Representing China: Song At Midnight (1937)

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Dir. Ma-Xu Weibang

The last of the Videotape Swapshop reviews for this series, and this is the sort of film that represents this edition of Halloween 31 For 31 the most. It shows where I want to take this blog in covering films like this too, but I can gladly say there are quite a few reviews of things like this now on here. The only other thing I will say is that, seeing this film, there's a huge area of thirties Chinese cinema that needs to be more available, just for how stylish it could be, from this one, when its very early in the era of cinema when sound was introduced globally. I can only hope that Ma-Xu Weibang is known for me beyond this film even if its thanks to a fan posting his work, out of their own free time and with the possibility of having it pulled down, who did it. Even if the subtitles for the version I saw were far from perfect, the fact that person actually made the film available with English subtitles is something I am grateful for.

Review Link - http://www.videotapeswapshop.co.uk/17058/song-at-midnight-1937-director-ma-xu-weibang/

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Also Representing the US of A: The Entire Twilight Saga (2008-2012)

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Dirs. Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight), Chris Weitz (New Moon), David Slade (Eclipse), and Bill Condon (Breaking Dawn Part 1 & 2)

To ignore films that are marketed for a female audience would be a hypocritical stance for me. I want to cover anything of interest, and regardless of the gender of the target audience, if its interesting on first glance, I will look into it. And I'm not reviewing this series as a joke entry for this blogathon either, but completely seriously as someone who actually wanted to see this entire series for myself all the way through, revisiting the first three parts, and considering how significant these films are in pop culture. There's more chance of hell freezing than me rewatching Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films after nearly falling asleep in the first one on a repeat viewing a while back, but this series I had no issues with whatsoever. The results, in one of the longest reviews I've posted for Videotape Swapshop, of watching all five films and developing my thoughts on them were more complicated and interesting than I may have suspected beforehand. Aside from that, said review should speak for itself. Just bear in mind, said review will contain gratuitous references to sparkling vampires.

Review Link - http://www.videotapeswapshop.co.uk/17311/technically-a-twilight-eclipse-2010-review-but-more-about-the-whole-twisted-series/