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Chinatown - Mastering Chekhov's Gun

  We've got a brand-new video up on the Curmudgeon Media YouTube channel! This time, Tom (yours truly) will be breaking down the use of Chekhov's Gun  in the legendary 1974 neo-noir, Chinatown. Don't forget to like and subscribe if you haven't already!
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Cowboy Bebop - Emotional Stagnation

  Hi guys! Tom here, back again with another video. This is the first in my new series, "Filmbytes." Filmbytes is going to be a series of short analyses, dedicated to specific aspects of specific films or TV shows. This could be a performance, a piece of music, a sequence of shots or a scene, you name it. It's short and sweet, and this time I'll be taking a look at the final scene of Cowboy Bebop, episode 18: Speak Like a Child.

Curmudgeon Media Podcast: Everything and Nothing ep.6 w/ Harry's Haunted House

In this episode of Everything and Nothing, Curmudgeon Media are joined by Harry's Haunted House to discuss everything from Doctor Who to '80s nostalgia, with plenty of nonsensical chit chat in between...

Out of the Cast - Porco Rosso

  G'day folks! We've got a brand new episode of Out of the Cast - the Film Noir Podcast for you to check out. Tom welcomes back Frankie from Jimdustries to talk about Porco Rosso (1992), Hayao Miyazaki's most underrated movie.

Out of the Cast: Chinatown

Hello, and welcome back to Out of the Cast; the film noir podcast! This week, Tom (myself) is joined by Frankie from Jimdustries to chat about  Chinatown  (1974)! Give us a look, and don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content. We've got some exciting projects coming up in the future, so stay tuned...

Curmudgeon Media Podcast ep.4

Hello friends, we're back again with another podcast. This time around, Living Prose and The Curmudgeon talk about a whole bunch of stuff, from Top Gear (sort of) to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure...again. This was a super fun one to record and the conversation was wild. Enjoy! For more, here's Living Prose's review of Generation X.

Ghost of Tsushima: A Cinematic Clunk | Green Ornstein

Ah, Akira Kurosawa. As the director of Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952) and of course, Seven Samurai (1954), he stands proud as a filmmaker that non-film students such as myself pretend to know. I wonder what he’d think about his influence today. I mean after he’d finish weeping at the shoddy state of contemporary cinema, but at some point he would catch wind of Sucker Punch, and their new game Ghost of Tsushima (2020). This game was always in the background for me. I knew of it but it likely got pushed behind the warring factions arguing over The Last Of Us 2 (2020). However I was hyped as Sucker Punch are known for the Infamous (2009-) franchise, with Infamous 2 (2011) being one of my favourite games. So it’s fair to say expectations were high. There was a part of me that wanted to blow up Mongols with lightning powers, but a more realistic side of me wanted something innovative. I got neither. But damn did it look nice. Ghost of Tsushima takes place ...