Articles Written by Oshram
The Young Unknowns (2000) Movie Review
If there’s one thing Hollywood loves, it’s when young filmmakers bitch on-screen about how horrible it is to work in Hollywood. My friend Steve had a phrase for this type of film — he called it “Hollywood crawling up its own asshole” — and even years later, I cannot think of a more fitting phrase [...]
July 26th, 2005 | Oshram | 0 Comments | Read MoreTwo Men Went to War (2002) Movie Review
The premise of “Two Men Went to War” is something only the English could dream up: two men, Private Cuthbertson (Leo Bill) and Sergeant King (Kenneth Cranham, who looks disturbingly like Leo McKern on the box) are serving in a platoon of dentists in Britain’s army during World War II. Both men yearn for more [...]
July 22nd, 2005 | Oshram | 0 Comments | Read MoreCrash (2005) Movie Review
I knew very little about “Crash” going in; actually, it wasn’t even my idea to go, but a friend talked about seeing it, and I was torn apathetically between the new tepid-looking Jet Li film and the new, fairly unappealing LL Cool J film. Since I couldn’t decide which movie I wanted to skip less, [...]
May 18th, 2005 | Oshram | 0 Comments | Read MoreGlenville: Hell’s Homecoming (2005) Movie Review
Having worked on a few no-budget movies in my time, I’m keenly aware of how much effort goes into getting them made. For most filmmakers, this kind of film is a labor of love (and often a maxing out of one’s credit cards), and they know going in that they’re not making the next “Jaws” [...]
April 18th, 2005 | Oshram | 0 Comments | Read MoreLaputa: Castle in the Sky (1986) Movie Review
It’s always difficult to put a stamp on any film as being ‘the best,’ whether of all time, a certain genre, or what have you, but I believe a strong argument could be made that “Laputa: Castle in the Sky” is, in fact, the greatest animated film ever made. It is in my mind the [...]
March 2nd, 2005 | Oshram | 0 Comments | Read More














