Author Archive: Ruben Rosario
is a graduate from Columbia College Chicago with a degree in Audio for Visual Media. He works as a freelance location sound mixer, boom operator, sound designer, and writer in his native Chicago. He's an avid collector of films, comics, and anime.
One Piece: Season Four, Voyage Four
Containing some fulfilling backstory, a great amount of intense action and some great plot development, One Piece: Season Four, Voyage Four is another winner and a continuation of the greatness that makes up this shonen masterpiece. Trying their best to clear their names and finding out the true reasons for Robin’s betrayal, the Straw Hats [...]
The Suicide Forecast
Starring one of my favorite Korean stars, Ryoo Seung-Bum, The Suicide Forecast manages to be an endearing dramedy that shines through its character development and premise. Ryoo stars as Byeong-wu, a former professional baseball player, that retired early and went on to become an insurance salesman. After one of his top clients commits suicide, an [...]
Hemel (Heaven)
Sacha Polak’s debut feature film, Hemel (Heaven), is an intimate portrayal of transition into femininity and the childhood attachments that people shed as they turn into adults. Divided into eight individual chapters, this sexually charged character study follows Hemel (Hannah Hoekstra), as she goes from one sexual tryst after another. The various sexual relationships that [...]
Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars
Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars is an anime hidden gem that most anime fans have never bothered with. Directed by Tatsuo Sato, of Martian Successor Nadesico fame and animated by Studio Madhouse, Shingu is a lighthearted sci-fi adventure story that manages to place its emphasis on strong characters and world building. Set in the [...]
BMF: The Rise & Fall of a Hip-Hop Drug Empire
BMF: The Rise & Fall of a Hip-Hop Drug Empire is hands down one of the worst produced crime documentaries I’ve ever seen. With less production value than the likes of BET’s American Gangster and the History Channel’s Gangland, BMF follows the drug trafficking organization, the Black Mafia Family, created by the Flenory brothers, from [...]
The Pirate Bay: Away From Keyboard
Hollywood’s war on piracy has waged on for years, with big shots making lobbyists try to find ways to legally persecute downloaders, file sharing sites and their creators. From Napster to Megaupload, there have been dozens of cases that have made huge headlines, but none of them have been as big as The Pirate Bay. [...]
Borgen: Season One
Adam Price’s impeccable Danish political TV series, Borgen (The Castle), is an incredible ride into Danish politics and is sure to please fans of The West Wing and David Fincher’s version of House of Cards. The series follows the rise of Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen) as the leader of the Moderate Party, who becomes [...]
In Their Skin
Jeremy Power Regimbal’s In Their Skin is a decent home invasion film that lacks the panache of Michel Haneke’s Funny Games or the creepiness of Bustillo and Maury’s À l’intérieur (Inside). After the tragic events of losing their daughter, Mark (Joshua Close) and Mary (Selma Blair) Hughes, along with their son Brendon (Quinn Lord) plan [...]
Ultramarines
Created in 1987 by Rick Priestly and Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000 has gone on to be one of the most successful tabletop games that has lasted for more than 20 years. Spawning tons of expansions, novels and even video games, plenty of things have managed to carry the torch of Warhammer 40K. Back in 2009, [...]
Punch (Wan-deuk Yi)
With a wonderful mixture of both comedy and tenderness, Lee Han’s Punch (Wan-deuk Yi) is a splendid slice of life film. Wan-deuk (Yoo Ah-in) has just moved to Seoul, with his hunchback father (Park Su-Young) and his Uncle Min-Goo (Kim Yeong-Jae). Wan-deuk has a history of being a rebellious teen, but meets his match, with [...]
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