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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 voice acting talent, and an unusual explanation of the physiology of dragon flight and fire-breathing. (Hint: […]
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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 office take, it features Saoirse Ronan, and Alexis Bledel as a pair of teenage assassins trying to make enough money for rent and cool dresses, […]
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I would like to agree with Kyle, in that this movie made me uncomfortable. For our third Hidden Gems film, things are going to get a wee bit sexy, and more than a wee bit uncomfortable, for we are discussing Bernardo Bertolucci’s 2003 homage to film and, ahem, familial love and welcoming, The Dreamers. Sacre […]
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For our second Hidden Gems episode, we dive into the French all-genres-all-the-time kung fu detective-y monster movie, Brotherhood of the Wolf (‘Le pacte des loups’, if you’re nasty). This is a whole lot of movie, but dang if we didn’t really enjoy it, both because of, and in spite of that fact. Enjoy! Mentioned this episode: Snowpiercer […]
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The Man Who Would Be King IMDB Theatrical Trailer Rent: Amazon • iTunes • Netflix Disc Buy: DVD • BluRay • iTunes Welcome to the first film in our new Hidden Gems series, where one host picks a movie that they know and love, but that none of the other hosts have seen. Up first is Andy’s […]