Film & Television
Reviews, essays, and other coverage of movies and TV shows
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The Many Faces of Song Kang-ho
A tribute to the wonderful South Korean movie star Song Kang-ho, who I consider to be one of the finest actors of all time. Read more
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Jackie Chan Does NOT Do All His Own Stunts, or the Perils of Stunt Double Erasure
I’ve been a vocal Jackie Chan superfan on this channel for years, so a video essay about Jackie Chan using stunt doubles and not doing all of his own stunts is certainly not something I had planned on making. Just to reiterate once more, I love all of the films discussed in the video. Stunt… Read more
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How a South Korean Horror Film Became A Japanese Musical
1998’s The Quiet Family from South Korean writer/director Kim Jee-woon is a dark comedy horror/thriller. When Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike decided to remake the film as The Happiness of the Katakuris, he did so as a musical with goofy humor and wild stop-motion animation. This video essay explores how the story translated into different genres… Read more
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Savage Vengeance — possibly the worst movie on Tubi
I was joined by Greg Mallette to watch Savage Vengeance, which is a strong contender for the title of the single worst movie on Tubi. Our live reactions and commentary are in the video below. 0/10 Read more
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The Tragic Story of Barbara Loden, the Lost New Hollywood Pioneer
The tragic story of Barbara Loden, who helped pioneer the New Hollywood movement but was almost entirely forgotten in her time. Her lone feature film, Wanda, wasn’t properly reevaluated as a groundbreaking achievement until many years after her death. The video essay below covers her entire all-too-short body of work. Read more
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The Forgotten Nightmares of Made-for-TV Horror Movies
A joint review looking back at some made-for-TV horror movies that are at risk of falling into obscurity but are worth remembering and preserving. The TV movies included are: “Ghostwatch” and “Whistle and I’ll Come to You” from the U.K., “Dark Night of the Scarecrow” from the U.S., and “The Telephone Box” aka “La Cabina”… Read more
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Unseen Journey — an old freemason recruitment video
Grey and I found an old freemason recruitment video on VHS at a Goodwill and watched/reacted to it on camera. Here’s what happened: Read more
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The Best Found Footage Horror Movie You’ve Never Seen
From Japanese horror filmmaker Koji Shiraishi, often considered a master of the found footage format, comes the underrated and under seen film “A Record of Sweet Murder,” which was made in South Korea and stars a partially South Korean cast. Here’s my review highlighting the movie as an under the radar gem. 8.5/10 Read more
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The Films of 2024, ranked
Here is a ranking of all the films I’ve seen that were released in 2024. The video below covers all of the 2024 releases that I watched by the close of the year, but the text list below includes a ton of extra 2024 movies that I watched later on after making the video (updated… Read more
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Deserves More Respect
An entry in my Deserves More Respect series for Werner Herzog X David Lynch collaboration “My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done.” Read more
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