It’s once again time for Catching Up On Cinema’s monthly Catching Up On Blu-ray episode! In this installment, Trevor is joined by Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast as the 2 movie collectors review the physical media release for the month of August 2020. Check out Brad’s podcast, Cinema Speak on Libsyn at Cinema Speak, or…
Month: August 2020
Episode 98 – Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
In the final installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s second annual Anime August event month, Kyle and Trevor take a look at Hiroyuki Okiura’s Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)! Based on a sprawling multimedia franchise created by Mamoru Oshii, the film is a melancholy tale of lost souls trying to eke out a living under…
Episode 97 – Street Fighter 2: The Animated Movie (1994)
In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Anime August event month, Trevor and Kyle review Gisaburo Sugii’s Street Fighter 2: The Animated Movie (1994)! An adaptation of the beloved Capcom fighting game, the film is a near plotless, unabashed parade of spectacularly animated fanservice. Featuring the entire roster of characters from the franchise…
Catching Up On Cinema Presents: Tales From the Shelf – The Backlog Boogie
In this month’s edition of Catching Up On Cinema’s Tales From the Shelf, Trevor and Brad of the Cinema Speak podcast break it down to The Backlog Boogie! Emotions run high as the 2 collectors explore the more neglected corners of their film collections, highlighting both oddities and films that deserve to be bumped to…
Episode 96 – Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (1994)
In this week’s episode of Catching Up On Cinema’s Anime August event month, Trevor and Kyle sit down for a casual, if not meandering review of Masami Obari’s Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (1994)! The concluding (and only feature length) chapter of a short lived anime series, the film largely serves as a promotional tool…
Episode 95 – Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
It’s once again time for Anime August here at Catching Up On Cinema! This week, Trevor forces Kyle to sit through Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)! With character designs by Yoshitaka Amano, and featuring fluid, gorgeously rendered animation and background paintings, the film is a Gothic sci-fi actioner that unfortunately suffers from poor…