The current “Saturday Night Live” is as edgy as a spork after a few passes with a belt sander. Irreverent shows like “SNL” struggle to maintain their sense of impropriety. Shocking western culture rarely allows for second acts, and the novelty wears off eventually. Think Sacha Baron Cohen, Madonna and Howard Stern, although the latter…
The Putt-Putt of Warren is over 59 years old and is the oldest remaining Putt-Putt Course in Ohio. Only 39 authentic Donald Clayton-designed Putt-Putt courses remain in existence. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThis course is regulated by the Professional Putters Association (PPA) and was created by Clayton. This course has pro…
It’s round two for the bumbling villains in The Suicide Squad, with James Gunn taking over writing and directing duties. Gunn is sort of the perfect guy to take over the franchise after 2016’s Suicide Squad fell flat on its face. Critically panned and generally reviled, it was an ill-timed misstep for the already struggling DCEU, and…
In 2003, Canberra was hit by a horrific firestorm. The fire destroyed the Mount Stromlo Observatory, as well as its historic Yale-Columbia Refractor telescope. The telescope had been observing the stars since the 1920s and even helped with a few NASA missions. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonBut from this tragedy came…
This “Hospital” was never a medical institution. It rather uses the older definition of the term, which refers to a type of almshouse. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonLord Leycester Hospital is a group of medieval timber-framed buildings on High Street in the historic city of Warwick, England. It dates back to…
★★ Stars Directed by: #VitorBrandt Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #VitorBrandt, #DenisNielsen Starring: #EdmilsonFilho, #MatheusNachtergaele, #LetíciaLima, #LeandroRamos, #VictorAlen Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by: Alicia Moore “Two hapless cops find themselves in over their heads as they cross paths with dangerous…
“One way or another, I’m gettin’ home to my dog.” Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an acclaimed time loop short titled Two Distant Strangers, which is arriving streaming on Netflix in April. It’s already nominated for Best Live Action Short at the Academy Awards this year. In the film, cartoonist Carter James’ repeated…
Check the Gate is a column where we go one-on-one with directors in an effort to uncover the reasoning behind their creative decisions. Why that subject? Why that shot? In this edition, we chat with Adam Wingard and discuss how you shoot a title match as epic as Godzilla vs. Kong. There can be only…
Western culture looked radically different seven years ago, but it still gave us a preview at what was heading our way. Woke warriors willing to take down anyone for any reason. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonCancel Culture remained years away, but special interest groups were looking for offenses both large and…
★★★ Directed by: #RyanWadeStott Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #RyanWadeStott Starring: #ChristienBartGittens, #JodiHutton, #SophieWhitebrook, #CarlBeech Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by: Julian Gaskell This short begins at a business motivational conference (The 5 Steps to Success) with the organiser (Jodi Hutton)…
Martin Scorsese’s “Cape Fear” is a remake of a good movie, the 1962 Robert Mitchum/Gregory Peck thriller of the same name, and it’s better than the original. The 1991 film begins with a roaring Bernard Herrmann score (faithfully recreated by Elmer Bernstein), an opening title credits sequence by Saul and Elaine Bass and shimmery imagery…
Located off the northwest coast of Lombok in Indonesia are the three Gili Islands: Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan. These islands are renowned for their sandy white beaches, swaying palm trees and pristine waters. They are home to a booming green sea turtle population, and in recent years the islands have become the…
It’s possible that if you lived or went through some sort of ‘80s music phase at the right age, you might have some fun spotting the dozens of references throughout Stephen Kijak’s cinematic tribute to The Smiths, “Shoplifters of the World.” Or, it’s possible you’ll roll your eyes at popular lyrics woven into the dialogue…
That wink. Over six decades in film and television, from her breakout film work playing characters as varied as obsessed stalkers and sharp coeds, to her TV ubiquity on various hour-long procedurals about lawyers and the FBI, to her memeification as two of TV’s most formidable mothers, that wink told you Jessica Walter was willing…
On the western shore of the Chao Phraya river, south of the Wat Arun temple, lies Bangkok’s small Siamese-Portuguese enclave, Kudeejeen. Within its maze of narrow alleyways that weave past aging teakwood houses lies a 250-year-history of cultural commingling. In that time, the neighborhood has been home to Siamese-Portuguese, Thai, and Chinese residents of different…
“Looking for mutual respect, but you got your foot on my neck!” This extraordinary short film has been a decade in the making. Enough (stylized as enough.) is a short music video doc profiling the life of musician / hip-hop artist Nathan Nzanga. “A dream, a nightmare, a musical. Ten years in the making, welcome…
The movie Watchmen, released in 2009, adapts the beloved 80s graphic novel of the same name. The source material is an iconic deconstruction of superhero tropes and a subtle examination of cultural values. It examines ethical and philosophical systems through an immersive and conflicting narrative and was generally a cultural moment. If you don’t know…
“We will reveal a world that has long been hidden from our eyes.” Netflix has released a trailer for a series titled Life in Color with David Attenborough, which is debuting streaming on Earth Day this year. This nature doc is another beautiful exploration of life on Planet Earth, focusing on the many ways animals…
On the night of August 15, 1952, disaster struck the village of Lynmouth in north Devon. Swollen by days of heavy rainfall, the East and West Lyn rivers burst through their walls, sending a torrential flood hurdling through the seaside town. The fast-moving floodwaters carried hundreds of thousands of pounds of rocks and other debris,…
To many people around the world, the all-but-certain prospect of a new volcanic eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula sounded ominous. But in March 2021, when lava rushed out of a fissure in a valley named Geldingadalur—a comfortable six miles away from the nearest town, Grindavík—those in Iceland were nothing but thrilled. The public was exhilarated…
The saturation of mass shootings in America leaves a lot out of the national conversation, especially anything resembling a long-term consequence. What happens in a heartbroken town once the news trucks pack up and head to the next crime scene? This is what Megan Park‘s debut feature as a writer-director – appropriately titled The Fallout –…