I’m here to explain why you need to put Our Times on your ‘to watch list’ if you already haven’t. In a span of two hours I managed to smile, laugh, and cry. Our Time tells a nostalgic story of youth and first-love. It is a familiar formula from past Taiwanese film success You are the Apple of my Eye (2011), but Our Times still manages to make a familiar story line enjoyable as well as...
I’m a sucker for anything with Takeshi Kaneshiro in it, and what girl doesn’t love a film with some romance? On these two thoughts alone I told myself “why not?” and gave Lavender (2000) a try. It wasn’t one of those films that had been recommended to me by a friend or shared by someone online. Rather, I came across it browsing some...
I know I am of the unpopular opinion, but the 70's has to be my least favorite decade of films to watch. I know that many of Hollywood's most iconic films (Godfather, Rocky, Jaws, etc.) came out in the 70's, but something about the filming style and aesthetics of the decade always rubs me the wrong way. It doesn’t stop me from watching movies...
