It’s once again time for Catching Up On Cinema’s monthly Tales From the Shelf episode! This month, Trevor is joined by Brad of the Cinema Speak podcast, this time to review some films from their collections featuring some “Stupendous Scores”! Movies and composers highlighted in this discussion: A Cure For Wellness (2013) – Benjamin Walfisch…
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Catching Up On Blu-Ray: April 2020
It’s once again time for Catching Up On Cinema’s monthly “Catching Up On Blu-Ray” episode! April 2020 was a big month for physical media releases, and some of the titles covered in this episode include: Little Women (2019) Beyond the Door (Arrow, 1974) Cats (2019) Dolittle (4k, 2020) VFW (4k, 2019) Army of Shadows (Criterion,…
Episode 57 – Flash Point (2007)
In this episode of the podcast, Trevor and Kyle review another Donnie Yen and Wilson collaboration, the cop drama/martial arts actioner, Flash Point (2007)! A prequel to last week’s SPL: Sha Po Lang (2005), the film is a briskly paced and largely succeeds in upping the ante in terms of spectacle in it’s fight choreography,…
Episode 56 – SPL: Sha Po Lang (2005)
*WARNING* Kyle drops some minor spoilers for Game of Thrones season 8 in this episode *WARNING* In this episode, Trevor once again dips takes the show back into the world of Hong Kong cinema to review Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen’s first film collaboration, SPL: Sha Po Lang (2005)!
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 17 – Ip Man (2008)
In this installment of Catching Up On Cinema, Trevor has Kyle catch up on the modern Hong Kong martial arts classic, Ip Man (2008)! Directed by Wilson Yip, and starring the inimitable Donnie Yen (with fight choreography by the legendary Sammo Hung) the film is a personal favorite of Trevor’s. Full disclosure, this episode is…