by Miguel Cima | Oct 10, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
When most people think of Buddhism, they think of the religion of peace, the one where the jolly fat guy sits under a bodhi tree, chills out and preaches tolerance and joy to all, right? Well, we have bad news for you. In the nation of Myanmar, there is a genocide...
by Miguel Cima | Oct 7, 2017 | VOD Reviews
OK, so, before we talk about Peter Vack’s debut comedy feature film Assholes, let’s start with some advisory statements. First of all, if you can’t handle early John Waters films like Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble, then stop right here. No, this film doesn’t get...
by Miguel Cima | Sep 8, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
Most anybody who knows anything about 20th Century American History knows of a black mark known as The Red Scare. The ignominious senator Joseph McCarthy personified the prolonged, cruel witch hunt that ended thousands of careers, all supposedly in the service of...
by Miguel Cima | Sep 8, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
There may be no better way of expertly combining the feel-good memories of childhood and the terrifying advent of dealing with the adult world than Clyde Petersen’s Torrey Pines. For starters, it’s an animated film, which in most instances signal a more kid-oriented...
by Miguel Cima | Sep 6, 2017 | 10 Burning Questions
Cati Gonzalez has made a film that only an emotionally honest alchemist such as herself could concoct. EKAJ is a stunning work, one which will at once be unfairly dismissed for its disregard for production value and overvalued for “grittiness” as if anybody with a...
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