In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Sports Movie Month, Trevor introduces Kyle to Ryoo Seung-wan’s boxing drama, Crying Fist (2005)! A hitting hitting, dual perspective narrative following the exploits of a washed up amateur boxer (Choi Min-sik) and young, hardscrabble street tough (Ryoo Seung-bum), the film is an exceptional and unconventional sports…
Tag: Drama
Episode 116 – Vision Quest (1985)
February is Sports Movie Month at Catching Up On Cinema! This month we’ll reviewing films that center around some of our favorite sports. First up, Kyle introduces Trevor to the sport of wrestling via Harold Becker’s Vision Quest (1985)! Starring a young Matt Modine as standout varsity wrestler (from Spokane, WA!) Louden Swain, the film…
Episode 76 – The Fisher King (1991)
“Moving On March” continues at Catching Up On Cinema, as dip our toes into the illustrious filmography of the late Robin Williams in a form of a review of The Fisher King (1991)! In addition to stellar cast consisting of the likes of Jeff Bridges and Mercedes Ruehl, the film is directed by Terry Gilliam…
Episode 74 – Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
Catching Up On Cinema’s “Moving On March” event continues with a look at Sidney Lumet’s brutal family drama, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)! Directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, and Albert Finney, the film is a detailed and skillfully constructed look at the utter destruction of a family….
Episode 73 – Thoroughbreds (2017)
It’s a new month, which means it’s time for a new event here at Catching Up On Cinema! This month is “Moving On March,” an event wherein the guys will be taking a look at films starring actors and/or directors that have recently, and unfortunately, passed away. This week we reviewed Cory Finley’s darkly comedic…
Episode 71 – Flight (2012)
For this week’s episode in Catching Up On Cinema’s “Guilty Pleasures” event month, Trevor has Kyle check out Robert Zemeckis’ heavy handed drama, Flight (2012)! Starring Denzel Washington as an alcoholic pilot that performs a miraculous act of heroism while drunk on the job, is a clunky and somewhat tame character study that nevertheless earned…
Episode 21 – Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
CATCHING UP ON CAGE month continues, as Trevor has Kyle sit down to watch Werner Herzog’s brilliant sequel-in-name-only, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)! Featuring some of the finest examples of Cage-ian acting ever committed to film, it’s STRONGLY recommended that you, the listener, go out and watch the film before listening to…