Screener Squad: Jonathan

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 16 November 2018, 12:27

And you thought your life was complicated! In this indie sci-fi, we follow Jonathan (Ansel Elgort) as he goes about his day-to-day life designing architecture. The catch? He has a special condition where he inhabits the same body as his brother John, meaning he is only active between 7AM and 7PM before his brother takes over. They have a simple Continue Reading...

Screener Squad: Burning

1 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 09 November 2018, 11:01

The Squad is back and this time they are covering a potential Oscar contender. Burning, South Korea’s submission to the Best Foreign Language category which follows Lee Jong-su (Yoo Ah-in) as he gets romantically involved with an old friend named Shin Hae-mi (Jeon Jong-so). After a trip to Africa, she returns with a new friend she made named Ben (Steven Yeun), who Continue Reading...

Geeks@Large Episode 36: Junji Ito, Manga’s Master of Horror

0 Submitted by Taylor Carlisle on Wed, 31 October 2018, 10:44

It’s Halloween time once again, gals and ghouls, and we have a delightfully horrifying subject for this episode: manga artist and horror master Junji Ito! Join Taylor and Neil as they discuss the works of Ito, reviewing both his spooky long-form stories, like Uzumaki and his spine-tingling short stories, such as The Human Chair and The Enigma of Amigara Fault. Continue Reading...

Screener Squad: The Great Battle

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 21 September 2018, 08:59

The Screener Squad takes on another international mission as they review South Korea’s latest epic, Kim Kwang-Sik’s The Great Battle. Based on the legendary siege of Ansi set during the Goguryeo-Tang War in 645 A.D., we follow a small Korean force led by Commander Yang Man-chun (Jo In-sung) as they defend their fortress against 500,000 of Chinese emperor Taizong’s soldiers. Unbeknownst Continue Reading...

Screener Squad: Little Italy

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Thu, 20 September 2018, 11:10

Mamma mia! Justin Zarian has to review this stinky meatball of a movie called Little Italy, but he’s woefully unprepared like musciada pasta. So he has called Ben Gentile, that little Italian-American goomba of his, to help him not look like a giamope while reviewing this movie! It’s about this adorable pazzo couple whose families are acting like a bunch of ciuccios and now run rival restaurants next Continue Reading...

2018 Oscar Winners Full List

1 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Mon, 05 March 2018, 00:04

The season has come and gone. The Prizefighters will record a final episode recapping this year’s winners, but here is the full list too. Also, for the record, I got 20/24 predicted correctly. Let’s see how you all did, fellow Prizefighters: Best Picture The Shape of Water Best Director Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water Best Actor Gary Continue Reading...

Ten Quick Thoughts on and the Full Nomination List for the 2018 Academy Awards

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Tue, 23 January 2018, 09:41

Well…this was an interesting turn out. Here are some of my quick impressions following the announcement: 1. James Franco Didn’t Make the Cut… Look, I’m not surprised. The Academy was not willing to incite a controversy with nominating James Franco and apparently more actors waited to cast their final vote than expected. While I do think he was still great Continue Reading...

Oscar Nomination Predictions Final Round

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Mon, 22 January 2018, 16:04

The day is upon us. We will finally see who make the cut for the Oscar nominations tomorrow morning at 5:22 AM PST (Yes, it’s early, but that way the news spreads quickly throughout the day). Will The Shape of Water lead the overall nominations? Will Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri dominate the Big 8 categories? Will James Franco weather Continue Reading...

Oscar Nomination Predictions Round #2

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Thu, 04 January 2018, 05:39

New year, new predictions. We’ve seen several critic awards occur, all the major shortlists have been unveiled and all the movies in serious contention have been screened to critics. There are still a few weeks to go before January 23rd announcement, but it doesn’t hurt to try reading the Academy’s mind again. So with all that preamble done, here are Continue Reading...

Public Axis #171: Be Our Guest

0 Submitted by Comedia A Go-Go on Thu, 21 December 2017, 11:45

Normal Turned Horrific! Pranks of Past! New Squirtables! Eff it, WE’LL DO IT LIVE! We bring our Public Axis antics with the core three in the place to be and our guests – a live audience! Recorded at the Blind Tiger Comedy Club on October 20th, 2017. Let your friends know about Public Axis on Facebook and Twitter and keep Continue Reading...