*WARNING!* This episode contains total spoilers for Mortal Kombat (2021) *WARNING!*In a very special Theatrical Edition of Catching Up On Cinema, Trevor and Kyle, and the latter’s brother Nik knuckle down to review Simon McQuoid’s, Mortal Kombat (2021)! A reboot of the videogame adapted movie series that began with Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1995 live action…
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Episode 119 – Warrior (2011)
In the final installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Sports Movie Month, Kyle and Trevor get in the cage to review Gavin O’Connor’s, Warrior (2011)! Starring Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, and Nick Nolte in an Academy Award nominated performance, the film tells the gritty tale of a broken family that is inexplicably reunited during the…
Episode 118 – Crying Fist (2005)
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…
Episode 115 – Mortal Kombat Annihilation (1997)
In the final installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Video Game Movie Month, Kyle and Trevor once again invite Kyle’s brother Nik to assist them in reviewing John R. Leonetti’s, Mortal Kombat Annihilation (1997)! Featuring Robin Shou and Talisa Soto as the only 2 returning cast members from the first film, MK Annihilation is a…
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…
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 77 – Enter the Dragon (1973)
In the final episode of Catching Up On Cinema’s “Moving On March” event month, Trevor has Kyle sit down to watch his FIRST Bruce Lee movie ever, Enter the Dragon (1973)! Directed by Robert Clouse, the film is the last (completed) and most culturally significant film in the career of the Chinese-American martial arts icon,…
Episode 69 – Mortal Kombat (1995)
February is “Guilty Pleasures” month at Catching Up On Cinema! For the next 4 weeks, Kyle and Trevor will be reviewing movies that most people hate, but they secretly love. First up this month is Paul W.S. Anderson’s video game adaptation, Mortal Kombat (1995)! Starring Robin Shou, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa and Christopher Lambert, the film…
Catching Up On Cinema: Theatrical Edition – Hydra (2019)
Special thanks to Film Combat Syndicate, who were kind enough to grant us access to the film for review! In this very special bonus episode of Catching Up On Cinema, Trevor reviews Kensuke Sonomura’s indie martial arts flick, Hydra (2019)! Starring veteran stuntman Masanori Mimoto, the film is a small, but ambitious production that punches far…