Tag: Movie
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WHAT STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI MEANT TO ME AS AN ASIAN WOMAN – SPOILER FREE
I write this having just seen Star Wars: The Last Jedi. As many people did, I grew up adoring Star Wars. I will always be grateful to my friend Rebecca for first showing me the glorious non-Special Edition versions on VHS and changing the course of my life forever. However I never wanted to be…
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Ana Lily Amirpour Interview: “The Bad Batch”
Director/Writer Ana Lily Amirpour sits down with THEDHK to chat her second feature, ‘The Bad Batch’ as well as inspiration, being hard of hearing, childhood heroes, and cannibalism. Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut feature was the Iranian Vampire Spaghetti Western “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” More about the film: Starring Suki Waterhouse (Pride and…
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Jordan Peele’s Get Out is the Challenge We All Need
It’s not every day that you go to the movies and get to be both entertained and challenged. Though he’s best known as half of the comedy duo Key & Peele, Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out is billed as a horror movie. What’s even scarier, however, is the mirror it holds up to the state…
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Barry Jenkins Interview: Moonlight
I had the pleasure of interviewing director Barry Jenkins for his film “Moonlight”
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KFOG REVIEW: “THE ACCOUNTANT” & “DESIERTO”
This week brings “The Accountant” and “Desierto” to review. “The Accountant” was nothing spectacular, but nor was it terrible. Which is probably a sadder reflection on the films being pumped out now versus the film itself. There were considerable plot issues and editing issues, at times you’d forget a B and C plot existed. Ben…
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KFOG REVIEW: “THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN” “THE BIRTH OF A NATION” & “AMERICAN HONEY”
This week brings three films. The first was “The Girl on the Train” which I was by far the most excited for. I loved the book, it was a far from perfect book, but certainly a page turner. Unfortunately the translation to screen did not turn out so well. The suspense was stripped out of…
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KFOG REVIEW: “MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN” & “MASTERMINDS”
This week brings the new Tim Burton film “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” and Jared Hess’s “Masterminds”. I haven’t loved Tim Burton’s last handful of films (“Frankenweenie” excluded), and while I enjoyed “Miss Peregrine” more than I have some of his others, it still felt like a student trying to imitate Tim Burton than the…
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KFOG REVIEW: “THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN” & “QUEEN OF KATWE”
Up this week is the 8 millionth remake of the year, “The Magnificent Seven” starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onfrio and Peter Sarsgaard. It was directed by Antoine Fuqua. So it had potential, but ultimately I didn’t feel it brought much new to the table. More in the audio review. Alas a slight…
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KFOG REVIEW: “BRIDGET JONES’S BABY”
This week’s review is “Bridget Jones’s Baby” – the first film, “Bridget Jones’s Diary” is one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies. I will watch it any time it’s on TV. The second one was a disaster that I even tried to find and rewatch before this and was thwarted as it appears to have…