!['The Furious' Is An Exceptional, Violent Tour Of Martial Arts Artistry [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/The-Furious-Review-660x371.webp "The Furious Review")
We watched The Furious as part of Beyond Fest at American Cinematheque. You can check out the full schedule here. Every now and then, a martial arts movie comes along and wows audiences with its innovations or the audacity of its choreography and set pieces. Enter the Dragon (1973) influenced a
![No Other Choice Is A Stunning, Twisted Capitalist Fairytale [Beyond Fest Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/No-Other-Choice-Review-660x371.webp "No Other Choice Review")
To capture the subtle violences of late-stage capitalism, it turns out it takes a director skilled with the portrayal of violence, Park Chan-wook, in his exceptional new outing No Other Choice. We live in one of the worst, and most transparently idiotic, eras in the history of capitalism. Layoff
Paul Thomas Anderson has a knack for films about power, vice, and isolated protagonists. Boogie Nights centers the Wild West of the 1970's pornography scene, with well-endowed stars fighting to maintain relevance against the perils of an often shady fledgling industry. There Will Be Blood was a
![Hell Is Other People In Ron Howard's Thrilling 'Eden' [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2af4d9c8-2013-4339-86a3-51d000e968ae-660x371.webp "2af4d9c8-2013-4339-86a3-51d000e968ae")
In his book-length defense of authoritarianism, Leviathan, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote that, in the absence of an overarching political authority, life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." Of course, no one in Eden is in the state of nature (a real 'state of nature' had
It's been a great year to be a Stephen King fan. Well, almost every year is great for King fans, given that the maestro of nightmares is still churning out 1-2 great books a year with no visible plans to slow down, but halfway into the year and we've already seen quite a few exceptional adaptations
The Declaration of Independence straightforwardly notes rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Nothing is guaranteed; everything's a hustle. It's an impetus for American creativity and success, but it also fuels predatory behavior, criminal undertakings, and a need to always hustle
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl returned for The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Halloween House Party, delivering a double feature built around two very different approaches to Halloween horror. This time, the legendary horror host paired Body Bags (1993) with WNUF Halloween Special (2013),
George Carlin told perhaps the greatest joke on football ever told in his 10/11/1975 SNL monologue, where he contrasted the pastoral nature of baseball with the warlike sport of football. To quote one segment among many, “In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field
The term "crowd pleasing" or "crowd pleaser" has found itself layered with some derogatory undertones among critic circles. Broad appeal seems immediately discounted, as if populist filmmaking is somehow lesser than when compared to auteurs and hidden indie gems. I've always maintained that there
