Dec 4, 2016
The 'silent' offenders of the cinema
Nothing beats watching a movie in a packed theatre with nice seats, good sound and the right audience. Knowing that this is by no means...
Nov 26, 2016
Love on a Diet - 15 years later
This doesn't happen as often anymore, but back in the early 2000s, Johnnie To would space out his highly stylized crime thrillers with...
Nov 11, 2016
Philip Seymour Hoffman
**Originally written in February 2014** Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of those actors who could devour any scene without even trying....
Oct 30, 2016
When directors work in a foreign land (Part 1)
When it comes to foreign directors making movies in Hollywood, I have a tendency to hold those movies to a higher standard. That is, a...
Oct 18, 2016
Why I changed my mind about The Hunger Games franchise
When I initially saw the first Hunger Games movie, I absolutely hated it. And it wasn't because the movie itself was pretty mediocre -...
Oct 12, 2016
Are Asians really not well represented onscreen?
Constance Wu is pretty damn awesome. I can’t remember a time when an Asian actor working in America spoke out about the industry the way...
Oct 5, 2016
On screen eulogies are fantastic
The idea of an artists' work transcending the artists themselves, even through death, is nothing new. It's the reason why people still...
Oct 1, 2016
Welcome / How it works / Thank you La La Land
Welcome to throwdown815. I'm still trying to figure out what exactly this site is. Is it a blog about movies? A collection of interviews...
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