Unsung Cinematics

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…

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…

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…

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 novelist’s journey through art school and also part fiction. Trashed by critics, will this film…

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. 

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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 lived up to this mothers expectations and as a…