In the second installment of “Anime August”, Trevor and Kyle sit down to talk about Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 cyberpunk classic, Ghost in the Shell! Featuring technically astounding animation and uniquely introspective and philosophical themes, the film is beloved by many and heralded as a major source of inspiration for many subsequent sci-fi properties.
Episode 46 – Otaku No Video (1991)
This month is Anime August here at Catching Up On Cinema! For the next 4 weeks, Trevor is going to be taking Kyle on a journey through the colorful and varied world of Japanese animation, beginning with Gainax and Takeshi Mori’s Otaku No Video (1991)! A farcical tale about 2 young men striving to make…
Episode 45 – The Shark is Still Working (2012)
In this final installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s “Movies About Making Movies” month, Kyle and Trevor take a look at The Shark is Still Working (2012), Erik Hollander’s heartfelt documentary about the making and legacy of Steven Spielberg’s legendary blockbuster film, Jaws (1975). While the documentary is a little fluffy, and perhaps more of…
Episode 44 – The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? (2015)
In this very special episode in our “Movies About Making Movies” month, Kyle and Trevor review Jon Schepp’s terrific documentary about the Tim Burton Superman film that never was, The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened (2015)! Comprised of interviews with the producers and pre-production that tirelessly worked on Superman Lives prior to it’s abrupt…
Episode 43 – Kung Fu Elliot (2014)
In this installment of our “Catching Up On Movies About Making Movies” month, Trevor introduces Kyle to the delightfully shocking Canadian documentary, Kung Fu Elliot (2014)! In this installment of our “Catching Up On Movies About Making Movies” month, Trevor introduces Kyle to the delightfully shocking Canadian documentary, Kung Fu Elliot (2014)! Following the exploits…
Episode 42 – American Movie (1999)
In second installment of our “Catching Up On Movies About Movies” month, Trevor has Kyle watch one of his favorite documentaries of all time, Chris Smith’s intimate portrait of a struggling filmmaker, American Movie (1999)! Following the exploits of wannabe filmmaker Mark Borchardt, the film is an intimate portrait of a frustrated and struggling artist…
Catching Up On Blu-Ray: July 2019
It’s that time of the month again, as Kyle and Trevor sit down for the July 2019 edition of “Catching Up On Blu-Ray”. Some highlights of this month’s physical media releases: Putney Swope (1969) Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019) Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin – Chronicle of the Loum Battlefield (2015 – 2018) Mothra (1961)…
Episode 41 – Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
This July is “Movies About Making Movies” month at Catching Up On Cinema! Kyle’s first pick for this month is the critically acclaimed documentary, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)! Telling the tale of Francis Ford Coppola’s infamously troubled production of Apocalypse Now (1979), the documentary is often cited as an example of a…
Episode 40 – Alien: Covenant (2017)
In the last episode of our very loose, “Most Recent Entry in a Long-Lived Franchise” series of episodes, Kyle has Trevor sit down with him to discuss Ridley Scott’s 2017 return to the Alien franchise proper, Alien: Covenant (2017)! Building on the themes and characters first introduced in the director’s earlier film, Prometheus, Alien: Covenant…