By Growing up in the late ’70s, my main reference to anime was the joy of watching Speed Racer after school. Little did I know in 1977 that the series was really aired on Japanese TV a decade earlier. The action felt new. Speed Racer was pretty much the only Japanese
The Partisan (2024) Film Review
Directed by James Marquand, this biographical spy-thriller is based on the true story of Krystyna Skarbek. Skarbek was a Polish-British intelligence agent during the Second World War. The Partisan (2024) tells the story of her conquest to fight back against Nazi Germany, as she intercepted Nazi soldiers and fought back
Regretting You (2025)
Regretting You (2025) As the opening credits roll on Josh Boone’s latest adaptation, you’re invited into a world of sharp emotion and soft lighting, where grief and second chances intertwine within the kind of family bonds you expect — yet still manage to feel genuine and affecting. Based on the
Bugonia (2025)
Bugonia (2025) It all starts with something magnificent. Bugonia opens with the audacity typical of Yorgos Lanthimos, hiving off from realism into a buzzing nest of conspiracy, grief, and satire. A loose remake of Jang Joon-hwan’s 2003 South Korean cult film Save the Green Planet!, it filters that original’s manic
Blu-ray Review: The Assassin of the Tsars (Tsareubiytsa)
Malcolm McDowell has been one of my favorite actors ever since I finally saw A Clockwork Orange. It took a few years between staring at the soundtrack album cover to actually getting to watch the movie. It’s not like the Stanley Kurbick ultra-violence masterpiece was part of the afternoon Million
