After the Credits: The Korean Rom-Coms of NYAFF 2013
I very seriously considered doing a dual review of How to Use Guys with Secret Tips and Very Ordinary Couple. I’ve only ever written ...
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Interview: Lee Won-Suk (How to Use Guys with Secret Tips)
The best film I saw at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (our recap of which will be up late next week) ...
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Flixist Discusses Review: V/H/S/2
V/H/S/2 comes out after 2012, which was a really impressive year for found footage films, so it has even more to prove than its ...
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Flixist Discusses Review: Double Xposure
Whenever News Editor Hubert Vigilla and I see a film together, we follow it up with a discussion about what we just saw, ...
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Are we getting too many blockbusters?
With the release of Pacific Rim imminent (and the news that it’s tracking more poorly than Grown Ups 2), it seemed fitting to discuss ...
After the Credits: My Old Reviews Are Terrible Edition
I started writing for Flixist in May of 2011. The next month, I learned about an upcoming festival called the “New York Asian ...
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The Battle For A More Conscientious Tonto
The portrayal of Native Americans in film has been problematic for a long time. Going back as far as John Ford’s 1939 western ...
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NRH’s Weekly Analysis: Lost Action Hero
Last Action Hero recently turned 20, and it’s time to reexamine it. Two decades later, it’s still largely misunderstood. Holding only a 39% on Rotten ...
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FlixList: The Top 10 Movie Robots
[This feature originally ran with the release of Pacific Rim two years ago, but with the new robot movie Chappie now hitting theaters, I ...
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How much are you willing to pay for a movie ticket?
So… you may have been expecting a question related to the whole 4th of July thing that’s pretty popular right now, but like ...
After the Credits: Second Worst Movie Ever Edition
In the next few weeks, Hubert and I will be watching and writing about dozens of movies (each) for the New York Asian ...
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NRH’s Weekly Analysis: A Freudian take on Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2 is one of the greatest superhero films ever made. It is incredible how it manages to have Peter Parker confront one of ...