linktr.ee/CatchingUpOnCinema This February at Catching Up On Cinema is “NOT Made in America” month! All month long we’ll be reviewing foreign films that have garnered American remakes. This week, Trevor forces Kyle to join him in reviewing Pierre Morel’s, District B13 (2004)! The feature directorial debut of Luc Besson protege Morel, this French import is…
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Episode 158 – Force Majeure (2014)
“Kyle’s Cold Christmas” event month continues at Catching Up On Cinema, sans Kyle, with Trevor and his brother Matt’s review of Ruben Ostlund’s, Force Majeure (2014)! Titled “Turist” in it’s native Sweden, the film is a thoughtful and wry examination of a struggling family of ski vacationers. While any back of the box plot description…
Episode 156 – Cold Skin (2017)
Kyle returns to Catching Up On Cinema after a month long absence to kickoff December 2021’s, “Kyle’s Cold Christmas” event month!All month long, we’ll be reviewing frigid films to chill the bones. First up this month is our review of Xavier Gens’, Cold Skin (2017)!Starring David Oakes, Ray Stevenson, and Aura Garrido (in full body…
Episode 130 – The Fifth Element (1997)
In this episode of Catching Up On Cinema, Trevor is joined by Harrison from the Grief Burrito podcast to review Luc Besson’s, The Fifth Element (1997)!Starring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Gary Oldman, the film is a wildly imaginative sci-fi blockbuster with uniquely French sensibility and and aesthetic. Featuring costuming by Jon-Paul Gauthier, design work…
Episode 112 – Silent Hill (2006)
January 2021 is “Video Game Movie Month” at Catching Up On Cinema! First up this month, Kyle and Trevor are joined by Orion in reviewing Christophe Gans’, Silent Hill (2006)! A passion project for the French director, the film is a live-action adaptation of the Konami video game series of the same name. Featuring cinematography,…
Episode 109 – Inside (2007)
In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Kyle’s Brutal Christmas event month, we hop across the Atlantic to review Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s French horror thriller, Inside (2007)! Starring Beatrice Dalle and Alysson Paradis, the film is one of the most critically acclaimed of the “new wave” of gory French horror flicks…
Episode 59 – The Beach (2000)
In this episode, Kyle has Trevor watch Danny Boyle’s beautiful and intense coming-of-age tale, The Beach (2000)! Featuring an attractive and charismatic cast of internationals, including the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Carlyle, and Tilda Swinton, the film is a mature take on the familiar tale of a boy discovering paradise… and the complications that…
Episode 58 – The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
In this episode, Kyle has Trevor pay another visit to the literary works of Alexandre Dumas in form of Randall Wallace’s take on the 3 Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)! Starring Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu and Gabriel Byrne as the musketeers, as well as Leonardo DiCaprio in dual roles, the…