With the Recent Backlash, Let’s Examine the Relationship Between Hollywood and China
Photo: Hollywood and China This past weekend saw the premiere of the video game movie Monster Hunter in China, ahead of its upcoming release in the United States. And then, just after one day, it found itself embroiled in controversy and was pulled from Chinese...
2020 Best Films – Less Tentpole Blockbusters and More Independent Smaller Budget Films
Photo: 2020 Best Films 2020 was not the year we were promised on December 31, 2019. As an unprecedented pandemic swept the nation, everything shut down, movie theaters included. Suddenly blockbuster releases, often set in stone, were wiped from the calendar. Our...
‘Alice in Borderland’: An Achievement in Hard World Building – Manga Series
Photo: ‘Alice in Borderland’/Netflix Okay, so I’ll be honest here for a minute. The first scene of the first episode of ‘Alice in Borderland’ is not good. It is, in fact, maybe even terrible. Within two minutes of watching it, I had decided...
Must-Watch – ‘The Mess You Leave Behind’: A Compelling, Unconventional Murder Mystery
Photo: ‘The Mess You Leave Behind’/Netflix Netflix has been hitting it out of the park with their book-to-series adaptations, with 2020 seeing the critical successes of The Queen’s Gambit and The Haunting of Bly Manner. ‘The Mess You Leave...
