Kevin and Leslie Alejandro’s Adult Night begins with a marriage in crisis; in a bold attempt to “live colorfully”, a couple’s (Lucifer co-stars Kevin Alejandro and Lesley-Ann Brandt) decision to attend a swinger’s party leads them to locking themselves in a bathroom, struggling to understand how they got to this position in life – and…
Originally founded during the late 12th-century by samurai lord Ashikaga Yoshikane (or during the first half of the 9th-century according to some sources), the Ashikaga School is the oldest academic institution in Japan. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonStudents came from across the country, even from the Ryukyu Kingdom to study Confucianism,…
★★★★ Directed by: Samuel Gonzalez Jr. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: Samuel Gonzalez Jr., Christopher Lang Starring: Kit Lang, Arturo Castro, Illya Konstantin, Emily Trosclair, Vince Benvenuto Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’,,Film Review by: ,,Jason Knight Wars end and destroy lives. This…
Sometimes, a movie is released and the hype/controversy surrounding it is too much for the movie to get out from underneath. Sometimes this means we sit down in the cinema with expectations and preconceived notions that we can’t escape. Away from the Hype is an ongoing series looking at some of these movies years away from…
“You think you know the history…” But there’s always more to the truth! Gravitas has debuted an official trailer for the indie documentary film titled Truth is the Only Client: The Official Investigation of the Murder of John F. Kennedy (that’s the full title). The true, inside story of the investigation into the assassination of…
Crossing the Streams is our monthly look at all the offerings hitting the big streaming services each month, and this time we’re checking out the new Hulu arrivals for November 2020. This month’s titles include a Russian horror film, some modern action classics, Broadcast News, and more! Keep reading to see what’s new to Hulu…
So Netflix canceled the brilliant and funny “Teenage Bounty Hunters” after just one season. That’s both sad and entirely predictable given the show likely angered people on both sides of the political aisle. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe Netflix series follows twin sisters who become bounty hunters and track down various…
Queerly Ever After is a bi-monthly column where I take a look at LGBT+ films that gave their characters a romantic happily-ever-after. There will be spoilers. Also, don’t forget to buy your Queerly Ever After merch right here. Continuing with the theme from my last entry, Latter Days, is Jon Garcia’s The Falls trilogy (The Falls,…
Surrey Dive is a deep waterhole that was transformed into Australia’s first swimming venue to meet Olympic standards during the early 20th-century. It became known as one of the premier swimming venues the country. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonMelbourne was once home to over 50 brickworks located around the city. Many…
Nestled within Allaire State Park visitors will find the work of Robin Ruggiero, a New Jersey-based artist who has been using these woods as both her canvas and medium since 2019. Although first working in anonymity, her growth in popularity and increased visitation to the site soon brought the creator’s identity to light. Read moreA…
Quality horror-thrillers are all too rare these days; it’s either full-on horror or more of a drama, but Kindred, director Joe Marcantonio’s feature film debut, promises from its first frames to be an unsettling affair. Dripping with dread and paranoia, Kindred feels both timeless and timely; a film concerned more with mood than action and…
This small woodland area outside the town of Larne in east Antrim was originally named Clements after the landowner’s grandfather in the late 1800s. It was traditionally used by the family as a source of lumber. During the late 20th-century, the Woodland Trust acquired the site but in the early 2000s, the small woodland became…
Nelson Mandela moved into this house in Soweto in 1946 with his first wife Evelyn and remained here until his arrest in 1962. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonHe became famous in South Africa for his political and anti-apartheid activism during this period. His second wife Winnie Mandela and their children remained…
This little art gallery is located within an old Edwardian terrace house in Whitehead, a coastal village located on the East Antrim coast with a rich Victorian heritage. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe house was constructed during the early 20th-century and is composed of three floors complete with a drawing-room, eight…
A man sheds expectations in The White Tiger, the latest from writer/director Ramin Bahrani. Balram was happy to be a driver at first. The man he worked for was kind and not overly demanding, and to achieve such a position was all he had ever been told to hope for. He was part of the lower…
There were several presidential mansions before the White House was completed in 1800, although many didn’t survive That leaves the Deshler-Morris House in Philadelphia, more commonly known as the Germantown White House, the oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe mansion was originally constructed in…
This review was originally published on July 31, 2020, and is being republished for Election Day. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonFunny how a few years can feel like a millennium. It was in May of 2016 that I attended a sold-out screening of Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s scathingly hilarious documentary, “Weiner,”…
This piece was originally published on October 17, 2012 and is being republished for Election Day. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWhen purchased in 2007 by Trump, the land was a conservation area, with sand dunes 4,000 years old and a mixture of ocean-shore environments. “We’ve had tremendous support from the environmentalists,”…
This piece was originally published on April 3, 2020 and is being republished for Election Day. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonNo fairy tale prince ever took on a more terrifying monster than the “dragon” in this documentary about the massive Republican redistricting following Barack Obama’s first Presidential election and the 2010…
Welcome to Horrorscope, a monthly column keeping horror nerds and initiates up to date on all the genre content coming to and leaving from your favorite streaming services. Here’s a guide to all the essential horror streaming this November: Well, well, well. I bet you thought Halloween was over just because it’s November now. Wrong….
★★★★★ Stars Directed by: #CarolineSuh Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonStarring: The members of BLACKPINK – Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa and Rosé Film Review by: Alicia Moore Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’BLACKPINK are a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment. With their debut…