Duuuuuuude. Dude. Dude. I was super sad, I thought I`d missed my only chance to see this as it played the one weekend of Fantasia I was out of town. Luckily, they added a showing on closing night!
I`d watched the trailer early on, and it promised metal shenanigans, axe wielding ladies and gory fun. And guys, it fucking delivered. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Guys omg. Seriously. I don`t know how I managed to not see this movie in the schedule this year, I`m so happy my friend Brian brought it up. Donnie Yen you guys! Donnie Yen!!!
To be fair, I did kind of gloss over all martial arts related films when making my selection. I kind of burned out on them, soooooo many kung fu movie nights. I think it`s been about 10 years since I watched a new one. I guess I was due hahaha!
I seriously fucking loved this movie. Holy shit was it good. I cannot tell you how much I missed fight scenes executed by real martial artists, like Donnie Yen and Wang Baoqiang did in this film. It felt like water in the desert. I cannot tell you how much of a difference it makes. Not only that, but they action scenes were filmed so clearly and so well framed, since there was no need to compensate for so-so choreography, or a quickly trained actor with very little martial arts experience. The moves were there, executed to perfection, displayed for all to see in raw fucking detail.
I`m sorry for swearing so much but good god did I need some good kung fu action!
Ok all gushing aside, the film did have a couple of ‘meh’ factors. But they were minor and in no way diminished my enjoyment of the film.
For one, chinese kung fu movies generally hire martial arts performers turned actors, instead of the other way around. Which often means their primary skill set is kung fu, not acting. In this case it wasn`t so bad, honestly. Sliiiiight over acting from Wang, but Donnie was stellar as always. I think Donnie`s love interest was the one that bothered me most honestly. Good expression, but line delivery left a bit to be desired. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here I tread into more familiar ground; An adorable animated film! I took a break from all the scary or shocking and dramatic movies and settled in for something cute. Sophie is very pleased! I longed for something cute and silly. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Folks, I was excited to see this movie! Again it was sold out, and the media/VIP/industry line was long as fuck, even one hour before showtime. The nice organizers put out some extra chairs and were able to squeeze in a few more viewers.
Cherry Tree is an Irish Film starring the lovely Anna Walton and Naomi Battrick. The description of the film hit all the right notes with me. It seemed to promise creepy behaviors and dealings with the devil, possible possession and a potentially beautiful imagery surrounding these beautiful women and a mythical cherry tree. Witchy goodness!
Friday night, I was lucky enough to be let in to see Tales of Halloween! I showed up a good hour ahead of time, but it was a sold out show and the media/VIP/industry line was already pretty long. I was on my own, but thankfully I ran into some friends and felt a bit reassured. This looked like it would be quite a bit freakier than the other horror films I`d seen at the festival so far. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Guys! Guys I went to see a horror film! I got to attend the World Premier of this wicked Israeli Film, from brothers Yoav and Doron Paz. They were adorable when they did their introduction, I`m sad I missed out on the Q&A.
But YES! I was a brave girl, and I went to see a scary movie all by myself. I was hoping Jon would join me so he could hold my hand through this scary first experience, but alas, he was way to tired. I stuck to it though. They let us in about 30 minutes late, and there were so many people in the VIP/Press line I for real thought I wouldn`t get to go in. I`m glad I stuck around though. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I`m very happy to have this film as my first review for the year. I`ll admit I selected it off the schedule without thinking too much about it, mostly out of nostalgia for my early 20s` fascination with historical Asian cinema. I was not prepared for how much this movie made me feel. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This show has a lot of buzz going on without our help, but that was all the more reason that we had to see it. Nominated for four Frankie Awards, this is a show where a school teacher on the verge of a breakdown teaches her Grade 3 classroom about a school shooting. And it’s a comedy. And it pulls it off. Listen to our thoughts now!
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I fucked this one up pretty bad guys. Not once, not twice, but a number of times that I am not actually willing to count I refer to this show as “It’s Rabbit Time”. I do so again and again. Over and over. I catch myself, give myself the chance to start the episode over, then choose not to. This is Fringe after all, you don’t get take backsies. Neither does Jon Bennett, we watched his latest show “It’s Rabbit NIGHT” and here’s what we had to say:
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So, this one got a little heavy. You can sort of tell by how Sarah doesn’t really know how to feel after seeing “The Orchid and the Crow” that things get a little serious in what is mostly a comedy show with singing and dancing. Does this production pull off the delicate balance between grim reality and light hearted music and comedy? Listen now to hear what we thought.
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