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No Other Choice Finds Park Chan-wook at the Top of his Game
“No Other Choice” is South Korea’s submission to the best international feature film category at the 2026 Academy Awards, and I’ll tell you right now, it’s a lock for one of the five nomination spots. If you want my predictions, I’ll call it now that the real International Oscar category is a race between “The Read more
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Late Shift (2025) Review
“Late Shift,” written and directed by Petra Biondina Volpe, is a Swiss and German production that centers around an ongoing shortage of healthcare professionals. The film has a singular message and dramatizes it exceptionally well with a story that tracks a single shift in an understaffed hospital from beginning to end. The nurse that we Read more
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The Chilling Reality of The Vanishing (1988) Review
My old review for George Sluzier’s 1988 horror, thriller film, “The Vanishing” AKA “Spoorloos.” 8/10 Read more
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Le Samurai and the art of silence – review
Bryce joined me for a review and discussion of Jean-Pierre Melville’s “Le Samuraï.” Sam’s score = 8/10 Read more
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The Substance is 2024’s Grossest and Wildest Movie (Complimentary)
Grey joined me for a review and discussion of “The Substance” from French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat. Note that this review was recorded in September of 2024, after “The Substance” was awarded at Cannes but before there was any official Oscars news surrounding the film. Sam’s score = 9/10 Grey’s score = 9/10 Read more
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Memoir of a Snail is Heartbreaking & Hilarious Simultaneously
Grey joined me to review Adam Elliot’s stop-motion animated film “Memoir of a Snail.” Sam’s score = 8/10 Grey’s score = 8/10 Read more
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You’re Wrong About Warfare (2025) -Review & Analysis
Grey joined me for a review and discussion of Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s “Warfare,” the most misunderstood film of 2025. We dispel some of the misconceptions surrounding the film and analyze the film’s themes in addition reviewing the movie as a whole. Sam’s score = 8/10 Grey’s score = 8.5/10 Read more
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Ghosts… of the Civil Dead (1988) Review
Nick Cave’s first screenwriting credit and first acting role can be found in the extremely rare Australian prison movie from director John Hillcoat, Ghosts… of the Civil Dead. 8/10 Read more
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The Father (2020) vs. The Son (2022)
Florian Zeller’s two movies The Father (2020) and The Son (2022) are similar in many ways but at polar opposite ends of the quality spectrum. In this double review of both movies, let’s break down why The Father is a great film and why The Son is a failure. “The Father” = 8.5/10 “The Son” 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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