Unsung Cinematics

The Neon Demon is a psychological horror film produced from the mind of Nicolas Refn and those living the high life in California. Amazon picked up the film as one of it's premiere features in 2016. Rated R for swearing, nudity, violence, and adult subjects.   The story features a young aspiring 16 year old new to Los Angeles and new to the modeling scene. She is instantly successful with everyone...

Ken went to the Canadian Fan Expo 2024 - he shared some of his experiences with the Toronto based conference that is focused on comics, film, tv and gaming. Plenty of fun! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit unsungcinematics.substack.com

In this summer edition of Off the Record we take a look at the following: Feature this time is The Crow from 2024, Joyride films from 2001, 2008 and 2014, Snack Snack from 2024, Lowlife from 2017 and Evil Season 3 from 2024. Notable Actors include Bill Skarsgard, Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Conor Shery, Gabriel LaBelle, Katja Herbers, and Mark Burnham. This is a public episode. If you would like to d...

Danny Greene is a legend in his time, as he was prominent in his Irish community as the one who took on the mafia in Cleveland during the 60's and 70's. Cleveland was dubbed as 'Bomb City USA' during the bombings of 1976 and Danny was right in the thick of it.   Kill the Irishman is a based on the true story of his life and dealings with the Mafia. The story starts with his clash with his union bo...

Our featured film for this edition of Off the Record is Road House from 1989 and the 2024 version. Also in this episode is Tucker and Dale vs Evil, Army of Shadows, Winchester, and Last Stop in Yuma County.   Notable Actors include: Patrick Swayze, Jake Gyllenhall, Conor McGregor, Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Lino Ventura, Helen Mirren, and Jim Cummings. This is a public episode. If you would like to...

Art School Confidential is a 2006 parody film of college life as a student. The film is filled with plenty of nonsense, pretentious behaviour, backstabbing and a side of murder mystery. Based on the partially true events of a graphic novelists journey through art school and also part fiction. Trashed by critics, will this film be revived or is it simply destined for the waste bin.    Directed by t...

In this edition of Off the Record we review the following films: Late Night with the Devil, Hunter Prey, Memories of Murder, Captive State, Midsommar, and I Saw the Devil.   Notable actors include, David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Clark Bartram, Song Kang-ho, John Goodman, Florence Pugh, Will Poulter, and Lee Byung-hun. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscr...

The Hidden is a R rated film of car chases, alien parasites, and a crime mystery gone wrong. In this action packed 1987 cult classic many genres are blended together to create this interesting tale. An FBI agent and a local LA cop team up to hunt down a bizarre criminal that has killed, stolen and has been on a terror spree. Little does the local cop know, but he is in for a wild ride that involve...

In this edition of Off the Record we take a look at the following films: The Passenger (2023), Perfect Days (2023), Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), Fast Charlie (2023), True Detective 4th Season and Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist.   Notable Actors Include: Merah Benoit and Johnny Berchtold, Koji Yakusho, Paul Rudd, Dan Aykroyd, Pierce Brosnan, Jodie Foster, Kevin Sorbo. This is a public e...

Doggy Bank is mini-series based on a novel by legendary Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis who passed away 100 years ago with little notice outside his country. The series follows the story of a broke and dimwitted slacker who is hired by a mad philosopher to babysit his pampered pooch. What follows is a satirical exploration of wealth and loyalty, but with a few more belly laughs. With humor, Co...

In this February/March Edition of Off The Record our feature film is Dune Part II. We also look at the following films: Inside from (2023), Fear Is The Key (1972), Last Flag Flying from (2017), 65 from (2023) and finally Red Right Hand from (2024) which both Ken and Rasto watched and directed by the Nelms brothers.   Notable actors include: Timothee Chalamet, Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Barr...

Joaquin Phoenix (prounced wah-keen) stars in this 2023 surrealist art film called Beau is Afraid, where ever irrational fear seems to come to life partially fueled on by his mother and partially by his inability to have sex. Beau is a middle aged man who never could live up to this mothers expectations and as a result lives his life in constant fear. He lives in a terrifying neighbourhood and is h...

In this edition of Off the Record we review the following films and TV series. Our Feature for this episode is Le Samourai from 1967, followed by Paint (2023), The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), In Order of Disappearance (2014), Heist 88 (2023), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) and a New Brazilian based Comedy yet to be revealed. Notable Actors include: Alain Delon, Owen Wilson, Carla Gugino,...

The Million Dollar Hotel is a 2000 art film that follows a FBI agent investigating the suspected murder of a resident who supposedly committed suicide. The prime and bizarre suspect is also a prostitute and the main character has a learning disability who may also be in on it. The thing is most of the others who live in this permanent residence hotel are also a bit insane, but smart enough to hatc...

In this episode we review the following films. I Am Not Okay with This (2020), Silver and the Book of Dreams (2023), Sisu (2020), Devil in Ohio (2022), Star Trek Lower Decks (2020), and The Man from Toronto (2022). Notable Actors include: Christy Hall, Jonathan Entwistle, Jana McKinnon, Jorma Tommila, Emily Deschanel, Jerry O'Connell, Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson. This is a public episode. If yo...

Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 dramatic anime set during the events of World War Two Japan. In this episode we brought on our special guest Tyler who is fluent in Japanese culture and language. This film is available in Japanese and two seperate English dubs. Setsuko a young girl and her older brother Saiti find themselves parentless after a US bomber drops incendiary bombs on their city of Kobe...

In this Christmas edition of Off the Record, we watched the following films from November. There's Something in the Barn (2023), Station Eleven (2021), Office Race (2023), Silent Night (2023), Devs (2020), and Exmas (2023). Honorable mention Candy Cane Lane from 2023. Notable actors in the films are Martin Starr, Mackenzie Davis, Joel McHale, Kelsey Grammer, Alyson Hannigan, Sonoya Mizuno, Joel Ki...

Idiocracy is a 2006 comedy/sci-fi film set on future earth. In present day a very average US Army soldier with no family or friends decides to freeze himself as a part of a military experiment. The project goes south and Joe finds himself waking up 500 years in the future. Things couldn't be worse as society lives on top of a garbage pile, and society has bred generations of stupid people. It turn...

Join us for this edition of Off The Record. We take a look at the following films: South Park Joining the Panderverse (2023), Enemy Mine (1985), Behind Her Eyes (2021 TV Series), The Homesman (2014), Dragon Inn (1967), The Watcher (2022), and a special mention of the film When Evil Lurks (2023). Be sure to listen to the very end, as there is a special outtake for the audience. Notable Actors inclu...

Join us for the month of spooky and terrifying films. In this edition of Off The Record for Sept/Oct 2023 we take a look at the following films. Totally Killer (2023), Pet Sematary Bloodlines (2023), Body Parts (1991), The Wrath of Becky (2023), Witch Hunt (2021), and Vicious Fun (2020). Notable Actors in this edition: Kiernan Shipka, David Duchovny, Jackson White, Jeff Fahey, Lulu Wilson, Elizabe...

Nefarious is a 2023 exorcism style film based on the source material A Nefarious Plot. Hatched onto the big screen, this flick takes on a different direction than previous exorcism type of movies. Nefarious is a demon who has possessed a man who is about to be executed for his crimes. Before execution it is required by law that he has a psychological assessment to determine if he is mentally insan...

Big Bully is a 1996 dark comedy film about the childhood rivalry between two kids who years later rekindle that rivalry. As a child David is constantly being bullied by Roscoe who is much larger than he is. After an incident with a stolen moon rock, Roscoe is sent to Juvenile hall, never to be heard from again. That is until years later. When David returns to his home city and finds Roscoe there,...

In the August 2023 episode of Off the Record we review the following films: Infinity Pool (2023), Dark of the Sun (1968), Twisted Metal TV S1 (2023), Cocaine Bear (2023), Run Ronnie Run (2002), and The Last Voyage of Demeter (2023). Notable Actors: Neve Campbell, Thomas Haden Church, Rod Taylor, Mia Goth, Keri Russell, Ray Liotta, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Corey Hawkins, and Liam Cunningham. This i...

This is a re-release teaser of our review of the film Iron Sky. This podcast was originally recorded in 2019. It has been re-released with better audio quality, and shortened for better flow. The original episode was a videocast on the media channels podcast. Space Nazi's living on the dark side of the moon are coming back to invade earth. This is a film review of the 2012 Movie Iron Sky. Iron Sky...

Small Town Crime is a modernized neo noir crime mystery from 2017. In typical murder mystery style a disgraced cop finds the body of a dead prostitute while on one his drunken benders. Determined to get back in the good graces of his police department, and unable to let go of that investigative drive to solve crime, he decides to secretly take on the case of this murdered woman. Directed and writt...