Back Row Seating

Right off the heels of a Cannes Grand Prix win, I was instantly intrigued by a "supernatural romantic drama" film such as this. Add in a dash of foreign film, a bit of cinematography gold, and you have a recipe for this podcast! Let's check out Mati Diop's interesting romp through Senegal, and find out a bit about the Atlantic Ocean, maybe!

Ladies and gentlemen! It's guilty pleasure time! While I'm no stranger to musicals, and quite love the genre in general, Moulin Rouge! just slaps in a magically delirious wave of magnificence that just tugs at my ears as well as my heartstrings. The colors, the music, the cinematography, the oddly questionable editing decisions- I'm here for all of it, and I hope you'll join me on this romp throug...

Yeah, baby, yeah! We're back, once again, with Fusionfall84 to take our next step through the Austin Powers cinematic universe! This film has long been a staple on my list of favorite comedy films, and given the chilly reception of the first film, perhaps this one will be more to Fusion's liking! I mean, why wouldn't it be? It has mojo, stool samples, kamikaze fembots, Big Boy, product placement,...

Few films have left a mark on my child-brain quite like Matilda. Borne from the hallowed halls of the Kelly Bros. children's theater, this film contains more than a couple scenes that terrified me as a kid, so it's time to revisit it and discover what the heck was wrong with me growing up! #BruceLife #ChocolateBoi

Original Title: 竜とそばかすの姫 Directed by: Mamoru Hosoda I've been waiting for this film for quite some years, and after catching it in theaters, I have quite a lot to say about it! We've already checked out one of Hosoda's previous film, Summer Wars, but many are calling his latest film his magnum opus. Do I agree? and where does it rank on my all-time list of Hosoda flicks? Spoiler alert: the...

With Moon Knight on the horizon, best to re-acquaint myself with one of my favorite Oscar Isaac roles, and perhaps his first that I ever had the opportunity to see! Not only is the acting good, but this is a Coen Brothers film, so expect plenty of dark humor, wonderful cinematography, and a cat- oh, and plenty of folk music, because this will be a watershed moment in your musical tastes.

Red pandas are wonderful, cute, adorable, fun, hormonal, confusing, and a natural part of growing up. This film seeks to explore that, so we will also explore such things! I've been excited for this movie for a while, not just because of cuteness, but also the representation of an Chinese-Canadian story being told through the lens of Domee Shi, who must be in my peer group because I'm seeing shade...

My list of favorite Pixar films is rather short; however, the films that top the list are in heavy contention with one another. Although, WALL-E has a definitive step ahead in that it's just about art in its presentation of an animated film- and it doesn't even have dialogue for nearly half the film! So let's re-watch it and check back in on this childhood classic of mine; I can't imagine I'll thi...

Austin 'Danger' Powers has arrived! and Fusionfall84 is here to meet him for the first time! I've been watching these films since I was a child, when much of the humor resonated with me, but how will a grown man of the Swedish persuasion enjoy it? I mean, why wouldn't he like it? It has random tasks, miniature factories, lucky charms, Burt Bacharach, Carrie Fischer, and Swedish-made enlarger pumps...

Yooo! Let's relive one of my childhood favorites! Part action, part adventure, and all alt rock space opera, this film was rather instrumental to my storytelling brain even back when I was eight or nine years old, but does it stand up to modern scrutiny? Known mostly as the film that canned Fox's Animation Studios, it was a commercial failure at its time, but certainly it deserves more, right? I m...

I've been waiting for this movie for years , no kidding; praying that it would be the next kingpin of "so bad, it's good", a schlock-fest of unimaginable proportions! but is that truly the case? Stuck since 2014 in development hell, this movie is tied to so many production companies that, surely, it must be good with that brain-trust of companies attached to it! I mean, it has long-haired Pierce,...

We continue our backwards stroll through the cultural phenomenon of the New Wave cinema! this time perusing the first of the French New Wave films, Truffaut's 'The 400 Blows', or Les Quatre Cents Coups , for everybody who's aware of the awkward translation of the title. We will explore that, along with amazing jump cuts, delinquent children, police officers condoning child abuse, Parisian affairs,...

So I didn't watch Old Yeller as a kid, I didn't watch Lassie, I watched the Malcolm in the Middle kid in Yazoo, Mississippi! One of my favorite things is to re-watch films from my childhood to see how good or bad they really were, so we're going to start with a childhood favorite of mine. Alcoholism, animal abuse, PTSD, segregation, kids putting the moves on each other, doggy wingmen- what doesn't...

The memes are in! and both Fusion and I are excited to not talk about Bruno! But seriously, I've heard great things about Disney's new flick, and now's as good a time as any to check it out!  Will it be a musical? Most assuredly. But Fusion doesn't need to know that ;) -Check Out the Video Guide!- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IdXPCU4AOw

'Belle' is coming next month! so to get into the spirit, let's watch an anime film! However, the work of Hosoda has already been featured, so let's dive into my /other/ favorite anime film director! A beautifully-crafted film, it's easy to see where it garnered tremendous acclaim, regardless of any and all production quandaries that found the creators of the film to be rushed. Unfortunately, my on...

Kicking off the October slate of horror-related content, we turn our sights to the newly-targeted-by-the-Hollywood-Money-Grubbing-Machine intellectual property, Train to Busan! I had always wanted to check it out, and seeing how it's already being remade, I decided to get on down and boogie on this surprisingly action-packed feature! Check Out the Audio Guide on YouTube! https://youtu.be/i66_itq4j...

Wow! After an arduous set of years, highlighted by a pandemic-related mass exodus of films from their original release dates, one of my most anticipated films finally hit the big screen! I caught it in theaters and loved it, and while I was met with about as many questions as answers, we'll take a chance during this second showing to try and figure out some of those ambiguous moments that left us...

Fusionfall84 knows a lot of properties that I know little to nothing about. Let's explore another one! This time, it's a wholly computer-generated film set in the universe of Final Fantasy XV, a series I haven't brushed up on since FFX. Which begs the question: how well does this film work when viewed by non-fans of the series? How well is the universe and its rules demonstrated for somebody who i...

We're gonna dive into this visual fever-dream of a made-for-TV movie wherein mommydom saves the day. What will the implications be for the expanded Fairly Odd Universe? Does true love only exist upon first kiss? Will writers start crafting jokes for once? How thin is Jason Alexander's wallet at any given time?  Let's find out!

Let us venture into the wild world of 1960's England! specifically the stories halls of the BBC, as we explore the origin story of Dr. Who!  Fun fact: I know next to nothing about Dr. Who! Fortunately, Fusion knows a bunch about Dr. Who, so let us take this adventure together!  Fusion's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/fusionfall84

Demon's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeN-onY3HmBJZln6XQ_Xb5A  In a world of remakes, why wait more than a couple years?   Join Danow, a Marvel fanboy, and TheDreadedNeko, a DC fanboy, go into this film as blind as bats and enter into a world of good bois, bad boys, and really really crazy women. and John Cena, who's somewhere in the middle of all that with his CGI package. &...

While I've been knee-deep in Japanese New Wave cinema, it's important to recognize, not only the socio-political and cultural norms that those filmmakers were railing against, but also the filmmaking theory that they were rebelling against as well. Enter Yasujirō Ozu and his masterpiece, which is largely indicative of a more conservative understanding of Japan than the New Wave masters were concer...

Advisory : Yes, this film is aimed at children, but this commentary is NOT. There is many a curse word tossed around, so please exercise caution if you're uncomfortable with that. Yo, let me tell you a story about, perhaps, the best animated film of 2020. The second half of this film is BALLER! But seriously, going into this film, I didn't know what to expect, and not only did this film circumnavi...

A new Disney film! I don't know what to expect going into this, but the visuals look neat enough, and- OH WOW, the water!

What do you get when you thrust a Grand Master florist with a burgeoning sociopolitical film movement in 1960's Japan? Most likely Hiroshi Teshigahara, who directed this allegorical film. I've heard many great things about it, some of it putting this into "best movie ever made" territory, but where will I stand after checking it out? I'm intrigued!