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It's once again the spooky season, which means it's time for “Kyle's Killer October” at Catching Up On Cinema!

All month long, the horror enthusiast among us, Kyle, will have creative control of the podcast, selecting each of the movies we review from month to month.

The unifying theme for this year's edition of “Kyle's Killer October,” is “contemporary horror,” wherein we'll be reviewing horror films released within the past few years.

First up this month, is our review of modern horror maestro, James Wan's, Malignant (2021)!

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Join Trevor and his buddy Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast as they talk about "Scholastic Screenings", movies from our respective collections that involve school way, shape or form! Brad's Picks: Carrie (1976) - 7:15 Dazed and Confused (1993) and Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) - 34:20 The Harry Potter Series - 55:20

Trevor's Picks: The Karate Kid (1984) - 20:10 First of Fury (1972), Fist of Legend (1994) and Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010) - 45:20 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) - 1:06:35

1:18:45 And stick around for the speed round, where Trevor and Brad briefly talk about runner up picks that they didn't have time to spotlight. Check out Brad's podcast, Cinema Speak on ⁠Libsyn at ⁠Cinema Speak⁠⁠, or on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠.

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This month is Masterclass Month at Catching Up On Cinema!

September 2024 marks our 6th anniversary of podcasting, and to commemorate the occasion, we take a month to do a deep dive on a popular, long-lived movie franchise.

For this year's Masterclass, we'll be reviewing the Hannibal Lecter series of films!

Created by author Thomas Harris, Hannibal Lecter is a charismatic serial killer that, across multiple novels, films, and most recently, TV series, has consistently captivated global audiences since his inception in 1981.

This week, our Masterclass continues with a review of confirmed piece of shit, Brett Ratner's, Red Dragon (2002)!

The second adaptation of the first of Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter series of novels, Brett Ratner's, Red Dragon (2002) is a sanitized, and by the numbers adaptation of the classic novel of the same name.

Once again produced by mega producers Dino and Martha De Laurentiis (who also produced Hannibal), Red Dragon, in spite of also featuring the talents of cinematographer, Dante Spinotti (who also shot Manhunter), and Ted Tally (screenwriter of Silence of the Lambs), is somewhat bland, and considerably less stylized rendition of Thomas Harris' novel than Michael Mann's, Manhunter (1986).

Just a short year after the release of Hannibal (2002), Anthony Hopkins returns to reprise his role as Hannibal Lecter, with Edward Nortion starring as Will Graham, previously embodied on screen by William Petersen.

An early example of a fanservice oriented prequel/sequel, Red Dragon goes out of its way to remind viewers at every turn, of the vastly superior Silence of the Lambs. Cast members, characterizations, iconography, and locations from Silence are all exploited, not without justification, but quite readily, and in a fashion that was not yet en vogue in Hollywood.

In spite of its weaker presentation as compared to Manhunter, Red Dragon nevertheless benefits greatly from the novelty factor of its adaptation featuring additional scenes with Hannibal Lecter, and from ,pre greatly emphasizing the characterizations of Francis Dolarhyde and Reba McClane (played by Ralph Fiennes and Emily Watson respectively), who in Manhunter were given considerably less screen time.

Blunt, and not especially confident in it's presentation or storytelling, Red Dragon is almost entirely buoyed by the efforts of its exemplary cast of players, with Ralph Fiennes and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman both making enormous contributions to the entertainment value of the film, in spite of the otherwise pedestrian filmmaking from director and confirmed piece of shit, Brett Ratner.

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