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**_I see "Dead People"_** A woman (Marianna Hill) goes to the California coastal town of Point Dune to visit her artist father, but can't find him and runs into a guy (Michael Greer) and his two female companions (Anitra Ford & Joy Bang). They discover that there are mysterious and peculiar things going on in town, which eventually take a deadly turn. "Messiah of Evil" (1973) is an American film with a misleading title; it was originally called "Dead People," which is more fitting. The flick has a haunting ambiance, effectively combining elements of "Carnival of Souls" (1962), "L…

When society begins breaking down, the chaos unleashed often affects all aspects of everyday life, including everything from the availability of food and medicine to the collapse of basic law and order to the disappearance of common decency and civility. Under conditions like this, it truly feels like the world is falling apart, transforming into a quintessential hell on earth. So it was in Venezuela in 2017, when the government of President Nicolás Maduro began clashing with opposition groups in a series of violent protests across the country, especially in the streets of its capital and larg…

I love it, I really do. For 10 weeks, I started into Sundays watching “School Trip“, and whatever happened later those days, it couldn’t stop me from smiling. What a wonderful series this has been! I’ve always been a fan of Japanese BL series, as they usually have solid storytelling and avoid dragging for ages like many Thai series. Moreover, most of the actors are experienced, and the production quality is always on point. What makes “School Trip“ stand out, is the gathering of “green flags“ – all the characters are guys you’d like to be friends with. Less talented writers would be tem…

There are two politically themed Thai BL series that would deserve to be in my "favourite series list" of the year, “Mandate“ and “Shine“. Unfortunately, “Mandate“ felt dragged, if not boring, which is a pity because the actors did a good job, and the story is important. “Shine“ was a lot better because the story was exciting and captivating from beginning to end. I must admit that I wasn’t exactly a fan of Mile and Apo’s acting in “KinnPorsche“, but they have improved since then. However, it was Peter Deriy, who stole the show for me because of his amazing performance as a rookie actor. Th…

“Meet me at the Blossom“, like "Kill to Love", is a historicizing Chinese series which many viewers would call bromance rather than BL. I know that this kind of series isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, but they are my cup of tea. Whatever may be said against the storyline, which is very common in Chinese (non-BL) series – the production quality of both series mentioned is overwhelming. The acting is top tier, too, because Chinese series tend to hire experienced and very handsome actors – not only Li Le, who plays the lead role of Huai En, and Wang Yun Kai as Xiao Bao, but also Kou Wei Long…

“Gelboys“ is the coming-of-age and coming-out story of four boys, Fou4Mod (New Chayapak), Chian (Pide Monthapoom), Bua (Leon Zech), and Baabin (PJ Mahidol). Longtime friendships are in jeopardy when the boys experience their first same-sex love, and although they at first come across superficial with their obsession to decorating their fingernails and online chats, deep down they are vulnerable, sensitive kids trying to find their place in life. The protagonists are no wealthy kids or princes, but average, modern boys, who use the skytrain instead of fancy cars. No other Thai director is ab…

**👌🏻 3.3 / 5 👌🏻 — It throws as much at the screen as it does names in the title… more fun than it deserves to be, but way more movie than it needs to be** _Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice_ is the kind of film that shows up on a streaming platform with a weird title and a cast that makes you do a double-take. Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza Gonzalez… and Vince Vaughn… for a streaming comedy? I’m in. And for stretches of it, I was. Here’s the problem though: this movie cannot decide what it wants to be. We’re talking buddy comedy, goofball dialogue, romantic comedy, time travel sci-fi…

Though there are a few common threads running through these three films, this is essentially a tryptich on how children and parents interact in adulthood. The first sees a father (Tom Waits) living in a remote community who is being somewhat reluctantly visited by his children Adam Driver and Mayim Bialik. It's fair to say that their's isn't an especially close relationship but the son "Jeff" does send his dad some cash now and again and that appears to keep the wolf from the door (or is there some sheep's clothing involved a bit here?). Next, to Dublin, where acclaimed author "Catherine" (Cha…

When a rather asthmatic sounding young gent (Kazunari Ninomiya) gets off a subway train, he gets a call from his ex-girfriend telling him that she is in the hospital and that she is pregnant. What is he to do - especially as he has just witnessed a stroppy man on the packed train lose the plot with a mother and her young, screeching, babe-in arms and ignored it? He agrees to head to the hospital, and so heads for exit eight. Thing is, he never seems to get any nearer to it and after a while he starts to notice a sort of groundhog day scenario is occuring. He stops to read a safety notice on th…

An elderly gent is strolling along when he discovers a bright red ear trumpet lying on the ground. Hastily disposing of his existing one, he finds he now possesses acute hearing - everything sounds enhanced like never before... What is this magical thing? It's surreal, I'm not sure I can think of another word for it - not quite what you expect from the hands of Chuck Jones. The audio is also quite important here - as well as the colourful imagery. Make sense of it if you can... It's good fun.…