Episode 52 – Season 1 wrap up.
With not only the summer coming to an end but also our first season, Simon and I decided to sort out our top 10 films of the year “so far“. We sat down and quickly gave our audience a break down of each pick while we reminisced on the [...]
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What’s going on with David Gordon Green? First he directs a line of stellar, intense art films, beginning with the coming-of-age drama George Washington and the woozy, lovesick All the Real Girls, then eventually does a complete 180 to helm the Apatow-produced stoner-action-comedy Pineapple Express (starring Seth Rogen, who Rick might have a [...]
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Beginning our newfound pledge to cover more documentary features, we present a full hour of docs we’ve recently taken in – two from the Fantasia festival and one just for the fun of it, and we’ve invited documentary fanatic Derek Gladu to chip in. I Think We’re Alone Now follows two very different [...]
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All kinds of exciting things happen to human flesh in our final show on Fantasia’s new wave of American horror films. It’s harvested in harsh socioeconomic conditions in Darren Lynn Bousman’s passion project Repo! The Genetic Opera. It’s [...]
It’s the year’s most anticipated film, so accordingly we’ve got an extended look at The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan’s latest Bat-opus. We’re going to look in-depth at Nolan’s work on the series, as well as getting into the nitty-gritty on the film itself, both in spoiler and non-spoiler segments. If you haven’t seen it yet [...]
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When it comes to madness and mayhem, nobody can deliver it quite like the Japanese, and we’ve recently been exposed to a series of hyperactive Japanese flicks so action-packed (though not, of course, always actually good) that we’ve put together a follow-up to our previous Japanese spotlight. This time, we’re tackling “Machine [...]
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U.S. horror has taken a beating over the last few years, with most of the most prominent genre films coming out of Asia – principally Japan and Korea. At this year’s Fantasia, however, several new U.S. films are being touted as part of a new U.S. renaissance – Jonathan Devine’s teen-angst thriller “All [...]
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Our coverage on the Fantasia Film Festival continues. In this broadcast we are pleased to be among the first to review several films here in North America. To kick things off is the new film from director Ole Bornedal entitled The Substitute, a stellar teen coming-of-age story and a ripping sci-fi [...]
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Episode 44: The Spanish InquisitionIn a nice bit of synchronicity, Fantasia has offered us a slate of new Spanish fantasy and horror films – specifically, the much-hyped “verité” thriller [rec], silent throwback La Antena, apocalyptic thriller Before the Fall, and the time-travel black comedy Timecrimes. Meanwhile, over in Hollywood, Spanish wizard [...]
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Tune in as we begin our month long look into The Fantasia Film Festival. Our first review will focus on what Sic Ric is calling the must see film of the year; “Let the Right One In.” This Swedish vampire film is without a doubt, stunning. A vampire film that follows the rules [...]
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Born in Germany as the son of Turkish parents, the 30-year-old director is a child of globalization: like the musician Manu Chao, he samples and remixes elements from a diversity of cultures, material easily available to his generation for the first time. «We grew up with the video recorder – and my great [...]
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One of the most defiantly visible survivors of the Hollywood Blacklist was American director Jules Dassin. Following high school in the Bronx and drama school in Europe, Dassin made his stage debut at age 25 with the Yiddish Theatre in New York.
In Hollywood, Dassin worked his way up to a directorial spot at [...]
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There are many ways to crack a Rubik’s Cube. Michel Gondry did it with his toes. A year ago, the film director posted a short video on YouTube showing this skill.
Things aren’t always as they appear in a Gondry film.
Tune into our special on director Michel Gondry. A French Academy Award-winning screenwriter, film, [...]
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The second of out two part special on director M. Night Shyamalan. Will Ricky continue to defend the film maker and his three previous films and more importantly will Simon deliver the havoc he promised last week, and tear them all apart?
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