Our in-depth analysis of the latest films as well as retrospective analysis of older or classic movies.
Episode 33 of the Film ‘89 Podcast is a celebration of the films of Quentin Tarantino as we provide the most in-depth (and therefore spoiler-filled) analysis of a single film… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 33 – Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood (2019)."
It was almost inevitable that I would become a Bruce Springsteen fan. My father’s family is Italian, from a town in New Jersey less than 50 miles from the Stone… Continue reading "Blinded By the Light (2019)."
Way back in 1989 there was a film called Tango & Cash. It starred two action heroes of the era and was great fun, if admittedly very silly. The plot… Continue reading "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)."
Dani Ardor emotes physically, viscerally, and she loses control when circumstances overwhelm her. Upon learning of a terrible tragedy, she weeps loudly, uncontrollably, in the lap of her boyfriend –… Continue reading "Midsommar (2019)."
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Tim Burton’s groundbreaking superhero spectacle, we look back at its lasting influence on the industry and how well the film holds up in an… Continue reading "Batman (1989)."
In this bumper sized double issue (episode) of The Film ‘89 Podcast, Richie, Neil and Skye are joined by the winner of last year’s Film ’89 contest, Chris Beynon, who… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 31 – Toy Story 4 / Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)."
The high school experience is one of life’s not so uncommon phenomena, a thing so unique to each individual and yet simultaneously so predictably ubiquitous. For Amy and Molly (Kaitlyn… Continue reading "Booksmart (2019)."
In 2016 Netflix released an Amblin-esque TV series about a group of ‘80s kids stumbling into and trying to solve the mystery of a missing boy that had supernatural elements,… Continue reading "Stranger Things 3 (2019)."
With his blood-soaked 1993 animated epic, Ninja Scroll, director Yoshiaki Kawajiri was disinterested in telling an historically accurate tale despite its setting in Feudal Japan, and cites inspiration from western… Continue reading "Ninja Scroll (1993)."
The early part of the decade that was the 1970s brought with it a new kind of cinematic anti-hero in the wake of the Vietnam War, tailored, whether intentionally or… Continue reading "Death Wish (1974)."
