Episode 069 - The Outsider (2018) 03/10/2018 Today’s movie is “The Outsider” (2018), the post World War II crime drama directed by Martin Zandvliet and written by John Linson and Andrew Baldwin. The film follows Nick Lowell (Jared Leto), a former American GI who saves Kiyoshi (Tadanobu Asano), a member of the Shiromatsu Yakuza clan. Nick is offered work with the Yakuza after being released from prison, and lands right in the middle of a gang war. Spoilers ahead. This film has definite strengths and weaknesses. The biggest weakness,
Today’s movie is “The Outsider” (2018), the post World War II crime drama directed by Martin Zandvliet and written by John Linson and Andrew Baldwin. The film follows Nick Lowell (Jared Leto), a former American GI who saves Kiyoshi (Tadanobu Asano), a member of the Shiromatsu Yakuza clan. Nick is offered work with the Yakuza after being released from prison, and lands right in the middle of a gang war. Spoilers ahead. This film has definite strengths and weaknesses. The biggest weakness,
Episode 068 - Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 03/09/2018 Today’s movie is “Moonrise Kingdom” (2012), directed by Wes Anderson and written in collaboration with Roman Coppola. The film follows Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman) and Suzy Bishop (Kara Hayward), two star-crossed, twelve-year-olds who decide to run away from their home on New Penzance Island in September 1965, and the antics surrounding their rescue. Wes Anderson has one of those aesthetics that people either love or hate. I have been a fan of his style since seeing “The Royal Tenenbaums” in the
Today’s movie is “Moonrise Kingdom” (2012), directed by Wes Anderson and written in collaboration with Roman Coppola. The film follows Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman) and Suzy Bishop (Kara Hayward), two star-crossed, twelve-year-olds who decide to run away from their home on New Penzance Island in September 1965, and the antics surrounding their rescue. Wes Anderson has one of those aesthetics that people either love or hate. I have been a fan of his style since seeing “The Royal Tenenbaums” in the
Episode 067 - Disneynature: Born in China (2017) 03/08/2018 Today’s movie is “Disneynature: Born in China”, the 2017 release from the long running Earth Day release schedule from Disneynature. The film was directed by Chuan Lu and English narration is provided by John Krasinski. The film is a compilation of different animal families in the Chinese wilderness: the giant panda, the snow leopard, the golden monkey, the crane, and the chiru, or Tibetan antelope. I have two major criticisms with this documentary. The major criticism is that there are too
Today’s movie is “Disneynature: Born in China”, the 2017 release from the long running Earth Day release schedule from Disneynature. The film was directed by Chuan Lu and English narration is provided by John Krasinski. The film is a compilation of different animal families in the Chinese wilderness: the giant panda, the snow leopard, the golden monkey, the crane, and the chiru, or Tibetan antelope. I have two major criticisms with this documentary. The major criticism is that there are too
Episode 066 - Ravenous (2017) 03/07/2018 Today’s movie is “Ravenous” (2017), the Québécois zombie survival film written and directed by Robin Aubert. The film follows disparate groups of survivors across the countryside, whose stories weave in and out as the body count rises. The film stars Marc-André Grondin, Monia Chokri, Charlotte St-Martin, Micheline Lanctôt, and Marie-Ginette Guay. Caution: spoilers ahead! I don’t have a lot of experience with Québec and its unique history and culture. I know I’m missing a lot of context when it
Today’s movie is “Ravenous” (2017), the Québécois zombie survival film written and directed by Robin Aubert. The film follows disparate groups of survivors across the countryside, whose stories weave in and out as the body count rises. The film stars Marc-André Grondin, Monia Chokri, Charlotte St-Martin, Micheline Lanctôt, and Marie-Ginette Guay. Caution: spoilers ahead! I don’t have a lot of experience with Québec and its unique history and culture. I know I’m missing a lot of context when it
