Blu-Ray Review: Tampopo
Director: Jûzô Itami Writer: Jûzô Itami Cast: Tsutomo Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kôji Yakusho, Kinzô Sakura, Rikiya Yasuoka, Yoshi Katô Cert: 15 Running time: 114 minutes Year: 1985 Film:…
Month: April 2017
Fast & Furious 8 – The Electric Shadows Podcast
Episode 22 of The Electric Shadows Podcast sees Rob Daniel & Rob Wallis revving their engines as they ironically mosey through a discussion of Fast & Furious 8, and the…
Rules Don’t Apply
Director: Warren Beatty Writer: Warren Beatty (screenplay), Warren Beatty, Bo Goldman (story) Cast: Warren Beatty, Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich, Matthew Broderick, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Oliver Platt, Steve…
Blu-ray Review: The Life of Oharu
Welcome to Cinematic Greens Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Writer: Kenji Mizoguchi, Yoshikata Yoda (screenplay), Saikaku Ihara (novel) Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune Cert: PG Running time: 137 mins Year: 1952 Accolades: 1952…
Shell-Praiser: A Defense of Ghost in the Shell
SPIRITED REIMAGINING (Spoiler warning: key plot points from Ghost in the Shell 2017 revealed in this feature) Mired in whitewashing accusations since 2015 when Scarlett Johansson was announced in the…
Ghost in the Shell – The Electric Shadows Podcast
Episode 21 of The Electric Shadows Podcast sees Rob Daniel & Rob Wallis tackling the controversial live action remake of Ghost in the Shell. The two review the film’s merits…