A film podcast from the perspective of Emmanuel Perez, a film enthusiast living right in what sometimes feels like the middle of Nowhere, USA.
In the first episode in quite some time, Emmanuel is once again joined by his friend/ mortal enemy Philip Pham to talk about three of the biggest and most anticipated movies of 2020: Christopher Nolan's Tenet, Patty Jenkin's Wonder Woman 1984, and Pete Docter's Soul.Closing Music: "The Surface of the Sun" by John Murphy from the Sunshine soundtrack.
On this episode, the first one in over a month, Emmanuel returns to talk about three new highly anticipated streaming family films: The Witches, Over the Moon, and Wolfwalkers
On this episode Emmanuel takes a look at the live-action remake of Disney's "Mulan" and Charlie Kaufman's highly-anticipated "I'm Thinking of Ending Things"
On this episode Emmanuel is joined by friend and horror movie lover Philip Pham to discuss three recent horror movies: Romola Garai's Amulet, Natalie Erika James' Relic, and Amy Seimetz's She Dies Tomorrow
On this episode Emmanuel looks at two recent releases that deal with love and tragedy: Summerland, starring Gemma Arterton, and Masaaki Yuasa's Ride Your Wave
On this episode Emmanuel talks about what may very well go down in history as the biggest movies of the Summer: The Tom Hanks-scripted "Greyhound," "Palm Springs," starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti, and "The Old Guard" starring Charlize Theron and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
On this episode Emmanuel talks about two of the films that premiered 30 years ago on July 13th, 1990: Bill Murray's one and only directorial effort "Quick Change" and the Best Picture Nominee "Ghost"
In this episode Emmanuel talks about his top 10 movies of 2020 so far. He also hands out some awards, and other shenanigans.
On this week's episode Emmanuel takes a look at two different films inspired by the work and life of Shirley Jackson: Rober Wise's The Haunting and Josephine Decker's ShirleyClosing track: "Wandering Jane" by Marion Darianelli from the film Jane Eyre
On this episode Emmanuel talks about the two films that Alice Wu has directed so far: Saving Face, released in 2005, and The Half of It, recently released just a few months ago. Closing Track: "Yumeji's Theme" by Shigeru Umebayashi from In the Mood for Love
On this episode, I discuss two films that have found success in the few Drive-in theaters around the country: The Wretched and The Vast of Night.
For the first episode of Reviews From Nowhere I discuss the 1969 adaptation of "Hello, Dolly"