a movie from a distance and with the benefit of hindsight. In doing this, it allows...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

May 22, 2024

Criterion Prediction #280: La Chimera, by Alexander Miller

Title: La Chimera Year: 2023 Director: Alice Rohrwacher Cast: Carol Duarte, Josh O’Connor, Alba Rohrwacher, Isabella Rossellini, Vincenzo Nemolato Synopsis: An angsty Englishman known as Arthur (O’Connor) emerges from a mysterious prison term to the rural outskirts of 1980s Italy...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

May 22, 2024

Movie Meltdown: Rebel Moon 2: The Wheat-giver

Movie Meltdown – Rebel Moon 2: The Wheat-giver Sam Drog returns… and this time I’m not sure we truly represent both sides of the argument as we discuss Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver. And as we bust...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

January 22, 2024

Movie Meltdown: Rebel Moon: Head Cheese

Movie Meltdown – Rebel Moon: Head Cheese Sam Drog returns… as we adamantly argue both sides of Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire. And while we’re trying to pick out our favorite Trapper Keepers, we also...

alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

December 26, 2023

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #44: Andrzej Zulawski’s On the Silver Globe (1988)

The Polish government tried to shut it down but Żuławski’s maverick vision prevails. Even in its truncated form On the Silver Globe is a visionary spectacle. The Trailer Project is devoted to the moving image, the trailers that promote the...

home video hovel / movies / reviews / rudie obias

December 1, 2023

Home Video Hovel: Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar, by Rudie Obias

After a career making movies that spans more than 60 years (and still going strong), it’s pretty clear why Jackie Chan is a superstar — especially with his films during the mid ‘90s and early 2000s. Movies like Rumble in...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

November 21, 2023

Movie Meltdown: The Marvelous Ms. Marvels from Marvel

Movie Meltdown – The Marvelous Ms. Marvels from Marvel Join us as we return to the Super Series and discuss Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels. And as we try to decide just what makes a good movie versus a limited series, we...

alexander miller / monday movie / movies

May 22, 2023

Monday Movie: Buck and the Preacher, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Buck and the Preacher originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Poitier expertly blends political allegory into the myth of the American West by tapping into our...

cast of cthulhu / james mccormick / jim rohner / movies / podcast

May 22, 2023

The Cast of Cthulhu: Prometheus

Episode 72 – Prometheus Filmmaker, podcaster, musician, and all around good guy, Tim Buel, joins to talk Prometheus, the film that actually first brought Jim and James together so many years ago. The boys all recount what their first impressions (sober or...

Tagged: adventure

Home Video Hovel: Eastern Condors, by Rudie Obias

Endangered Species: Reassessing Congo, by Tyler Smith

Criterion Prediction #280: La Chimera, by Alexander Miller

Movie Meltdown: Rebel Moon 2: The Wheat-giver

Movie Meltdown: Rebel Moon: Head Cheese

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #44: Andrzej Zulawski’s On the Silver Globe (1988)

Home Video Hovel: Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar, by Rudie Obias

Movie Meltdown: The Marvelous Ms. Marvels from Marvel

Monday Movie: Buck and the Preacher, by Alexander Miller

The Cast of Cthulhu: Prometheus

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