Tag: Drama
Do We Need The Many Saints of Newark?
The Many Saints of Newark is coming at a serendipitous time for me. From late April into early May of this year, I finally watched The Sopranos. (I’m not sure how an Italian from Staten Island avoided it for so long, but here we are.) It was one of those rare instances where mountains of … ...
Read MoreMaster and Commander Returns for a Prequel
This’ll take the wind out of your sails. Deadline exclusively reports that 20th Century Studios (formerly 20th – and then 21st – Century Fox, till Disney bought it) is developing a new movie based on a series of novels by Patrick O’Brian. The books center on British Navy captain Jack Aubrey ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Whisper of the Heart (1995)
1995 saw the release of the first cinematic Studio Ghibli film not directed by either Isao Takahata or Hayao Miyazaki. Whisper of the Heart is more grounded and toned-down than many of the studio’s more famous efforts. The movie follows a young girl’s day-to-day life in a pretty honest, believab...
Read MoreREVIEW: Jupiter’s Legacy Volume 1 (2021)
This past Friday, May 7th, Netflix released volume 1 of Jupiter’s Legacy. Based on Mark Millar’s Image Comics graphic novel of the same name, Jupiter’s Legacy follows a group of aging superheroes as they seek to pass the torch to their progeny. The main story is intercut with the o...
Read MoreDexter Teaser Comes in From the Cold
Showtime sees sheets of plastic in our future, as the premium network has released a teaser for the Dexter revival. Based on the novels by Jeff Lindsay, Dexter centered on Michael C. Hall’s Dexter Morgan, a Miami PD blood spatter expert who moonlighted as a serial killer who made other killers his...
Read MoreREVIEW: Ocean Waves (1993)
Ocean Waves is the rare Studio Ghibli movie that I’ve not only never seen but never heard of before. Released as a TV movie in 1993, Ocean Waves was directed by Tomomi Mochizukim, marking the first Ghibli film not directed by Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata, as well as Mochizukim’s only movie wi...
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