Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Bonus: The Condor Daughter: Bolivia's Best Picture 2026

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Bonus: The Condor Daughter: Bolivia's Best Picture 2026

Thanks to Kelly Hargrave and ⁠Outsider Pictures⁠, ⁠CatBusRuss⁠ received an opportunity to contribute to Hispanic Heritage Month by reviewing Bolivia's submission to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science for next year's ⁠Oscars⁠ presentation, ⁠Alvaro Olmos Torrico⁠'s "⁠The Condor Daughter⁠".

Per Ms. Hargrave:

It is a 109-minute Bolivian coming-of-age story about a teenage midwife's daughter torn between ancient tradition and big-city dreams, filmed in the Quechua-speaking Andes with non-professional actors.

The performances provided by leads ⁠María Magdalena Sanizo⁠ & ⁠Marisol Vallejos Montaño⁠ left ⁠Russ ⁠surprised by the amateur status of the actresses. This feature is a touching tale about defending tradition despite its subjugation of women. Is it a tale about rebellion or just accepting your true self?

Our host finds this feature to be something most Americans should be able to relate to. Hopefully, he is able to convince you to see this feature and understand what can be learned from it. It may not win the gold statuette in March 2027, but the feature itself is indeed a winner.

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Poster for The Condor Daughter from IMDb

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Bonus: Resident Evil & Ally Higgin's Screen Gems: Underworld; Final Fantasy; Killer Klowns; Flashdance

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Bonus: Resident Evil & Ally Higgin's Screen Gems: Underworld; Final Fantasy; Killer Klowns; Flashdance

To keep himself hyped for ⁠Zach Cregger⁠'s horror video game adaptation, ⁠CatBusRuss⁠ revisits a conversation with unofficial associate producer of "⁠Ninety For Chill: The Podcast⁠", Ally Higgins, to discuss the ⁠Paul W.S. Anderson "Resident Evil" ⁠adaptations and the "⁠Underworld⁠" vampire v. werewolf series of films. Both series were distributed by ⁠Sony's Screen Gems⁠.

These two series were introduced to Ally during their four-relationship. The two broke up just before the pandemic, so this should be a stamp of approval about the podcaster since she purchased 20 sub 100-minute movies to be discussed on the show. Do the two still keep in touch after this episode?

Amongst movies ⁠Russ⁠ was open to discuss for early episode of the podcast were eighties HBO standbys, "⁠Flashdance⁠" and "⁠Killer Klowns from Outer Space⁠". Ally grew up loving these films. Who cannot find something to enjoy from KKfOS? As for Alex the whiny welder and entitled, untrained dancer, CatBus wishes more tragedy to befall her. Perhaps ⁠they should have killed the dog⁠ to make him surrender to saccharine conclusion.

Russ knows that it is not right to destroy one person's nostalgia without investigating his own. In 2001, he saw "⁠Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within⁠". He definitely wanted to like it, but is it ⁠Final Fantasy⁠ without Chocobos? After concluding the "⁠Resident Evil⁠" animated features, ponderings of how good could the 2001 flick really look if the newer films look so good slipped into his brain. Their combined budgets could not be as high as the first CG, photorealistic movie. Did Russ's tepid support of the film wane upon a rewatch?

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The Undrafted and Wrongfully Drafted

"Bull Durham" was not drafted on the Baseball Draft (A film that can only be drafted at #1)
"No Fear of a Black Hat" on the Fictional Band Mini-Mega Draft
The entire George Lucas Draft
"The Birdcage" instead of "La Cage Aux Folles" on the Drag Draft
"Road Trip" was not even mentioned during the Road Trip Draft
"Major League" instead of "Drop Zone" on the Wesley Snipes Draft
"Black Swan" instead of "Mermaids" on the Wynona Ryder Draft
"Akira" instead of "Ghost World" on the Comic Book Movie (Non-Super Hero) Draft. Tetsuo is a Supe.
"Now You See Me" instead of "Diggstown" on the Con Artist Movie Draft
"The Onion Movie" instead of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" on the Sketch Comedy Anthologies Draft
"The Big Lebowski" not being marked eight on the Coen Bros. Draft
"Labrynth" or "Dark Crystal" not receiving the number 1 or 2 spot in the Jim Henson Draft
"Stage Fright" on the Giallo Draft. It is a slasher despite the presentation.
"Assault of Precinct 13" and "Prince of Darkness" Instead of "Escape from New York" and "The Thing" on the John Carpenter Draft
"Con Air" instead of "US Marshalls" and "Universal Soldier" instead of "Time Cop " on the 90's Action Draft
"WarGames" instead of "Spies Like Us" on the Cold War Draft
"Traffic" instead of "Side Effects" on the Steven Soderbergh Draft
"Fight Club" instead of "The Virgin Suicides" on the 1999 Draft ("Suicides" made the Actor Directorial Debut Draft)
Any Kirk Douglass instead of "The Shining" being on the Kubrick Draft
"Return of the Jedi" instead of "Tokyo Drift" on the Threequels Draft (there's only one "Return," okay, and it ain't "of the King," it's "of the Jedi.")

Deserves a Second Chance

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

I find the DC movies, or at least Zack Snyder, was trying to bring comic books to the big screen as opposed to adapting comic books for the big screen. If you read, (or watch the excellent animated adaptation of) "The Dark Knight Returns", it is a very slow build to the battle between the Bat and Supe. This is regarded as one of the best threads in comics.

As a guy who fell in love with wrestling in the 1980's, the very methodical showdown is what I loved. It's a love letter to comic book fans who read and note every detail and want to try figuring out the plot before the character do. Come at the flick this way, and I think you will get something out of it.

Tropic Thunder (2008)

This is a feature that dares you to be offended. When director Ben Stiller is that forthcoming like Robert Downey Sr. was with 1969's "Putney Swope", an audience saying that something is in poor taste, hence not funny, means they are afraid to make a mockery of a concept.

My own experience with junkies bankrupting me allows me to thoroughly enjoy Jack Black's making addiction seem ridiculous. Robert Downey Jr. nails his taboo performance and I would say helps the call for actors from a demographic to be the first people called on for the roles representing them. As for the "Forest Gump" knock off jokes, they serve as a way to ridicule us for what we accepted (and encouraged) as fine a decade prior. The narrative that controls the pace in the second act can drag, but the content that is delivered cannot be cut.