One Shot: The Final Duel from Sanjuro

One amazing shot can take a good film and make it great, or take a great film and make it a classic. In each edition of One Shot I take a closer look at one of these shots. Today: Akira Kurosawa changes a genre forever with one spray of blood in Sanjuro.

BWAAMP!!: A Tragedy

If you’ve seen a movie trailer for an action movie in the last two years you’ve heard it, and heard it, and heard it, and have grown to hate it: it’s the dreaded BWAAAMP!!

80s Month Week 2: Buckaroo Bonzai

Our December trek through the wondrous world of the 80s continues with one of the greatest/craziest things ever to exist: 1984’s The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8^th Dimension!

Outside My Comfort Zone: Glee

In Outside My Comfort Zone I watch a single episode of a television show I would never have watched otherwise, and record my impressions. This time around I give Fox’s musical mega-hit Glee a try. Will these plucky teens steal my heart and take it all the way to regionals? Lets find out!

80s Month Week 1: Miami Vice

To me, nothing says Christmas like neon, blazers with rolled up sleeves, and gratuitous shoulder pads.  So as the weather gets colder and the sound of jingle bells waft in the air, here at Progressive Scan we'll be spending December with some of the best stuff 30 years ago had to offer. First up, the most 80s of 80s things there is: Miami Vice!

There’s Always Room for Giallo! : Italian Spiderman

This past weekend the Baltimore Metro Gallery’s Filmish Fantasmagorium struck once again with another insane masterpiece to rival the amazingness of last month’s The FP – Italian Spiderman.

Outside My Comfort Zone: Two and a Half Men

In Outside My Comfort Zone I watch a single episode of a television show I would never have watched otherwise, and record my impressions. For the inaugural entry I decided to go way outside that titular comfort zone with the hyper successful CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. Maybe it will become my new favorite show! Find out after the break.