Being Film #18 for Hooptober 2024 I usually save the Tobe Hooper entry for the end of the marathon, but I had a few hours to kill and a pal had Spontaneous Combustion on his Plex server, so off to the races with what looks to be his last original film in terms of story... Continue Reading →
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX: A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could... Continue Reading →
Being Film #17 for Hooptober 2024 You're one of the biggest comedy stars in the world. You want to branch out, try something different. Horror looks good, so you get one of the masters of the genre who's also looking to break out of his narrow confines. Sometimes that push-pull relationship can yield gold; other... Continue Reading →
Being Film #16 for Hooptober 2024 Outside of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood... I don't think there's a more personal, more fanboy love letter to movies in Quentin Tarantino's filmography than Death Proof. With overt callouts and structural similarities to the films he loves, much of this is readily obvious. But in making his... Continue Reading →
Being Film #15 for Hooptober 2024 I wish Grindhouse didn't fail as bad as it did at the box office. I remember seeing the entire experience in theaters and it was incredible. For every pale imitation (Hobo With a Shotgun, Rodriguez's own Machete) it spawned, it also remains a singular experience, both taken as a... Continue Reading →
Being Film #14 for Hooptober 2024 Oof. There is the kernel of a great concept in Return To Horror High, taking a meta, tongue-in-cheek approach to horror and genre filmmaking cliches, but unfortunately Bill Froelich isn't the guy to make it. There are a few measly pleasures to be had here, but for the most... Continue Reading →
Being Film #13 for Hooptober 2024 The beautiful thing about The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster is how much of a "first film" it is, in the best possible way. The directorial debut of Bomani J. Story, this is a film very much full of ideas, using genre to get at the heart of... Continue Reading →
Being Film #12 for Hooptober 2024 What a beautiful, messy, sloppy charmer of a film. ON the one hand, I can see what both the average movie goer - even the casual Coppola fan - would be put off by Twixt, the maestro's 2011 "return" to horror. I can also see how those fans who... Continue Reading →
Being Film #11 for Hooptober 2024 Boy do I like Patrick Wilson. Guy is a phenomenal performer, handsome to a damn fault, and has made some really brave and interesting choices in his career. He also seems to really love genre, and I love that his passion for this franchise and these characters propelled him... Continue Reading →
Being Film #10 for Hooptober 2024 I'm not going to try and change your mind and say that Insidious: The Last Key is a great movie. The fourth entry in a franchise series is rarely its best. But what I will submit to you is this: by consistently changing up the main baddie (this one... Continue Reading →
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