Review: Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

Safety Not Guaranteed is a quirky comedy  about three magazine writers who for a story try to discover the mystery behind a classified ad in the newspaper asking if anyone wanted to go back in time with them. It's one of the first feature length films for both the director and writer, but they with this film they have definitely earned some attention because it's clear they have a lot of talent. It's also clear that this film was no doubt graced with a wonderful cast including stars like: Aubrey Plaza, Jake Johnson, and Mark Duplass. The film may have had some faults with its plot, but I would still say this film is worth watching.

Forgotten Film Treasures: Nobody Knows (2004)

This is a little segment I wanted to start on this blog where I shine some light on deserving films that may have been forgotten over time or just never got the attention they deserved from the get go. In this case, I wanted to take a moment to both recommend and remind everyone of the film Nobody Knows. It's a Japanese drama (borderline melodrama) about four kids who are forced to live on their own after their irresponsible mother leaves them. 

For a film to have its focus be on four kids, the acting is surprisingly good, believable, and sincere. In fact, the sincerity is where this film really shines. These are kids being kids. Of course, due to the circumstances they are put in, some have to take on an older role to help everyone else, but the performances are so honest that you sometimes forget these are simply child actors playing characters. 

It's a film that is no doubt heartbreaking, but is also extremely beautiful. Both in its emotions and in its directing. This is a must see!

Here's an extremely misleading trailer:

Welcome

Hello! This is my new blog that's going to be all about Cinema and TV. I have a passion for both, so I felt learning more on how to write about them should be a fun experience. I also love anime, but this is not where I want to write about that.
What you can expect to see here is thoughts and reviews about the above two subjects. I might work on episodic posts if a show strikes my interest enough (like the upcoming new season of Breaking Bad or maybe even the new season of Wilfred), but I'll see what happens.
In the upcoming days I'm going to work on a list of my top 100 films as well top 50 tv series. So you'll be able to see those pages up soon!