Missing the Mark - Alex Proyas' The Crow

On this week's episode, Mr. Chavez & I travel back to 1994 to look at Alex Proyas' cult classic, The Crow. Featuring incredible set design and production value, The Crow has captured the imagination and admiration of audiences and visual artists, alike. This week Ibrahim & I discuss how this film misses the mark and the ideas we have in (the simple changes)  that would have moved the film in the direction of the masterpiece that it deserves to be. Positives & Negatives are given equal weight. Take a listen and let us know if you agree. 

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The Undying Dead: A Continuing Discussion of Vampires (Vampires Part IV)

On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Mr. Chavez & I sit down to continue our exploration of those blood-sucking bastards the vampires. This week we discuss Neil Jordan's 1994 adaptation of Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire featuring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Steven Rea, and Kirsten Dunst. We also look at Iranian-American writer/director Anna Lily Amanpour's 2014 directorial debute A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Take a listen. The discussions just keep getting better and better. 

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Us & Them: The Horror of Jordan Peele

On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I tear into the Horror genre on our way towards that most Terrifying of Holidays - Halloween. We start this series with a look at the films of Jordan Peele beginning backwards with Peele's 2019 Us and finish with his 2017 debut (one of the truly great debuts in cinema), Get Out. This week Mr. Chavez & I discuss race, race relations, racism, and the history of racism. There's a whole hell of a lot more to this episode, as we discuss the history of Horror, and the influences that have gone into creating these unique films from an imaginative and ground-breaking artist. There's a lot to digest here. We'd love for you to come on board with us. Many Thanks.

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Yakuza, Soldier, Swordmaker, Mercenary, Bad Ass: The Legend of Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba (January 22, 1939 - August 19, 2021)

On August 19th the world lost one of the great stars of action cinema with the passing of Shinichi Chiba, known throughout the world as Sonny Chiba. Rising to fame in 60's and early 70's Japanese Cinema, Chiba would play one of the great anti-heroes of the movies - Takuma Tsurugi (renamed Terry in the English dub) in 1974's The Streetfighter. A brutal, bloody, and brilliantly over-the-top Karate action film which rocketed Chiba to fame, The Streetfighter series is one of the most influential and compelling action stories ever made. This week we pay tribute to this great actor looking at The Streetfighter, Return of the Streetfighter, and The Streetfighter's Last Revenge (all three films released in 1974). Take a listen . . . it's a really fun talk.

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