A Quiet Devastation - Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
A look at Studio Ghibli's 1988 anime masterpiece "Grave of the Fireflies"
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Matt Juliano
Oct 2330 min read
If Looking Liking Move - Romeo + Juliet (1996)
A look at Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. I have mixed feelings on this one...
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Matt Juliano
Oct 719 min read
Macbeth in Japan - Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood"
A look at Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood," a 1957 film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth"
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Matt Juliano
Sep 2358 min read
Enter Four Murderers - M4cbeth
Enter Four Murderers - M4cbeth. An in depth look at four Macbeth films
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Matt Juliano
Aug 823 min read
A Big Housecleaning - "Yojimbo" (1961) and "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964)
Part 1 of a series on film Westerns, starting with A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and the film it is a direct remake of, Yojimbo (1961)
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Matt Juliano
Apr 3018 min read
"The White Buffalo" (1977) - Impaled on a Sharpened Stake
A look at the Moby Dick adjacent but largely forgotten film "The White Buffalo" and all the really interesting ways it's not very good.
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Matt Juliano
Apr 1418 min read
2 Moby 2 Dick - "Moby Dick" (1956)
Part 2 of a series on Moby Dick, looking at the 1956 film starring Gregory Peck. Spoilers: It's pretty good.
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Matt Juliano
Mar 3128 min read
Into the Choppa - A Tour of the "Predator" Films
A tour of the Predator films. (Well, 4 of them, plus the B-movie bonus "Without Warning.")
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Matt Juliano
Dec 29, 202313 min read
A Year of Dracula, Part 3 - Dracula 1931 and 1992
A look at the two Dracula films "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) and "Dracula" (1931), focused on their adaptational choices.
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Matt Juliano
Dec 23, 202320 min read
A Year of Dracula, Part 2 - "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" (2023)
A deep dive into the 2023 film "The Last Voyage of the Demeter," a fantastic horror movie adaptation of "Dracula" that, sadly, bombed.
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