WATCH NOW Translating humour tends to be very complicated, and there are also many comedic shows that fail to cross different cultures and their audiences. The main issue comes from jokes, where, they cannot be created in silence. When it comes to comedy, it is all about incongruity and expectations which are solely reliant on […]
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WATCH NOW Oh, how the mighty have fallen. One such person is Tim Tucker (Dylan Bruce), who is a hometown skateboarding star. He captained his school’s hockey team and guided them to the finals, but was unfortunately crippled in the last match. This brings us to the vital point where you are left with only
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WATCH NOW A fresh week has come by, for us to go back to the dismal world of movies that curse the already lacking horror genre, and see if it is better to leave them buried. However, there are some brave fil makers who attempt the impossible and end up not as pleasantly surprised, and
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WATCH NOW The movie ‘Totally Baked’ is classified as a “Pot-U-Mentary” which is a mix between a movie and a documentary. In this case, it starts out as a documentary-style segmented imagery that is rather technical in nature. The term stoner indeed seems accurate, reflecting Lee Abbott’s attempt to make an amateur disposition. The primary
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WATCH NOW For the years I have been writing this blog, one thing I have come to learn is that there is always something to look out for. Blood Shot has been in my sight for some time now but its limited release (as of this write up) was only set in Thailand. I almost
WATCH NOW On the Double is a comedy film published in 1961, and its director, Melville Shavelson, also co-wrote the script with Jack Rose. The film stars Danny Kaye, who, as in most of his films, plays two roles; this time a soldier and a general. During the year 1944, an attempt on the life
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WATCH NOW In its Two Weeks to Live (Sky One), the scene progresses to a roadside cafe that also resembles the Edward Hopper’s, where the words NORTH OF ENGLAND unfold on the screen in massive, loud, bold letters. The show then transitions into ‘Stayin’ Alive’ being covered by the band, Tropical Fuck Storm, after which
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WATCH NOW Why do rivalries exist among different Martial Arts schools? I want to focus on movie martial arts schools. I understand the rivalry is lighthearted when it comes to martial arts schools in real life, but movies seem to take things further. There surely is enough space for more than 1 martial arts school
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WATCH NOW No one would expect high art from a movie christened Truck Stop Women, and they will certainly not be disappointed with the work of Mark Lester, who directed Firestarter and Class of 1984, as he wades into the waters of the nascent genre of truck films with this entry in 1974. There are
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WATCH NOW The preceding everything from the getting fame has come over to the direction of Adios Amigo by Nahas Nazar where there is a lot of focus on the gap between the rich and the poor. One would assume that within the two idling and pointless men, there would be something more with a
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