Written by Patrick Hao "There is an enormous pleasure to be found in the low-budget aesthetic of the Hong Kong wuxia movies of the 1970s and 1980s. Studios like Shaw Brothers were able to make low-budget action-adventure films at a … Continue reading.
"On Episode 129 of Drink in the Movies Taylor is joined by Patrick Hao to discuss First Impressions of: "Three Thousand Years of Longing" & "Avatar: The Way of Water." Followed by a discussion of the films: "Crimes of the … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "The film neatly follows a lot of the tropes of an emotional teen drama so it's easy to understand why “Don’t Make Me Go” decides to go with its twist ending. The film written by a … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "In our culture of reboots, it only makes sense that Beavis and Butt-Head, the obnoxious teens whose juvenile humor and skewed outlook captured the zeitgeist of Gen X culture of the 1990s, were bound to come … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "The Nicecore movement of aggressively optimistic and empathetic films and television shows has been pervasive even though people do not quite have a clear definition of what fits into this ever-popular genre. It seems weird to … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "Every generation needs their “Father of the Bride.” There were 40 years between the original Spencer Tracy version and the Steve Martin version. Now 30 years after the 1990s Charles Shyer film is a brand new … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "As a long-suffering Knicks fan, there is nothing like Madison Square Garden when the Knicks are good. I was there for the ten-game stretch ten years ago when undrafted 12th-man Jeremy Lin led the Knicks on … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "“Game Change Game” is a documentary, co-produced by the NBA Players Association, that gives an unprecedented look into the mental headspace of the NBA players as they navigate restarting their season in the “NBA Bubble” while … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "Romano’s writer-director film debut, “Somewhere in Queens,” is an inverse of the “Everybody Loves Raymond” model. With a standard indie film exterior, something more grounded and true to home, Romano relies on broad characterization in his … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "Each time a new film in the “Jurassic Park” franchise comes out, the original 1993 Steven Spielberg film feels more and more like a miracle. It was at the perfect cross-section of practical effects and computer-generated … Continue reading.
