They're basically trying to create Wakanda for Wizards Welcome to the ultimate, the omega, the end-all of Hidden Gems. Mark presents the 1982 Rankin and Bass animated film, The Flight of Dragons, featuring an impressive, if haphazard, cast of … [Read more]
Americans...the only thing worse than dragons. Here in part two of our discussion of 2002's post-apocalyptic dragon adventure film Reign of Fire, we reveal our big re-casting winners, go deep on dragons in the film (including it's intriguing blend … [Read more]
It's basically a remake of 'My Little Pony' Today we talk about 2002's Reign of Fire, which features Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale as leaders of competing schools of thought on how to deal with dragons. McConaughey wants to kill them all, … [Read more]
Quieter than Tarantino, more charming than Aronofsky In the penultimate installment of our Hidden Gems mini-series, Lee offers up 2011's Violet and Daisy for our consideration. A small-budget film with an even smaller box … [Read more]
Mental illness is an element of a person’s existence; it is not the entirety of it. In the second half of our discussion of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, we get real with mental health, both personally and regards to its representation in film … [Read more]
He's a...Ne’er Do Well / Scoundrel / Gadabout / Ragamuffin / Scallywag You wanna get nuts? Let's get nuts. We tackled One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, one of only three films to sweep the major Academy Award categories (Frank Capra's It Happened … [Read more]
