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Romance Dawn: How the One Piece Became Real
Romance Dawn is worth the hour investment if you don't want to follow an epic worthy of Don Quixote De La Mancha tomes.
José Morales
Sep 4, 20236 min read
Man In a Rubber Suit - Gojira (1954)
There is an almost cosmic cruelty to the fact that Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai won Best Film at the Japanese Movie Association awards...
José Morales
Mar 13, 20234 min read
Imperius Rex: Wakanda is Forever
“Ryan's cinematic eulogy is an entirely heartfelt spectacle devoted to the remembrance of a king that was taken too soon…”
José Morales
Feb 13, 20233 min read
A Product of its Time
Ever sat down and gave any real thought to the cyclical nature of fads, styles, and stories? If I had to choose an anime opener as...
José Morales
Dec 2, 20216 min read
Muad’Dib’s Blurry Vision
This film is awkwardly acted, underwhelmingly scored, and edited in such a way that the gargantuan task of telling the story of Paul Atreide
José Morales
Oct 10, 20215 min read
"Aware" of Star Wars
Dear Star Wars fandom... We need to talk. I don't even know where to start, so I guess we're just going to go ahead and begin in the only...
José Morales
Sep 23, 20210 min read
A Slave to the Art
I love wrestling. I don't even pretend anymore at this point. I've heard everything, I've seen all the faces. "You like wrestling? The...
José Morales
Sep 20, 20216 min read
10 Rings to Rule them All...
Sometime in 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 Pandemic, I started noticing a frightening trend. Asian Americans were being attacked in...
José Morales
Sep 13, 20215 min read
Pro-Wrestling's Cold War
My thoughts after watching AEW's All Out 2021 PPV.
José Morales
Sep 7, 20216 min read
In The Heights... a revelation.
I'm often asked, mostly by friends and family, what my favorite movie is. Singular. How? I've been watching television and films for four...
José Morales
Sep 4, 20214 min read
Furiosa Road (A Mad Max Critique)
“Nobody barks orders to Mad Max!” If you’re familiar with this quote, I am sorry for your loss. If you’re a normal decent human being,...
José Morales
Aug 26, 20217 min read
Zach Galifianakis... why?
(Originally published on Blogger, JANUARY 19, 2011) Zach Galifianakis, a name that makes me glad computers have a copy/paste option. I...
José Morales
Aug 26, 20214 min read
"Why Are You Wet, Baby?"
Leonardo DiCaprio... boy, I used to hate that man. Probably the byproduct of jealousy (if I wanted to be a blonde white boy. I...
José Morales
Aug 26, 20213 min read
The House by the Beach, redux
(initially published on Blogger, Dec 24, 2010) I tried not to get involved in the whole bloggin' business. Honest, I tried my damnedest...
José Morales
Aug 23, 20214 min read
Beach House 2.0
A few years ago I started a Blog on Blogger, Google's free blogging platform that helped me organize my thoughts on things like movies,...
José Morales
Aug 23, 20211 min read
A New Captain
“They will never let a Black man be Captain America. And even if they did, no self-respecting Black man would ever want to be.” – Isaiah...
José Morales
Aug 23, 20215 min read
Preciosa Americana
I haven’t prayed to a God in over a decade. That’s not a humble-brag, that’s just we’re I’ve been, spiritually, for most of my life. I...
José Morales
Aug 16, 20214 min read
Happy Memorial Day
In recent years, a number of veterans of the armed forces in the United States have been confronted with a small, albeit important,...
José Morales
Aug 16, 20212 min read
