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Crayon Shin-chan: Action Mask vs. Leotard Devil 1993
Having followed the beloved animated series as a kid, I was only familiar with a few of Crayon Shin-Chan’s long-running series of films, they apparently produce one every year.
And learning that ‘Action Kamen vs Leotard Devil’ was the first one that started it all, I was extremely thrilled to check it out.
This is an adorable, crude, and wholly enjoyable little film— filled with offensive (sometimes too mature) gags and a surprisingly intriguing though thin plot. I was surprised it ran…
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A Real Pain 2024
‘A Real Pain’ is in the same league as the works of Noah Baumbach or Alexander Payne, which I wholeheartedly dig.
This is a quiet, humorous, and moving drama about different forms of ‘pain’ set brilliantly against a Holocaust culture tour. The writing is sharp and witty, with many profound subtexts on life, relationships, and grief that definitely struck a chord with my own experience— and it did all that within 90 minutes.
Sure, Kieran Culkin was the stand out…
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tick, tick... BOOM! 2021
One is never too late to bloom and achieve greatness for passion is the mightiest value that one can innately possess. This could’ve just been another linear biopic about a down-on-his-luck artist struggling to make a break into the competitive New York theater scene. But with inventive editing that weaves brilliant musical numbers into its tautly paced narrative, ‘Tick, Tick... Boom!’ is a wonderful musical/biopic befitting of the late great Jonathan Larson.
Oh, and is there anything that Andrew Garfield and Lin-Manuel Miranda cannot do?
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Hunt 2022
Infused with a quality of 70’s paranoia cinema, ‘Hunt’ is quite a remarkable debut for director (and veteran star), Lee Jung-jae.
The plot can get a tad convoluted at times— its occasional use of flashbacks is ineffective, and the general pacing of the film gets too rapid to keep up at times, but Lee’s keen eye for action definitely made up for it.
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