It’s once again time for our monthly Catching Up On Blu-Ray episode! In this edition, the first of the new year, we take a look at the major physical media releases for the month of January. Some highlights this month: Joker (4k, 2019) The Lighthouse (2019) Holiday (Criterion, 1938) Gemini Man (4k, 2019) Maleficent: Mistress…
Month: January 2020
Episode 67 – Highway to Hell (1991) and Audition (1999)
This week we bring our F*cked Up Sh!t event month to a close with a double-header review of 2 dramatically different and (unfortunately) not-especially-f*cked up movies: Highway to Hell (1991) and Audition (1999)! Directed by Ate De Jong, Highway to Hell (1991) is a fairly tame screwball adventure comedy that features some charming effects work…
Episode 66 – We Are the Flesh (2016)
Catching Up On Cinema’s “F*cked Up Sh!t” month continues, as Kyle and Trevor sit down to review the Emiliano Rocha Minter’s challenging and indisputably f*cked up indie film, We Are the Flesh (2016)! A Mexican and French joint production, the film is equal parts horrifying and provocative, featuring themes and images that might be too…
Episode 65 – Like Me (2017)
F*cked Up Sh!t month continues, as Trevor has Kyle sit down view the bizarre, pseudo-experimental indie film, Like Me (2017)! The only feature film credited to writer-director Robert Mockler, the movie is messy (in more ways than one) and confused in it’s storytelling, but features some striking imagery and editing in some of it’s trippier…
Episode 64 – Green Room (2015)
This January at Catching Up On Cinema is “F*cked Up Sh!t” Month! Being as this is a show about expanding our horizons and pushing boundaries, we felt it would be appropriate to use this month to take a deep dive into the world of twisted and/or brutal cinema, AKA “F*cked Up Sh!t”. Our first F*cked…